Canada calls for ceasefire in Sri Lanka
OTTOWA, Aug 15, 2006 (AFP) - Canada called Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka and a resumption of peace negotiations between the Sri Lankan …
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Security in Sri Lanka capital stepped up
Aug 15 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday stepped up security in Colombo after an unprecedented bomb attack on a diplomat, while all schools were shut amid fears of …
Sri Lankan protoganists jockey for power
Aug 15 (AFP) - The fiercest fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels for four years appears to be an attempt by both sides to gain the upper …
Arms deal made Pakistan envoy to Sri Lanka a target
Aug 15(AFP) - A bid to assassinate Pakistan's envoy to Sri Lanka was triggered by plans for Islamabad to ship new arms to the island to battle Tamil rebels, a …
Wounded Sri Lanka soldiers wow to fight on
ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Lying wounded at a Sri Lankan hospital near an airforce base, Sergeant W. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best …
Heavy fighting erupts in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula
COLOMBO, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy close-range fighting erupted in Sri Lanka's besieged northern Jaffna peninsula on Monday after two days of shelling, …
Air strike death toll rise in Sri Lanka: Tigers
COLOMBO, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas said Monday that 61 schoolgirls at an orphanage and 15 civilians huddled in a church have been killed in …
Blast in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo
Aug 14 - (LBO) A powerful blast ripped through the Colombo suburb of Kollupitya Killing seven people including military officials, residents and police said. …
Pakistan envoy escapes Sri Lanka blast, ‘orphanage’ attack kills 61
COLOMBO, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Pakistan's top envoy escaped a mine blast which killed seven people here Monday as Tamil Tiger rebels accused Sri Lanka of …
Tigers deny peace offer as weekend fighting leaves 186 dead
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels fought ground battles and artillery duels Sunday as the weekend death toll rose to 186 …
Running battle raise war fears in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery fire Sunday, a day after at least 177 people were killed in fierce …
Sri Lanka says ready to talk peace as fighting rages
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels waged artillery and ground battles Sunday as the weekend death toll rose to 186 by …
Fighting cuts off Jaffna from rest of Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula has been cut off from the rest of the island as hundreds of residents try to flee heavy …
Heavy shelling in Sri Lanka as fresh fighting flares
COLOMBO, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels shelled each other's positions in the island's embattled northeast Saturday, killing at …
International donors express serious concern over Sri Lankan crisis
WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's international donors have expressed serious concern over a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from the island's …
Sri Lankan Muslims say fighting has further marginalized them
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - At an overcrowded mosque in Sri Lanka's northeast, thousands of Muslim refugees displaced by fighting between …
Widow of aid worker appeals for truth about Sri Lanka massacre
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - S. Ganesh was a 16-year veteran aid worker who had followed Sri Lanka's Tamil insurgency since it began, so his …
Three killed handling unexploded mortar in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Three villagers were killed in Sri Lanka on Friday when they tried to prise open an unexploded mortar found near a military …
French charity vows to “get to bottom” of Sri Lanka massacre
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - The head of a French charity vowed Friday to "get to the bottom" of the massacre of 17 employees in Sri Lanka and said his group …
Fighting in Jaffna, Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger base: rebels
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops shelled Tamil Tiger positions in the northern peninsula of Jaffna Friday shortly after launching air strikes …