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Reconciliation between Tamils and the Sinhalese-dominated government in Sri Lanka is elusive as ever, even if the government tries to recruit Tamils into government service such as police work. ‘But such measures look paltry against an internment policy that the EU’s report calls a “novel form of unacknowledged detention”. The government justifies [...]

After days of speculation as to whether LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead or still alive, the Tamil Tigers have finally admitted that their leader died on May 17. Last week, the Sri Lanka government released photos of Prabhakaran’s body but pro-Tamil websites insisted that he was ‘alive and safe.’ Now, for the first time, a confirmation [...]