Members of the main opposition party have been accommodated in the new Cabinet following the defection of Opposition MPs.
Anusha Ondaatjie, Sri Lankan President Names Cabinet With Opposition , Bloomberg, January 28, 2007.
Sri Lanka govt wins majority as opposition MPs defect, Reuters, January 28, 2007.
Jehan Perera, Immediate changes unlikely from crossover, Daily Mirror, January 30, 2007.
Earlier, Vakarai fell to the Sri Lankan army.
Tigers admit the fall of Vakarai to Sri Lankan forces, ColomboPage, January 20, 2007.
Ameen Izzadeen, LTTE runs off to live and fight another day, Khaleej Times, January 23, 2007
Analyses of the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka:
Jehan Perera, The burden of peace making is not for president alone, Daily Mirror, January 23, 2007.
Pradeep Peiris and Mirak Raheem, The People Want War (Or Do They?), Daily Mirror, January 24, 2006. (From the Centre for Policy Alternatives site)
Simon Gardner, ANALYSIS-Sri Lanka seeks to destroy rebels, but can they win? Reuters, January 26, 2007.
PK Balachandran, Prabha cannot win Lanka war: Karuna, HindustanTimes, January 26, 2007.
More conflict-induced displacement:
Several thousand reported fleeing, UNHCR, January 19, 2007 .
Other news and analyses:
Adele Balasingham likely to be the new international spokesperson of LTTE.
H.L.D Mahindpala, Is There a Future for Prabhakaran? Media Center for National Security, January 22, 2007.
See also:
Full Coverage: Lankan peace in peril, Hindustan Times.
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