Sri Lanka urged by UK to set out political solution to conflict
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - The British government has urged Sri Lanka to urgently draw up a political solution to the ethnic crisis following the fall of a key Tamil …
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - The British government has urged Sri Lanka to urgently draw up a political solution to the ethnic crisis following the fall of a key Tamil …
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships moved against the remaining Tamil Tiger jungle strongholds after taking their …
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops battling Tamil rebels Monday captured part of the highly strategic Elephant Pass in a second major success just days …
January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankans celebrated the fall of the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital with street parties, but military observers say bloodier battles …
KILINOCHCHI, January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Sunday its troops were battling towards the jungle headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, two days after …
KILINOCHCHI, January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army said Sunday it was moving in on the jungle stronghold of the Tamil Tiger rebels, in a final assault aimed …
WASHINGTON, January 2, 2009 (AFP) - The US State Department on Friday urged the Sri Lankan and Tamil Tigers to start negotiating over the "legitimate" demands …
January 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops advanced Saturday on the military headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, a day after capturing the rebels' de facto …
January 3, 2009 (AFP) - At least three people were wounded in a bomb blast in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Saturday, a day after a suicide bomb attack killed …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday its troops had finally captured the unofficial capital of the Tamil Tigers and urged the rebels to lay down their …
Jan 02, 2009 (LBO) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday near Sri Lanka's air force headquarters just after the government announced …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - A suicide bomber carried out an attack outside an air force base in Colombo on Friday, killing two airmen and wounding 36 other people, …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces have fought their way to the perimeter of the Tamil Tiger political capital of Kilinochchi in the island's …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday took the country's influential media ministry under his wing ahead of a key mid-term …
January 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fought their way into the centre of the Tamil Tiger political capital of Kilinochchi on Friday, an official at the …
January 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops Thursday captured a key town held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north after intense fighting that left at …
December 30, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lanka military has received the bodies of 17 soldiers killed while fighting Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's embattled …
December 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government met Tuesday to consider re-imposing a formal ban on the Tamil Tigers as fighting escalated in the island's …
Dec 28, 2008 (LBO) - At least two people were killed and many more wounded in a powerful bomb attack at a market just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday, …
December 28, 2008 (AFP) - A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed seven security personnel and a civilian at a base just outside Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as …