Sri Lanka takes key town from Tigers after 15 years: military
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 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 …
CHICAGO, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - US President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday that a new dawn of American leadership was at hand and stressed the shared …
WASHINGTON, November 5, 2008 (AFP) - Americans elected Democrat Barack Obama as their first black president Tuesday, in a transformational election which will …
November 2, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military stepped up air attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north after a sea battle left heavy casualties …
November 1, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy and Tamil Tiger rebels fought a fierce sea battle off the island's northern coast Saturday, and heavy casualties were …
October 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Thursday took control of a key rebel-held town on the island's northwest coast through which the Tamil Tigers …
COLOMBO, October 31, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has the lowest press freedom rating of any democracy and has been the first to use anti-terror laws to prosecute …
Oct 29, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chambers have called for political unity to back government efforts to devolve power to minority Tamils and …
Oct 28, 2008 (LBO) – Power to Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was cut Tuesday night after Tamil Tiger guerilla aircraft dropped bombs in the north eastern …