Norway’s help has never been more crucial.

Clause 1.8 is key to preserving the truce.

It wasn’t like a raid. The police talked to people and took away a computer. No one was arrested or charged'

Rajapakse has now won the prize that he has always wanted. It is up to him to abandon his racist allies and pursue peace.

Contemporary views tend not to associate ethno-supremacists with pro-globalisation policies.

There are forty thousand Sri Lankan troops in Jaffna'

We have never seen anything like that before. I can’t say what caused this'

India rejects Pakistan’s Kashmir ‘self-rule’ idea * Nepal rebels to end war * Japan to invest heavily in India * Pakistan needs help now, not later, aid experts say.

Bosnia rethink under US pressure * Kurd UDI if civil war erupts * Palestianians reform foreign service * Colombian rebels ‘keen’ to talk.

Iraqi leaders call for a timetable for the withdrawal of US-led forces and say Iraq’s opposition has a “legitimate right” of resistance.

Many die from diseases that are treatable, including diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and measles.

Globally, 40.3 million people have HIV-AIDS with more than 2.6 million adults and almost 600,000 children dying from AIDS in the past year.

Doubts as Norway's offer of renewed facilitation goes unanswered.

Speculation of new Parliamentary elections as Marxists decline portfolios offered.