Sri Lankan troops capture last Tamil Tiger airstrip: military
February 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops on Tuesday captured the last of several jungle airstrips used by the Tamil Tigers to launch air strikes …
February 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops on Tuesday captured the last of several jungle airstrips used by the Tamil Tigers to launch air strikes …
Feb 03, 2009 (LBO) – The United States and other powerful donors involved in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict have urged Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender, to …
February 2, 2009 (AFP) - Shells hit a crowded hospital in northeast Sri Lanka, killing at least nine people and raising fears Monday for thousands of civilians …
February 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka issued a stark warning to civilians trapped in fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels Monday, a day after shells hit a crowded …
February 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has heightened its usually tight security ahead of national day celebrations even though the rebel Tamil Tigers have been …
February 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Sunday it would move to "liberate" civilians trapped by fighting with Tamil Tiger forces, after a deadline …
LONDON, January 31, 2009 (AFP) - More than 50,000 demonstrators marched through London in a Tamil rally on Saturday demanding an end to the fighting in Sri …
February 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels failed to let hundreds of thousands of civilians leave the island's northeastern war zone before a …
CHENNAI, February 1, 2009 (AFP) - India's large Tamil population is demanding that New Delhi ensure the safety of 250,000 of their brethren boxed into the …
January 31, 2009 (AFP) - The Red Cross said Saturday it was in talks with Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels to release more wounded civilians trapped in the …
OTTAWA, January 30, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamils on Friday formed a human chain in downtown Toronto, Canada's biggest city, to protest a Sri Lankan military …
January 31, 2009 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan military reported a lull in fighting Saturday with cornered Tamil Tiger rebels, as the Red Cross tried to negotiate the …
LONDON, January 28, 2009 (AFP) - The chief of the Tamil Tiger rebels in Britain helped supply military equipment to the Sri Lankan separatist group, a London …
January 29, 2009 (AFP) - International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250,000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka where government …
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2009 (AFP) - Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to provide material support to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group on the …
January 28, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have prevented international aid workers from evacuating some 300 hospital patients inside rebel-held …
MULLAITTIVU, January 27, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops Tuesday battled Tamil Tigers for control of the last stretch of rebel-held coastline, as international …
January 28, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan forces on Wednesday fought their way into another village still held by the Tamil Tigers, an official said, as neighbouring …
Jan 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are to launch a programme to fight corruption, a UNDP statement …
January 28, 2009 (AFP) - Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on a surprise visit to Sri Lanka called for urgent measures to protect civilians caught up in …