NO FIRE ZONE – THE KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA

Synopsis

In summer 2008 the Sri Lankan Government decided to finish the 30-years civil war against Tamil rebels at any cost – which meant:...

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Annual Report: India 2013

Republic of India

Head of state Pranab Kumar Mukherjee(replaced Pratibha Patil)

Head of government Manmohan Singh

Torture and other ill-treatment, e...

While Congress sleeps

Barack Obama offers stopgap measures to slow global warming

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