Sri Lanka’s war zone: running the gauntlet
TRINCOMALEE, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Shopkeeper Subramaniam Sudaharan says he is lucky to be alive after his two teenage sons were shot dead as the family …
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Sri Lanka rejects truce call as fighting escalates
February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday rejected fresh calls for a truce with Tamil Tigers as troops took another village from rebel …
Sri Lanka Tigers sign up child soldiers: UNICEF
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger rebels have intensified conscription of child soldiers, some as young as 14, the United Nations …
Sri Lanka mulls sea rescue of civilians in war zone
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is considering a sea evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside its war zone, officials said on Tuesday as …
Tigers killing civilians fleeing Sri Lanka war zone: UN
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas have prevented tens of thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka's war zone and those trying to escape …
Red Cross evacuates 400 from Sri Lanka war zone
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - The Red Cross evacuated Monday a ferry load of 400 civilians wounded in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels. …
Sri Lanka braces for bloodier Tiger battles
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government hoped Tamil Tiger rebels could be defeated in days, but both sides are now warning bloodier battles may lie …
Sri Lanka Tiger chief still on island: report
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elusive rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still on the island and has been preparing his Tamil Tiger fighters to …
Sri Lanka Tigers attack bus carrying war refugees: military
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels lobbed a grenade and opened fire at a bus transporting civilians out of Sri Lanka's war zone on …
Sri Lanka shelling kills four more civilians: official
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Four civilians died when artillery shells fell on a home for the elderly inside a demarcated safe area within Sri Lanka's war zone, a …
Sri Lanka ratifies South Asian development fund
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has ratified a proposal to set up a South Asian development fund mooted at a summit of regional leaders last year, a …
Sri Lankan troops kill 28 Tamil Tigers: military
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops killed 28 Tamil rebels and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition in their latest push for victory in the …
Sri Lankan troops declare new civilian safe zone
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops declared a new safe zone for civilians Thursday as they battled to finish off the island's drawn-out ethnic …
Sri Lanka shelling kills 16 at hospital: ICRC
February 10, 2009 (AFP) - Sixteen patients at a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone were killed when the facility was shelled, the Red Cross said …
Sri Lanka govt denies shelling that killed 16 patients
February 11, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday denied shelling a makeshift hospital where 16 patients were killed as concern mounted for the …
Sri Lanka civilians flee war zone despite suicide strike: govt
February 10, 2009 (AFP) - Thousands of Tamil civilians streamed out of Sri Lanka's war zone on Tuesday despite a suicide bombing that killed 30 people at a …
Sri Lankan Tigers gun down civilians: military
February 10, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Tuesday shot dead 17 civilians and wounded nearly 70 others fleeing territory still under rebel …
Suicide bomber strikes refugee camp: military
February 9, 2009 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber attacked a camp for civilians fleeing Sri Lanka's war zone on Monday, killing 20 soldiers and …
Sri Lanka suicide attack condemned by US
Feb 09, 2009 (LBO) - The United States has condemned a Tamil Tiger suicide attack in northern Sri Lanka that killed 28 people and urged the rebels to let …
Sri Lanka hunts Tiger chief with victory in sight
February 8, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have smashed the Tamil Tigers' mini-state and cornered the remaining rebels, but officials say they must catch their …