Sri Lanka warns Norway over truce deal as deadlock drags on
June 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka warned peace broker Norway against any deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, just before Nordic nations ended a meeting Thursday …
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Sri Lankan president consolidates power
June 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was Thursday elected the all-powerful leader of his party, replacing a scion of the Bandaranaike …
Sri Lanka truce monitors to hold crisis talks
OSLO, June 29, 2006 (AFP) - Five Nordic nations held talks here Thursday to try to salvage Sri Lanka's faltering ceasefire, as the slaying of a top army …
Soldier killed in mortar bomb attack in Sri Lanka
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas fired mortar bombs at an army camp in northeastern Sri Lanka Wednesday, killing one soldier and wounding three …
Schools shut amid bomb fears in Sri Lanka
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Several schools in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo shut Wednesday following fears that Tamil Tiger rebels may bomb them, officials and …
Tigers, navy clash as bomb scares panic Sri Lankan capital
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels clashed with a naval patrol and mortared military positions in the restive north Wednesday as schools in the capital …
Hundreds gather for funeral of slain Sri Lankan general
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Hundreds gathered Wednesday for the sunset funeral of a top Sri Lankan army general who was assassinated earlier in the week amid ongoing …
Five sailors killed in Sri Lankan naval clash
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Five Sri Lankan sailors were killed and three wounded in an exchange of fire with Tamil Tiger boats in the island's northwest, the …
Sri Lanka demands Tiger apology over Gandhi slaying, says ‘regret’ not enough
June 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday demanded the Tamil Tigers apologise for the 1991 assassination of former Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi, saying their …
Sri Lanka truce monitors hold crisis talks amid rising war fears
June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan peace broker Norway goes into crisis talks Thursday to try to salvage the island's faltering ceasefire, as the assassination …
Troops, roadblocks as Sri Lanka ups security after suicide bombing
June 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Tuesday deployed more troops and threw up roadblocks in Colombo as the government tightened security following the …
Senior Tamil Tiger leader regrets 1991 Gandhi slaying
NEW DELHI, June 28, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel leader expressed regret Tuesday over the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister …
Sri Lanka announces tighter security after suicide bombing
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Monday announced it will bring back tighter security measures across the country following the assassination of a …
Key dates in Sri Lanka’s armed conflict
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels deployed a motorcycle riding suicide bomber to kill Sri Lanka's number three army officer, Major General …
Top Sri Lanka army general assassinated
COLOMBO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - One of Sri Lanka's most senior army generals was assassinated Monday in a powerful bomb attack just outside the capital Colombo, …
Body parts litter Sri Lanka highway after suicide blast kills general
PANNIPITIYA, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Blackened body fragments littered the highway and gardens of this Sri Lankan suburb after a suspected Tamil Tamil …
Army general killed in suicide bombing near Sri Lanka capital
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber assassinated the Sri Lankan army's deputy chief of staff Monday, dealing another blow to the …
Sri Lanka blast aimed at scuttling peace: president
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The assassination of a top army general Monday was aimed at sabotaging Sri Lanka's peace process, President Mahinda Rajapakse said. …
Hospital warned before Sri Lanka blast
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main hospital here received an anonymous warning phone call shortly before the assassination of a top army general Monday, a …
Tigers warn of war if Norway quits peace process
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas Monday warned that Sri Lanka would descend into full-scale war if peace broker Norway quit, as the killing of a …