Sri Lanka war imperils civilians, tsunami aid: UN envoy
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A deadly new chapter in Sri Lanka's   two-decade civil war is putting the lives of thousands of   civilians at risk and derailing efforts to rebuild areas   devastated by the 2004 tsunami, a senior UN envoy said.
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As the death toll from the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared to nearly 120,000, nations donated US$500 million (euro370 million) toward the world&#39;s largest-ever relief effort, but UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said even
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday it was "unfortunate" that civilians have been caught up in the NATO-led military operation in Afghanistan, calling war an imperfect science.
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A U.N. envoy urged Iraq's government on Saturday to halt a slide into civil war and stop the "cancer" of sectarianism from destroying the country, warning that the carnage of this week could tear Iraq apart.
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The U.N. humanitarian chief who complained after the Dec. 26 tsunami that Western nations were often "stingy" said Tuesday the unprecedented outpouring of aid should mark the end of the world's record of giving too little, too late to help disaster victims.
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Sri Lanka's military carried out air attacks inside rebel-held territory as the United Nations and Norwegian truce monitors voiced grave concern for 35,000 civilians trapped by the fighting.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s bid to forge lasting peace with Tamil Tiger rebels after two decades of civil war is at its most critical ebb since a 2002 truce, Norway&#39;s peace envoy to the country said on Wednesday.
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The number of refugees in eastern Sri Lanka climbed past 100,000 after heavy fighting in rebel-held parts of the island forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes in recent days, the Red Cross said on Saturday.
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A United Nations investigator said on   Tuesday that "political killings" continued apace in Sri Lanka   and called for international human rights monitors to be sent   to the island.
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The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries hit by tsunami wave devastation on Sunday as governments and aid groups sent money and rescuers to answer desperate pleas for help.
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Aid workers warned Saturday of a humanitarian catastrophe if the United Nations and Red Cross pull out of Sri Lanka, where agency staff are facing mounting restrictions and threats to their safety amid a worsening civil conflict.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged south on Friday,  surveying a crippled tourism hub and relief efforts just hours  ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations put  the latest death toll in Asia's tsunami at around 150,000 and  warned it could still soar as relief workers were confronted by  huge devastated areas without roads, bridges and airstrips.
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The Japanese peace envoy to Sri Lanka says that the end of the ceasefire may make it necessary to review Japanese aid.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - A legion of ships and  planes delivered aid to millions of Asian tsunami survivors on  Saturday as New Year celebrations around the world paused to  mourn victims of one of the worst disasters in living memory.  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for a major logistical  operation to help a half-dozen countries shattered by Sunday's  tsunami, which by the latest count had killed 124,622.
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At least 200 civilians have been killed in two months of fighting between Sri Lankan soldiers and separatist Tamil rebels, and both sides are to blame, European cease-fire monitors said Thursday.
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Sri Lanka on Saturday asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan not to visit disaster-stricken areas controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, forcing the United Nations into a political situation it had hoped to avoid.