Sri Lanka dissolves parliament

And still in Sri Lankan, the president's office has announced that the nation's parliament has been dissolved.

A gazette notification to this effect was sent to the government printer on Tuesday, after President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed all relevant documents.

A general election to elect a new parliament is likely to take place in April.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures during a meeting with the international media in Colombo January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Files