French aid group to review Sri Lanka presence after bloodiest hit
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A French aid agency said Monday it would review its presence in Sri Lanka after 15 of its workers were found shot dead in the worst attack …
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Sri Lanka offers probe into massacre of French aid workers
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will order a "clean and independent" investigation into the reported killing of 15 workers of a French charity during fighting in …
Evacuation of migrant workers from Lebanon resumes
GENEVA, Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Evacuations of thousands of Asian and Ethiopian migrant workers trapped in war-torn Lebanon have resumed, the International …
French group finds slain workers in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - The bodies of 16 slain aid workers were found in Sri Lanka on Monday as new fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels dashed …
Senior police officer killed in Sri Lanka blast
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A senior police officer was killed and his driver critically wounded in a powerful mine explosion in central Sri Lanka Monday, police said, …
French NGO probing killing of 15 aid workers in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - A French aid agency said it was trying to find out who shot dead 15 of its employees in northern Sri Lanka but that government troops had …
Chief peace monitor hits out at Sri Lanka water attack
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's chief truce monitor has criticised government troops for shelling Tamil rebels as they tried to reopen a bitterly contested …
Sri Lanka rebels warn full-scale war if strikes resume
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to full-scale war if …
Sri Lanka rebels say deal reached on water
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they had agreed to lift a water blockade behind weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds, but warned new …
Sri Lanka bloodbath over water ends as Norway clinches peace deal
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root of the latest bloodshed …
Desperation greets refugees in Sri Lanka camps
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - B.M. Aliar stared helplessly at a mob of hungry refugees jostling for handouts as the first supplies trickled into a …
Sri Lanka rejects Norway deal with Tigers, battle for water resumes
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root …
Bodies of 15 aid workers found in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Fifteen local employees of a French aid agency have been found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the centre of heavy fighting …
700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans evacuated from Lebanon
DAMASCUS, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - More than 700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans were evacuated from Lebanon Saturday after being trapped when Israeli air raids destroyed …
Sri Lanka says Tigers killed 100 civilians as fighting subsides
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Tiger rebels massacred at least 100 refugees in Sri Lanka, raising to 426 the number of people killed in 11 days of violence, the defence …
Sri Lanka says 152 Tiger rebels killed in clashes
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in northeastern Sri Lanka as security forces established full control over a Muslim coastal …
Tighter security for Sri Lanka refugees after massacre report
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops tightened security Saturday in the island's northeast for 20,000 Muslim refugee families fleeing …
Norway bids to save Sri Lanka from war, toll hits 326
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway headed for crucial talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday in a bid to stop bloody fighting that has claimed 326 lives by …
Norway in talks to save Sri Lanka from full-scale war, Muslims flee
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Norway launched high-level talks Friday in a bid to pull Sri Lanka back from all-out war as thousands of Muslims fled the bloodiest …
26 killed in battle for Sri Lanka town
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Five Muslim civilians were killed in shell attacks in the Sri Lankan town of Muttur Friday, raising the death toll from clashes between the …