Sri Lanka police find haul of land mines
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Friday found a large haul of land mines and grenades and arrested two men who were transporting the cargo deep into a …
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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 …
Rights group says Sri Lanka pullout “devastating”
HONG KONG, Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - A rights watchdog said Thursday that Nordic countries pulling their peace monitors out of Sri Lanka had dealt civilians a …
Norway launches new peace bid as Sri Lankan fighting spreads
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels for control of a vital waterway spread Thursday, as peace broker Norway launched …
Long roots of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's long conflict between the government and ethnic Tamil rebels is rooted in the nation's colonial past, but the bloodshed remains …
Fresh violence claims another 21 lives in Sri Lanka
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Seventeen civilians and four police were killed in artillery attacks in Sri Lanka's northeastern Muslim town of Muttur on Thursday, …
Muslim civilians killed as as Sri Lanka battle for water intensifies
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - At least 17 Muslim civilians were killed and another 60 wounded Thursday when shells landed on the schools in which …
Peace broker Norway offers help to Sri Lanka victims
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway Thursday announced a pledge of 1. buy phenergan online …
Tigers open new front as battle for water claims more lives
Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - Tiger rebels attacked three army camps and a town in Sri Lanka Wednesday, sparking fierce fighting which killed at least 47 by official …
Sri Lanka port city rocks as neighbourhood battles rage
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - The sounds of explosions in this northeastern Sri Lankan port town were more muffled Wednesday than during an …
Norwegian mediator calls for immediate end to Sri Lanka fighting
OSLO, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka peace mediator Norway on Wednesday called on the warring parties in Sri Lanka to immediately end all hostilities, which …
Mortar bomb hits Sri Lanka hospital
Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - At least one employee was killed when a shell hit a government hospital in northeastern Sri Lanka Wednesday during an artillery duel …
Sri Lanka army, rebels in new clash
Aug 2, 2006 (AFP)- Tamil Tiger rebels and Sri Lankan forces traded heavy artillery and mortar bomb fire in a two-hour clash Wednesday that left at least 20 …
47 killed in Sri Lanka fighting: military
COLOMBO, Aug 2, 2006 (AFP) - At least 40 Tiger rebels, five troopers and two civilians were killed when troops repulsed an attack by the guerrillas on army …
Sri Lanka on the brink after 67 killed in new violence
Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - The truce between Sri Lanka's warring parties was stretched to breaking point Tuesday after one of the bloodiest days in the island's …
Sri Lankan war planes pound rebels after bus blast
Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes and artillery pounded Tiger rebel positions Tuesday after one of the bloodiest days in the island's recent history …
Hawks calling the shots in Sri Lanka: analysts
Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ordering in of war planes and artillery to open a minor irrigation canal blocked by Tiger rebels is an over-reaction and a sign …
Tigers hit Sri lanka’s main naval port as battle for canal heats up
Aug 1, 2006 (AFP) - Tiger rebels shelled Sri Lanka's main navy base Tuesday, killing four sailors and wounding 30, while warplanes bombed guerrilla positions …
Bloodiest ground battle tests Sri Lanka’s threadbare truce, toll 44
July 31, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tiger rebels Monday fought their bloodiest ground battle since a 2002 truce, with the military reporting at least …