Sri Lanka truce on despite fighting: monitors
July 31, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Monday accused Sri Lanka of violating their truce with a renewed offensive, but Nordic truce monitors said the …
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Sri Lanka military says 44 killed in latest battle
July 31, 2006 (AFP) - At least nine soldiers and 35 Tamil rebels were killed Monday in a major battle for control of a disputed waterway in northeastern Sri …
No full-scale war in Sri Lanka: chief monitor
July 31, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil Tiger rebels that killed at least 44 combatants Monday was unlikely to lead to …
Sri Lankan ‘miracle of Lebanon’ returns home penniless
TYRE, Lebanon, July 30, 2006 (AFP) - Vasanthi Darmadasa was sweeping her employers' garden when her life changed. buy advair rotahaler online …
Sri Lanka steps up attacks amid fears for threadbare truce
July 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday intensified artillery and mortar bomb attacks against Tamil Tigers and captured an area where the guerrillas had blocked …
Pressure on Sri Lanka truce intensifies as monitors quit
July 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's threadbare truce came under further pressure Saturday following decisions by Finland and Denmark to remove their monitors as …
More Sri Lankans arrive home from Lebanon
July 29, 2006 (AFP) - A second batch of Sri Lankan migrant workers returned home Saturday from Lebanon in line with an evacuation plan backed by the …
Sri Lanka war planes step up bombing, toll eight
July 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tamil Tiger positions for a fourth straight day Saturday, killing at least eight more rebels, the guerrillas …
Sri Lanka air raids kill six rebels, Tamil Tigers say
July 28, 2006 (AFP) - At least six rebels died and eight people were wounded when Sri Lankan warplanes attacked a Tamil Tiger camp, a rebel leader said Friday …
Finland to pull out Sri Lanka observers
HELSINKI, July 28, 2006 (AFP) - Finland said Friday it would recall its ceasefire monitors from Sri Lanka, sparking fears of increased violence between the Sri …
Sri Lanka truce hangs by thread
July 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ceasefire hung by a thread Friday as Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces traded artillery fire and Finland announced its …
Sri Lanka warplanes bomb Tiger rebels for second day
July 27, 2006 (AFP) - Warplanes bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka on Thursday for a second day after the rebels allegedly blocked …
Sri Lanka warplanes bomb Tiger airfield
COLOMBO, July 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a clandestine airfield being built by Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday, the second day of bombardment …
Norway launches fresh bid to save Sri Lanka truce
July 26, 2006 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway will launch a fresh bid to save Sri Lanka's troubled peace process ahead of a September 1 deadline set by Tiger …
Sri Lanka’s army chief back at work after bombing
July 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief Sarath Fonseka has resumed work after surviving a suicide bomb attack three months ago, military spokesman Prasad …
Sri Lanka launches air attacks on Tiger rebels
July 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka Wednesday after the rebels allegedly blocked an …
Tamil politician shot dead in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, July 24, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a pro-government Tamil politician in Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo Monday, police …
Sri Lanka seeks help for tens of thousands in Lebanon
July 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to evacuate workers trapped in Lebanon, despite the vast majority of its estimated 80,000 nationals …
Sri Lanka security alert as Tigers mark Black July
July 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday stepped up its already tight security arrangements in the capital as Tamil Tiger rebels marked "Black July," or the 23rd …
Tigers reject Swedish call to reconsider kicking out EU monitors
COLOMBO, July 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Friday rejected a call from Sweden to reconsider a September 1 deadline for truce monitors from …