Inner City Press – As Sri Lanka Arrests Fonseca, Censors War Crimes and Calls Nambiar, UN Quiet
New York Times (08/02) – Cry for Self-Rule by Tamils Is Muffled by Reality
Jaffna is a city of ruins. Some are physical, like the overgrown jumbles of mold-streaked concrete where graceful buildings used to stand. But perhaps the biggest ruin of the Tamil Tiger insurgency against the Sri Lankan government is the very thing the Tigers wanted most: any hope of self-rule.
The Sunday Leader (07/02) – Sixty-Two Years Of Degeneration
About this time every year for the past 62 years it is customary for politicians participating at Independence Day commemoration ceremonies to speak of our glorious past and what a great people we have been for thousands of years. It was no different in Kandy last week, with ‘King Reincarnate’ President Rajapaksa in his Independence Day speech drawing parallels to great men who have done the country proud.
Money Control – Should India Bat for Tamils in Sri Lanka?
RIA Novosti – Russia lends Sri Lanka $300 mln for arms purchases
Financial Times – Sri Lanka refugees try to restart lives
