President calls for immediate peace talks

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday said his tropical island had seen enough violence and called for immediate peace talks with the LTTE.

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Since Geneva talks 48 civilians killed, 96 injured in LTTE brutality

The LTTE which promised to refrain from all forms of violence during Geneva I, had directed its vicious violent campaign not only against the Security Forces but also on civilians in the North-East killing 48 of them and injuring 96, Military and Police sources said.

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Women intellectuals deplore LTTE use of pregnant women as suicide bombers

Some prominent women intellectuals have strongly condemned the suicide bomb attack by a pregnant woman on Tuesday, April 25 aimed at the Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka.

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