A British news team that had been detained by Sri Lankan authorities -- after producing a report about the alleged abuse of Tamils -- has left the country. The Channel 4 news team, which was detained on Saturday, is heading back to its base in Bangkok, ITN senior news management said Sunday. ITN produces Channel 4's news programs. The team's news report, aired Tuesday on Channel 4, chronicled the abuse of Tamils in internment camps in the city of Vavuniya ...

Sri Lankan authorities on Saturday detained a British news team that produced a report about allegations of abuse and ill-treatment of Tamil refugees. Three journalists from Channel 4 were seized and handed over to Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department for interrogation, police spokesman Ranjih Gunasekera told reporters. The report, aired Tuesday on Channel 4, chronicled the alleged abuse of Tamils in internment camps in the city of Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka, where fighting has raged between government and rebels. ...

Tamil Tiger rebels have been pinned down by Sri Lankan government troops in a small section of the country's north, the Ministry of Defense claimed Tuesday. "Security forces have now cornered the remaining [rebels], including its most wanted terror chiefs," the ministry's Web site reported, saying the rebels are confined to less than 2 square miles (4.5 sq. km) of land south of Rektavaikkal. "Terrorists have suffered heavy beating from the security forces and now left in total disarray with ...