Democracies from Colombia to India and Russia to the Philippines are among the worst countries in the world at prosecuting journalists’ killers according to the Impunity Index, a list of countries compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists where governments have consistently failed to solve journalists’ murders... A special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists - New York, 30.04.2008

In the days leading up to the elections for the North Central Provincial Council and the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council, the Prime Minister and Government Ministers boasted that the armed forces were marching towards Kilinochchi and it would be a matter of weeks when Kilinochchi would be captured. Ministers promised that the leader of the LTTE, Prabhakaran would be captured dead or alive and that Prabhakaran’s only option would be to swallow Cyanide. An article written by Kumar Rupesinghe.

"One thing is certain," insists Martin McGuinness in his office at Belfast's Stormont Castle. "The resolution of the conflict in Sri Lanka can only happen at the negotiating table. Nowhere else. An article by by Andrew Whitehead of BBC News, Belfast on the views of an ex-IRA fighter 07.07.2008

In a 75-minute interview with The Straits Times India Bureau Chief Ravi Velloor on 11.08.2008 Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan discusses a range of issues vital to Indian security.

An article on Al-Qaeda by the IISS, Strategic Comments, Volume 8 Issue 7

TNA Parliamentarian Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam admits that the government forces have gained control over once LTTE held areas but states that it is not a solution to the political question that has plagued the country and driven a section of the Tamil community towards militancy. An interview by Dilrukshi Handunetti of Sunday Leader 14.09.2008

Nobody doubts Victor Ivan’s courage in public interest matters nor does he lack credentials as a fighter against racism. Therefore when in a departure from his usual positions he puts forward an entirely new thesis it is deserving of careful scrutiny... A reply to Victor Ivan by Kumar David: a feature article published on Sunday Island 07.09.2008

The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage.

The Sri Lankan government’s order for United Nations (UN) and non-governmental aid workers to leave the war-torn northern Wanni region could further endanger tens of thousands of displaced persons trapped between the two parties to the conflict, Amnesty International warned.

On August 27, the soldiers overran Aalankulam and by evening had linked up together the three geographically separate places of Thunukkaai, Uyilankulam and Aalankulam. With territorial non-contiguity removed, all three places are being amalgamated into a massive defence complex. This act of linking and amalgamating captured areas by the Army shows that it is quite wary of the Tigers infiltrating through gaps.