Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa remained defiant in the face of intensifying calls for an independent war crimes …
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Sri Lanka Considers A South Africa-Style Truth And Reconciliation Commission
Body would address country’s decades-long civil war
Sri Lanka Infuriated By U.S. Suggestions That It’s Tardy On Postwar Reconciliation
Washington says Colombo is moving too slowly in probing alleged war crimes. Colombo reacts predictably
India PM May Boycott Commonwealth Meet in Sri Lanka
Move comes amid heated debate about the country’s human-rights record
Sri Lanka’s Tamils Go to Polls in First Provincial Elections Since End of Civil War
Electoral wins likely for Tamil party calling for greater devolution
Sri Lanka Struggles to Contain a Growing Epidemic of Child Abuse
War-scarred Sri Lanka is experiencing an alarming scourge of child abuse, and the apparatus for dealing with the problem, UNICEF says, is “grossly inadequate.”
Every day, three to five children are raped in the island nation. …
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Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on dissenters, the U.K. decides to stop all direct aid to South Africa by 2015 and China’s manufacturing sector has slowed
Peer Pressure: Will Another U.N. Resolution Change Sri Lanka?
A draft U.S. resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council aims to pressure Sri Lanka to implement recommendations made by the postwar Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission. But it may not work
A Lack of Swordsmen May Lead Saudis to Abolish Beheadings
Saudi Arabia is considering the abolishment of execution by beheading in favor of death by firing squad
Sri Lanka’s Elephant Shortage
In Sri Lanka, elephants perform an important role in a range of traditional religious ceremonies. But dwindling numbers of pachyderms in captivity have led to a surge in illegal kidnapping of baby elephants
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 6, 2012
Beijing Impasse — The Washington Post provides a comprehensive look at the challenge China’s economic slowdown is presenting to Communist Party leaders seemingly unsure how to proceed. “Unlike in past slowdowns, Chinese …
Three Years After War’s End, Sri Lanka Is Only Beginning to Make Peace
When war returned to the Vanni, the vast swath of land in Sri Lanka’s north, it came quickly and left just as fast. For over three decades as Tamil militants fought successive Sri Lankan governments seeking an independent Tamil …
May Day Protests Around the Globe
Thousands around the world are marching through city streets in observance of May Day, the international workers’ holiday, shouting demands for greater equality and an end to government-imposed austerity measures.