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Heavy fighting has broken out between government forces and suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka. That’s an odd phrase, “suspected Tamil Tiger rebels” I mean, who else would the government be attacking? On Friday the air force pounded rebel…

Amnesty International has urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate fully a spate of killings of civilians. The human rights group noted “a disturbing pattern of incomplete or ineffective investigations by the government” into such violence. The appeal came after…

Sri Lankan rebels appealed to the international community to pressure the government against taking further military action in Tamil areas, saying the raids in response to a suicide bombing amounted to genocide. The government of Sri Lanka has “openly declared…

40,000 flee Sri Lanka violence Some 40,000 civilians fled homes in northeastern Sri Lanka to escape government airstrikes on Tamil rebel areas in recent days that have killed at least a dozen people, the rebels said Thursday. DJ Mitchell blogged…

From DJ Mitchell. Today’s suicide bomb attack in Sri Lanka appears to mark the return to business as usual. It was bad enough that certain officials were targetted by snipers. The resumpton of suicide bombing indicates a disregard for collateral…