 The authorities in northeast Nigeria have blamed Boko Haram militants for Saturday's attacks on the town of Goza in Borno State, in which 18 people were killed and dozens injured. The state's Commissioner for Internal Security, Usman Tarr, said the attackers were trying to undermine moves to bring local people back to their homes after years of living in displacement camps because of insecurity. One of Sri Lanka's most prominent politicians and a veteran campaigner for the Tamil minority,