Refugee numbers soar to 15-year highLatest figures from the UN high commission for refugees says that 43.7 million people were displaced by war or natural disasters during 2010, with most refugees fleeing to the developing nations of Pakistan, Iran and Syria.
Civil war
Freidman: Islam needs a civil war
The West can’t defeat the ideology of militant Islam, says Thomas Friedman: only other Muslims can. The Islamic world needs a war over ideas akin to that of the US civil war, the fight out the extremist minority.
The tech industry’s bloody secret
The mineral trade that powers the manufacturing of computers, mp3 players, mobiles and other gadgets could also be funding a bloody civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Do some of the world’s biggest electronics companies have blood on their hands?
Ignoring the Issues: the end of the Tamil Tigers
The demise of the Tamil Tigers might give a moment of passing joy to the Sinhalese, but such relief will be short lived, writes Binoy Kampmark.
Tamil Tigers’ ceasefire a “cry of desperation”
With no government reciprocation, there can be no immediate improvement in the dire situation of the civilians trapped in the Tamil Tigers’ area.
Crikey Wrap: Tamil Tigers vs Sri Lanka
As 25 years of war reaches a crescendo in Sri Lanka, we wrap up events and the commentariat.
Sri Lanka’s military showdown: is this it?
Sri Lanka’s battle to militarily defeat the country’s separatist Tamil Tigers appears to heading towards its final moments; but is this really the end?
