EPDP admits to the abduction of a businessman in Batticaloa, leading to renewed tension in the region.

T.K. Vilvarajah, secretary of Jaffna Schools Sports Association (JSSA) during late 70's passed away in Ottawa, Canada.

B Raman examines the reasons for last weeks secretive high-level visit to Sri Lanka, pondering possible Indian concern at growing Sri Lanka-China relations.

A brief look at some other news items.

As international calls for negotiations and political solutions to Sri Lanka's conflict grow . This weeks editorial asks, what are these talks expected to solve ?

Sri Lanka Army chief Lt. Gen Sarath Fonseka this week revised his timetable for defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam back from June 2008 to mid-2009.

In the third of a series on genocide, a detailed examination of pre-1994 Rwanda and today’s Sri Lanka finds striking parallels.

Tamil Diaspora quarters lament the inability or unwillingness of the International Community to read the Diaspora public opinion.

Tamil youth activists addressed an annual conference of Australia's largest socialist youth organisation, held at the University of Technology in Sydney.

The Ontario based World Tamil Movement will challenge its proscription as a terrorist organisation as opinion across Canada queries the Canadian Governments decision.

Diaspora Eelam Tamils around the world, continue Pongu Tamil rallies in support of the Tamils' right to Self-Determination.

France comes to the aid of the French charity Action Contra la Faim (ACF) in pursuing an international inquiry into the killing of 17 local staffer in Muttur back in August 2006.

A high-level ministerial delegation visit from India to Sri Lanka stirred speculation within political and media circles in both countries.

TNA Parliamentary leader R. Sampanathan expressed Tamil sadness at an apparent lack of Indian concern about Tamil grievances and mounting human rights violations and genocide committed against the Tamil people.