Government Captures Key Town in Sri Lanka

(21 Oct 08 - RV) Government troops in Sri Lanka this week seized a strategic village from separatist Tamil rebels after a two-month battle, severing a supply route and moving a step closer to capturing the militants' de facto capital in the northern part of the country.

Authorities have vowed to crush the insurgents and end their 25-year campaign for a separate homeland for the island's ethnic minority Tamils.

We spoke to the Director of National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, Jehan Perera, who says the real solution is a political one...