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Army Divisions meet up
Sri Lanka says Tigers defeated, last fight rages
Reuters
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said the Tamil Tigers had been militarily defeated as soldiers seized control of the entire coastline for the first time in a 25-year war.

Rajapaksa, on a visit to Jordan, said he would return to Sri Lanka on Sunday "as a leader of a nation that vanquished terrorism".

Navi Pillay
Human Rights Council considers emergency session
Reuters
Saturday, May 16th, 2009

GENEVA - U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay backs calls for an inquiry into possible war crimes in Sri Lanka's closed-off conflict zone that may have already become a "killing field," her spokesman said on Friday.

Hillary Clinton
Clinton says timing wrong for IMF loan as thousands of civilians flee fighting
Reuters
Friday, May 15th, 2009
COLOMBO - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to dissuade the International Monetary Fund from considering a $1.9 billion loan for Sri Lanka. "We think it is not an appropriate time to consider that until there is a resolution of this conflict and that is what we are focused on," Clinton told reporters in Washington.
Civilians Hostages in LTTE Area
Sri Lanka's war grinds on despite U.S., U.N. calls
Reuters
Thursday, May 14th, 2009

COLOMBO - Fighting in Sri Lanka's war showed no signs of abating on Thursday despite strong words from Barack Obama and the U.N. Security Council, with both sides refusing to budge in the waning days of a 25-year conflict.

LW Wedding Day
Lasantha awarded 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize
Reuters
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
I just returned from the World Press Freedom Day conference in Doha, Qatar. It was a fairly typical affair as these sorts of conferences go -- until the final award ceremony, when murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge was posthumously given the World Press Freedom Prize 2009.