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...LTTE’s continued call for a ceasefire and insistence on international monitoring and aid for civilians goes unheeded by the UN. In mid-March, the LTTE’s political head, B. Nadesan, put out a call for the UN to directly investigate the situation on the ground instead of taking the word of the government of Sri Lanka...
...immense call of the global Tamil diaspora, as well as independent voices to cease the violence and to support self-determination of Tamils, is similarly ignored and consistently fails to be put on the agenda of the UN Security Council. The protesting diaspora is of the same generation and people who have been subject to the Sri Lankan government’s discriminatory policies and violence since Sri Lanka’s independence from the British...
...Then, from Washington's standpoint, the road becomes tricky. In practical terms, U.S. diplomats say that whether the rocket carried a satellite or not means little: the North has successfully tested a long-range rocket, in defiance of UN resolutions. Though the Taeodong II does not have the range to hit the continental United States, and the North has not yet mastered the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead that could fit on the rocket, the launch is, as Obama said, a "provocative act." To be seen as rewarding Pyongyang by engaging in direct talks is, for now, unlikely...
Intelligence sources concede they are in the dark about any relationship between Kim Jong Un and Chang. If Kim died suddenly, analysts think, Chang would become the de facto leader even if one of the sons was put forward as a front man to maintain the dynasty. That implies that in all likelihood, the post-Kim Jong Il era will look a lot like the present. The country's unifying ideology, called juche, is usually translated as "self-reliance." But as a Western diplomat in Seoul says, "it's more like 'up yours.' " No sign of that changing...
...might hit the vintage-clothing stores Oh Lumière, tel: (33-1) 4357 5126, for vintage sneakers and the like, and Doursoux, tel: (33-1) 4700 0182, a classy military-surplus store with great aviator jackets and sweaters. For dinner, we'd reserve a table at Autour d'un Verre, tel: (33-1) 4824 4374, a friendly restaurant that serves great food. To finish the night, we'd head to La Java, tel: (33-1) 4202 2052 - a historic club where Edith Piaf once performed. (See pictures of Paris at LIFE.com...