Sri Lanka offers amnesty to 50,000 army deserters
February 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday offered to discharge all its 50,000 deserters without disciplinary action to mark the country's …
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Sri Lanka offers amnesty to 50,000 army deserters
February 2, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday offered to discharge all its 50,000 deserters without disciplinary action to mark the country's …
Sri Lanka naval meet seen strengthening Indian Ocean maritime security
Dec 25, 2010 (LBO) - A naval symposium to mark the Sri Lankan navy's 60th anniversary has helped improve maritime security co-operation among navies to combat …
US cable points to Sri Lankan links with paramilitaries
NEW DELHI, December 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government was complicit in the activities of paramilitary groups engaged in political killings, kidnappings, …
Sri Lanka got N Korea arms despite US protests: leaked cables
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2010 (AFP) - US diplomats play a major role in trying to prevent arms from reaching world hotspots, but cables released to The New York …
Spanish judge jails three Pakistanis in forgery probe
MADRID, December 3, 2010 (AFP) - A judge in Spain Friday remanded in custody three of seven people arrested in an operation against a gang suspected of forging …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger links revealed in Spanish-Thai forgery probe
MADRID, December 3, 2010 (AFP) - Spanish and Thai police investigating a gang that supplied forged passports to Al-Qaeda linked groups have found new evidence …
Sri Lanka rejects disturbing new ‘war pictures’ as lies
November 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Friday rejected as "lies" new photographs broadcast by Al-Jazeera of piles of dead bodies and execution-style killings …
Sri Lanka eases check points in capital
October 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would begin dismantling a dozen permanent military check points in the capital which are a legacy of …
Sri Lanka raises defence spending by six percent
October 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it would raise defence spending by six percent in 2011 -- broadly in line with annual hikes announced …
Women clear Sri Lanka’s landmine legacy
MANNAR, October 5, 2010 (AFP) - Valmathi Jegadas is a different sort of mine clearer to the testosterone-fuelled explosives specialists portrayed in the 2008 …
Germany charges suspected Tamil Tigers
BERLIN, August 31, 2010 (AFP) - German prosecutors said Tuesday they had charged three men suspected of fundraising and buying weapons for the Sri Lankan …
Sri Lanka denies war crimes in domestic probe
August 17, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's powerful defence chief Tuesday staunchly defended the government's human rights record, saying troops suffered heavy losses …
Sri Lanka arrests over 1,500 Tiger suspects: PM
August 3, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops arrested over 1,500 Tamil rebel suspects during July, more than a year after the separatist guerrilla group was …
US, Russia, China, Israel stay out of cluster bomb treaty
GENEVA, August 1, 2010 (AFP) - A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on Sunday, requiring signatories to stop the use, …
Sri Lanka blast wounds nine in capital: police
June 24, 2010 (AFP) - An explosion ripped through a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Thursday, wounding at least nine people, police said. …
Sri Lanka parley mulls action against terrorist financing
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - Ways to counter terrorism and terrorist financing which is becoming increasingly sophisticated were discussed at a meeting of South Asian …
Sri Lanka PM says Tamil Tigers re-emerging
June 8, 2010 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels are re-emerging a year after their defeat, Sri Lanka's prime minister said Tuesday, despite the once-powerful guerrilla …
Sri Lanka says could hang former army chief
June 7, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top defence official has threatened to hang the country's former army chief if he cooperates with any investigation into war …
Sri Lanka shuts rehab camp for rebel child soldiers
May 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday closed a camp holding former Tamil Tiger child soldiers, but 52 of the youths will stay in government care to …