TGTE announces the elections and the release of its final Report based on the Study by the Advisory Committee (AC) of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam.

A scorching March heat is sweeping the Menik Farm camps for the internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Both sides of the A9 highway are studded with remains of war. Bombed out houses with bullet marks, scorched trees, bunkers and danger signs in red plastic straps warning 'mines: do not cross'. Along the way, there are many army posts and two checkpoints where vehicles are searched and identities confirmed. As dusk falls, army personnel with rifles slung over their shoulders begin short patrols on the highway.

Members of a banned terrorist organization can claim asylum in Britain, the Supreme Court has ruled.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon dismissed on Tuesday objections by Sri Lanka to his plan to establish a panel to look into possible human rights abuses there and said he would set it up without delay.