82,000 civilians flee Sri Lanka war zone: minister
April 22, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly 82,000 civilians have escaped from the shrinking patch of territory still controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, defence spokesman …
April 22, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly 82,000 civilians have escaped from the shrinking patch of territory still controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, defence spokesman …
April 22, 2009 (AFP) - Two key Tamil Tiger officials surrendered Wednesday as Sri Lankan troops pressed a final offensive against the rebels despite an …
April 22, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran will not be eligible for amnesty, having "spurned" an offer to surrender, …
April 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan army on Tuesday captured more territory from the Tamil Tigers ahead of the expiry of a government deadline for the rebels …
April 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan army on Tuesday seized more territory from the Tamil Tigers as the rebels ignored a government deadline to surrender, the …
April 20, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces captured a defence line of cornered Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday and rescued at least 5,000 civilians being …
April 20, 2009 (AFP) - More than 35,000 civilians Monday fled the last area under the control of Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapakse …
April 20, 2009 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of civilians on Monday escaped from the area still held by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, signalling that the rebels' …
April 20, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top defence official has called on the international community and the United Nations to put pressure on Tamil Tiger rebels …
April 19, 2009 (AFP) - As Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war moves into what appears to be a bloody end game, all eyes are on a small strip of coastal jungle, …
April 19, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly 3,000 civilians escaped from Sri Lanka's war zone and sought shelter with security forces, the defence ministry said Sunday as …
April 18, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Saturday kept up their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels cornered in the northeast, the defence ministry said, …
April 16, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it had made fresh advances into the area still held by Tamil Tiger rebels, ignoring global calls for a truce to …
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeast at the end of a 48-hour ceasefire, the two sides …
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops resumed their all-out offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island on Wednesday following a brief …
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island on Wednesday following a brief …
April 14, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Tuesday they were ready to negotiate a ceasefire with government forces and restart peace talks to …
April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces began a two-day ceasefire on Monday, as the government called for the cornered Tamil Tiger rebels to allow …
April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday stripped Norway of its role as broker of the island's moribund peace process, a government official told AFP. The …
April 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Sunday ordered government troops to halt their offensive against cornered Tamil rebels over the two-day Sinhala …