Sri Lanka military captures rebel-held town: govt
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured a rebel-held town in the island's north following heavy fighting that killed a "large" group of guerrillas, …
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured a rebel-held town in the island's north following heavy fighting that killed a "large" group of guerrillas, …
October 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government said Friday it would send a delegation to India to defuse mounting tensions over the escalating war against …
October 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military on Thursday stepped up attacks against suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island's north and accused the …
October 15, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting broke out across Sri Lanka's northern area of Kilinochchi, leaving 37 Tamil Tiger rebels and six soldiers dead, the …
CHENNAI, October 15, 2008 (AFP) - A group of MPs from southern India have threatened to quit unless the government intervenes to halt "atrocities" against …
COLOMBO, October 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan army said Tuesday it has killed 38 Tamil Tiger rebels involved in a fierce counter-attack in the island's …
Oct 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's World Bank office says the spouse of country director has been hired by the island's securities watchdog by a …
SYDNEY, October 13, 2008 (AFP) - Australia is considering formally declaring Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Foreign Minister Stephen …
October 11, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting continued between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north, with the military killing 20 …
October 9, 2008 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan military advance on the stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers in the island's northeast triggered heavy fighting that …
Oct 09, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's agriculture minister Maithripala Sirisena escaped an assassination attempt Thursday when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide …
UNITED NATIONS, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the latest suicide attacks in Sri Lanka, including one which killed at least …
NEW DELHI, October 7, 2008 (AFP) - India criticised Sri Lanka in a rare intervention into the island's internal affairs, saying civilian deaths during a …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) – A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election has been killed in a suicide blast in the north central …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - A former Sri Lankan military general who won office in a regional election was killed in a suicide blast in the along with a score of …
Oct 06, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's media organizations condemned a blast by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, which killed a TV journalist and more than 20 …
October 5, 2008 (AFP) - The widely expected fall of the Tamil Tigers' political capital would mark the separatists' biggest loss in 13 years, but analysts …
October 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief said Saturday his troops are on the verge of capturing the key northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers in …
October 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops have killed 42 Tamil Tigers and injured 53 in a ground and sea offensive aimed at dismantling the rebels' mini-state …
Oct 02, 2008 (LBO) – A convoy of 51 food trucks accompanied by United Nations officials Thursday left Sri Lanka's northern Vavuniya town to areas further …