The Navy men picked up the five year old boy by his collar ...

Sri Lanka Army provides artillery fire to cover paramilitaries' retreat after ambushing LTTE cadres.

These are some of the attacks on Sri Lankan security forces and LTTE cadres in the past week.

A diary of violence against civilians in the past week.

Through our military training and assistance programs, we are helping to shape the ability of the Sri Lankan Government to defend its interests.'

It is however clear that people are suffering and unfortunately there have been several reports of civilian harassment by the Security Forces.'

Business is crashing and people are leaving Jaffna amid escalating violence.

The state of the ceasefire is so perilous that Sri Lanka can ill afford to waste time on talks about the venue for talks!'

When the time comes, the Tamils might also wish to freely navigate global economic dynamics for themselves.

More US diplomats to India * Snow stymies Kashmir efforts * UN warns over West Africa * AU: Darfur talks ‘too slow’ * Indo-Pakistan talks inch forward

The EU stance contrasts with the more strident US position

The US and European countries are the main targets of Human Rights Watch’s latest report

These military actions are not taken in the heat of the moment'

TRO''s Executive Director appeals to the Diaspora