(Global Pulse: May 21, 2009) The long and bloody civil war in Sri Lanka began with rebellion and ended with mass civilian displacement and an unknown number of casualties. In the last days, the fog of war made it difficult to tell truth from propaganda - and the real losers are the innocent people caught in the crossfire.

SOURCES: IBN/CNN, India; CNN, U.S; ABC, Australia; SABC, South Africa; South Asia Newsline, India; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.

(Global Pulse: May 21, 2009) The long and bloody civil war in Sri Lanka began with rebellion and ended with mass civilian displacement and an unknown number of casualties. In the last days, the fog of war made it difficult to tell truth from propaganda - and the real losers are the innocent people caught in the crossfire.

SOURCES: IBN/CNN, India; CNN, U.S; ABC, Australia; SABC, South Africa; South Asia Newsline, India; Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.