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Sri Lanka: Reconciliation and Truth

the two Channel 4 documentaries have been valuable reminders of the horrific reality behind much modern warfare.

(LONDON) - In May 2009, Sri Lanka’s civil war came to an end. On 14 March 2012, Channel 4 broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished, a follow-up to an earlier documentary.

This focused on the last few months of the armed conflict, when large numbers of civilians were killed or injured.

Murder in Afghanistan

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales named as suspect in Afghanistan massacre.

(MELBOURNE) - The revelation of Sgt. Bales’ identity comes (The Lookout) after criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the lack of U.S. cooperation in investigating the massacre. Karzai also questioned whether just one American soldier was involved.

Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished - depressing and hopelessly excellent documentary

As Sir John Holmes said, the Sri Lankan government didn't believe that anyone would stop them and they were right.

(LONDON) - Last year, Channel 4 broadcast a film containing images that are perhaps the most shocking I have ever seen on TV.

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields was a horrifying portrayal of the final days of the Sri Lankan civil war and the atrocities committed by both sides in it.

Human Rights is a Foreign Concept in the UN`s `War on Drugs`

Latin American Presidents’ Calls for Legalization Debate Go Unheeded at UN Drug Policy Meeting in Vienna.

(VIENNA) - Several Latin American presidents called for an outright debate on drug legalization this week in the United Nations.

Delegates at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting this week failed to even discuss a change in the global prohibitionist drug treaties.

Miss Petipa`s Art Class: A Special Story Celebrating Sri Lanka`s Presence at the UN Conference in Geneva

Another new entry from Novelist Roma Tearne.

(LONDON) - By the time he heard about the news SS Ranasingha was almost ready to leave. He was off to launch an exhibition of his paintings, thirty seven new watercolours, in a secret location beginning with the letter D.

Please don’t ask me to divulge the name of the place. I’m just a novelist not a spin-doctor. You’ll have to work it out for yourself, okay?

Suspect in Afghanistan Airfield Incident Dies

Officials don't believe the man was specifically targeting Leon Panetta.

(KABUL AFPS) - The suspect in yesterday’s car theft and possible attack at Bastion Airfield in Afghanistan’s Helmand province died this morning while under medical care, the commander of International Security Assistance Force Joint Command said here today.

Rwandan Opposition Members Remain Under Attack

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza’s trial continues...

(WASHINGTON DC) - On 12 March 2012, the political trial of the opposition leader Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza resumed. About 200 people from all the folks attended the hearing, and some of them donned pink, a symbol of the prison uniform in solidarity with all Rwandan political prisoners.

The High Court decided to suspend all debates related to genocide ideology in this case until the Supreme Court rules on the defendant petition to nullify the controversial law.

Humbug Apology and Demand for Deportation

Lankan envoy apologises to Indian MPs.

(NEW DELHI) - The government on Thursday summoned Sri Lanka's envoy to India for a meeting during which he apologised to Indian MPs for his comments that sought to link those questioning Colombo's human rights record with the Tamil Tigers.

"I would like to apologise to MPs of Tamil Nadu if I have caused any discontent or concern or distress in their minds. I feel sorry about that," Kariyawasam told reporters here after the meeting.

Why don`t they love us?

And we wonder why people in the Middle East don’t appreciate what we are doing for them.

(RICHMOND, R.I.) - In January, a video surfaced showing American Marines urinating on the bodies of Afghans they had killed, in February, U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan "inadvertently” burned numerous copies of the Koran. In March, an American soldier murdered 16 Afghan civilians – mostly children – in their own homes.

I Raised the Question `Was Prabakaran and his entire family executed?` As the War Ended

Today as the full evidence of the horrors of war emerge, India and the United States will find it difficult to disassociate themselves from their “ally”.

(LONDON) - The present crisis facing Sri Lanka is not an exception, it is one that has been played out repeatedly across the world.

In South America, Africa, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia powerful nations, primarily the United States has over the last century armed and trained local militaries as a bulwark against their perceived Great Satan.