A slipper belonging to an unknown victim of an attack against a passenger bus by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elaam in 2006, is seen in Kebitigollewa, Sri Lanka on Friday, 6 January 2012. Over 60 civilians, including 15 schoolchildren...
A protester is seen holding a paper with slogans during a demonstration against the attack on news editor of Uthayan newspaper, on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in Colombo Sri Lanka. G. Kuganathan of the Jaffna-based Tamil language newspaper was attacked...
A child is seen weeping at a protest held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Family members of detained ethnic minority Tamils called on the government to release the detainees — who the family members said were “political...
Army trainers address students at a training workshop in Boossa, in the south of Sri Lanka on Tuesday, June 7 2011. Sri Lankan government implemented a “leadership training” programme for university entrants in the island where higher education...
Army personnel control union workers who demonstrated against the killing of an employee by the police, at Katunayaka, Sri Lanka on Thursday, June 2, 2011. In what is seen as the first major union trouble for the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, demonstrations...
A child sleeps in a makeshift cradle made with a Saree, while her sister is seen sleeping nearby on the floor, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 in Raichur, in the south Indian state of Karnataka. Government health officials say that many infants...
A child labourer walks through a harvested paddy field near Raichur, in the south-Indian state of Karnataka on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Child labour is still on prevalent in India, despite national and regional measures to counter it, state officials...
A surfer walks along the beach in the southern tourism hotspot of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka on Sunday, May 9, 2010. Tourism in Sri Lanka is expected to boom following the end of the three-decade long war with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam....
A slipper belonging to an unknown victim of an attack against a passenger bus by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
A protester is seen holding a paper with slogans during a demonstration against the attack on news editor of Uthayan newspaper,...
A child is seen weeping at a protest held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Family members of detained...
A surfer walks along the beach in the southern tourism hotspot of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka on Sunday, May 9, 2010. Tourism...
Special Task Force personnel are seen at the Maharaja Broadcasting Corporation office in Colombo after it was attacked...
Police Officers set up barricades to control large crowds who gathered in support of their candidates for the 2010 Presidential...
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and Deputy Leader of the UNP Karu Jayasuriya share a moment during Presidential...
Security personnel escort the vehicle of retired Commander of the Sri Lanka Army, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, cheered on by...
Participants light candles during a vigil held to mark the first year death anniversary of the slain editor of The...