Defence Advisors/Attaches of 7 nations visited battlefronts in Wanni on Monday (Dec 15). In a one-day visit organized by the Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka, Defence Attaches the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Maldives visited Security Forces Headquarters Wanni, Army 57 Division and 59 Division Headquarters.

By C. Bryson Hull

COLOMBO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops assaulted the outskirts of the separatist Tamil Tigers' self-proclaimed capital on Wednesday, the military said, a day after both sides said they killed more than 100 in a series of confrontations.

by Kath Noble 

Hands up anybody who is ready to allow a repeat of the Holocaust.  Six million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis, and the world said never again. The United Nations was established and its member states signed onto a treaty committing them to prevent and punish such crimes for the sake of humanity. Nobody disagrees with the idea.

Bruce Fein has, it seems, used his contacts on TamilNet to challenge me for a debate  over what he terms his model genocide indictment. A couple of days ago, this indictment had been announced on TamilNet in an interview with Mr. Fein, which prompted a response from me that drew attention to Mr. Fein’s moral confusion.