News and Views: Asia
- The US has Returned Fundamentalism to Afghanistan (Malalai Joya, Common Dreams)
- SRI LANKA: Delay in Parley Deepens Humanitarian Crisis (Amantha Perera, Inter Press Service)
- "Swara" Killings in Pakistan Continue (Zofeen T. Ebrahim, Inter Press Service)
- More than 200,000 Sri Lankans now displaced by fighting (UN News)
- More UN officials deplore violence in Sri Lanka as toll on children rises (UN News)
- Danger of Philippine Landslides Often Ignored, Critics Say (Carlos H. Conde, The New York Times)
- Mud wipes out Philippines village (BBC News)
- SRI LANKA: Growing Violence Eclipses Tsunami Anniversary (Amantha Perera, Inter Press Service)
- ASIA: Divisions Harm Reproductive Health, Anti-AIDS Efforts (Johanna Son, Inter Press Service)
- RESPONDING TO THE TSUNAMI TRAGEDY: Women Must be at the Heart of Rebuilding Shattered Communities (UNIFEM)