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, …
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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 …
Norway’s next step is key to Sri Lanka’s faltering peace: analysts
June 25, 2006 (AFP) - A tense calm has settled over Sri Lanka as the government and Tamil Tiger guerrillas await a decision from peace broker Norway that could …
Sri Lanka hits back at Tigers over truce mission
June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday said the Tamil Tigers had laid down a "hostile deadline" after the rebels said European Union (EU) nations should …
Indian PM calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lankan conflict
BANGALORE, India, June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday urged dialogue and cooperation for solving the ethnic conflict in Sri …
Sonic booms cause panic in Sri Lanka’s capital
June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was thrown into panic Friday after sonic booms caused by jet fighters were mistaken for bomb blasts off the …
Government non-committal on amending Sri Lankan truce
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government Thursday remained non-committal to demands that a failing ceasefire agreement be amended so as not to restrict …
Tamil Tiger faction recruiting more child soldiers: UNICEF
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - A breakaway faction of Tamil Tiger rebels has increased the recruiting of child soldiers, with 30 cases being reported in the past week …
Tigers’ demand on EU truce monitors ‘impractical’: Sri Lanka
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday labelled as "impractical" a demand by Tamil Tiger rebels that European Union truce monitors on the troubled island be …
EU ceasefire monitors must go, Tigers tell Norwegian peace broker
June 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers Wednesday told peace broker Norway that European Union ceasefire monitors must go following the EU's outlawing …
Sri Lanka acuses tigers of attacking historic Buddist temple
June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of attacking a historic Buddhist temple in the island's east amid fresh moves by peace …
Tigers support peace drive, doubts over European monitors
June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to a truce despite surging violence, but said the future of ceasefire …
Sri Lanka invites Tigers to talks after bloody weekend
June 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Monday invited Tamil Tiger rebels to negotiate peace and save their collapsing ceasefire as two more soldiers were killed in a …
Sri Lanka police investigate Tigers’ limpet style sea mines
June 18, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Sunday were investigating a new type of improvised sea mine developed by Tamil Tiger rebels to target naval craft, …
Sri Lanka army chief in Singapore for treatment after bomb attack
June 18, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief Sarath Fonseka who survived a suicide bomb assassination attempt two months ago has been flown to Singapore for …
Alert after Sri Lanka fighting, fresh mine kills three police
June 18, 2006 (AFP) - A mine attack blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed three Sri Lankan police Sunday following a day of fierce land and sea battles that left …
Sea battle kills at least 51 in Sri Lanka
June 17, 2006 (AFP) - At least 15 Sri Lankan naval troops, 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and six civilians were killed in major sea and land battles along the island's …
Tigers threaten to retaliate over Sri Lanka air attacks
17, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday warned the government that they will retaliate against air strikes and artillery attacks carried out …
Sea mine laying rebels netted in Sri Lanka: police
June 17, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Saturday arrested five suspected Tamil Tiger frogmen who were laying mines along a strategic sea lane used by naval …
Sri Lanka bombs rebels but vows peace
June 16, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed not to allow the killing of 64 bus passengers derail the island's peace process as the air force bombarded …