The Globe and Mail - Doug Saunders Columns

With the war over in Sri Lanka, the battle shifts to the political arena

Wed, 20 May 2009 22:18 EDT

Many hope for reconciliation between the two sides, but a significant number of Tamils remain skeptical the Sinhalese majority will allow them to flourish

As Sri Lanka declares death of ruthless leader, new struggles emerge in a wounded nation

Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Though he claimed to wear a cyanide capsule around his neck to prevent capture, the elusive leader of the Tamil Tigers reportedly died in a far more dramatic and public way yesterday, struck by a rocket while trying to crash through roadblocks in a seized ambulance as Sri Lankan commandos closed in on a holdout the size of three football fields.

New struggles emerge in a wounded Sri Lanka

Mon, 18 May 2009 23:05 EDT

Sri Lankan soldiers stop firing at Tamil Tiger encampment for first time in months as government declares death of elusive rebel leader

Tamil Tigers failed to learn from tsunami tragedy

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Five years ago, two sad-looking teenagers carrying Kalashnikov rifles waved me past a checkpoint on a beach road in northern Sri Lanka and allowed me to visit the top-secret refuge that this weekend became the final stand of the Tamil Tigers, and possibly the resting place of their charismatic leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

After 25 years and 70,000 dead, Tigers surrender in war-weary Sri Lanka

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00 EDT

The 26-year civil war that has fractured Sri Lanka has come to a horrific close, with the surviving Tamil Tiger rebel leaders declaring an end to their struggle to build a breakaway military state, their all-controlling leader reported dead, and their dwindling rump of fighters surrounded by the burnt corpses of thousands of civilians.

After 70,000 dead, Tigers surrender in war-weary Sri Lanka

Sun, 17 May 2009 23:28 EDT

250,000 refugees left in battle's wake, their future uncertain as fears of ethnic polarization grow

Hands off our Arctic, Canada tells Europeans

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00 EDT

As countries scramble to grab a piece of the Arctic, Ottawa is fighting back with an aggressive PR campaign across Europe that this isn't an unclaimed wasteland. It's active, it's a home � and it's ours

How Harper's European spring turned sour

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00 EDT

Canada's rigid, �bullying' positions on sealing, the Arctic, Afghanistan and Africa alienate our allies

CANADA TO WORLD: HANDS OFF

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00 EDT

dsaunders@globeandmail.comIn London, the lions of Trafalgar Square share space with the towering image of an Inuit woman and her child. In Paris, an inukshuk greets people leaving the Metro. In Oslo, Ottawa is opening an Arctic political office. And in Brussels, officials are fanning out to promote the image of a cold, northern Canada.