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Feb. 9 (BBC News) - Sri Lanka's recently re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa is dissolving parliament and calling early elections, officials say.

January 08, 2010 (Al Jazeera) - A UN human rights official has urged Colombo allow an impartial investigation after he concluded that video footage allegedly showing Sri Lankan troops executing Tamil Tiger fighters last year is authentic.

December 7, 2009 (ABC News) - Six months after the Sri Lankan Government won its war with the Tamil Tigers, allegations are surfacing of war crimes committed in the final months of the conflict.

New Delhi October 27, 2009 (The Christian Science Monitor) - Sri Lanka has responded to mounting international criticisms of its wartime conduct by announcing it will appoint a "homegrown" committee to probe alleged human rights abuses.

October 22, 2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - The Sri Lankan government today angrily rejected a US state department report containing allegations of human rights abuses in the final days of the country's civil war, saying the document would fan further conflict.

September 2, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - A top UN investigator has called for a full international investigation into whether Sri Lankan soldiers killed captured and unarmed Tamil rebels in violation of international law.

August 25, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - The Sri Lankan High Commission has denied its forces carried out atrocities against ethnic Tamils after a video apparently showing a man being executed by Sri Lankan soldiers was aired on British television.

COLOMBO August 11, 2009 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's capture of a van packed with explosives by Tamil Tiger rebels gave a glimpse into the intelligence war the government is waging against the remnant operatives of a group finally defeated on the battlefield in May.

July 9, 2009 (Al Jazeera) - Five Sri Lankan doctors have recanted their allegations that thousands of civilians were killed in the final days of the government's war with the Tamil Tiger separatists.

LAHORE June 17, 2009 (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested a militant on Wednesday they suspect was involved in an attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore in March.