Sri Lanka govt, Tigers slammed by Amnesty over civilians in war zone
November 19, 2008 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday said Sri Lanka was unable to provide for the basic needs of 300,000 people trapped inside …
November 19, 2008 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Wednesday said Sri Lanka was unable to provide for the basic needs of 300,000 people trapped inside …
November 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Thursday captured a key defence line of Tamil Tiger rebels after six days of intense fighting that left …
LONDON, November 18, 2008 (AFP) - The Tamil Tigers are likely building up their capacity for receiving weapons shipments with two long airstrips to receive …
November 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy traded fire with a flotilla of Tamil rebel boats off the island's northeastern coast Tuesday, a day after ground …
Nov 18, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's central bank said it had made the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), an organisation linked to the Tamil Tigers, to …
November 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Monday captured two more strategic towns from Tamil Tiger rebels following fierce fighting in the north of the …
November 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka stepped up air attacks against suspected rebel targets in the island's north Sunday, a day after ground troops re-captured …
Nov 16, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan journalist who had been detained for over eight months had been questioned about what he wrote, and had also revealed …
November 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Saturday recaptured the strategically important northern town of Pooneryn from Tamil Tiger rebels after …
November 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Saturday asked Tamil Tigers to surrender after troops claimed re-taking a strategically-important town from …
November 13, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Thursday wrested control of two coastal villages from Tamil Tiger rebels after a series of pitched battles, the …
November 12, 2008 (AFP) - At least nine Tamil Tiger rebels were killed as Sri Lankan troops fought pitched battles in the island's north, the defence ministry …
November 11, 2008 (AFP) - Government forces in Sri Lanka have wrestled control of a small town from Tamil Tiger rebels in an ongoing military offensive, the …
November 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were close to capturing a key road to the northern peninsula of Jaffna after months of heavy fighting, the defence …
MADHU, November 9, 2008 (AFP) - One of Sri Lanka's holiest Catholic shrines stands idle and neglected -- an unlikely victim of a decades-long internal conflict …
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontiers or RSF) has condemned what it called live censorship on a Sri …
November 8, 2008 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships launched a rare night assault against a suspected Tamil Tiger base located on a small islet off Sri Lanka's Jaffna …
November 7, 2008 (AFP) - Intense battles gripped Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region as government forces stepped up pressure on the Tamil rebel political …
Nov 06 (2008) - Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa called on Tamil Tigers to immediately lay down arms and enter the democratic mainstream and warned that …
WASHINGTON, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - Here is a tally of preliminary results in the US presidential election, based on projections by US networks. online …