Politics

Sri Lanka Tigers declare ceasefire for S. Asia summit

July 22, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels declared Tuesday a ceasefire with the military during a 10-day meeting of South Asian leaders …

Sri Lanka military says 5,000 rebels killed this year

July 20, 2008 (AFP) - More than 5,000 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed by Sri Lanka's military since the beginning of the year, the defence ministry said …

Sri Lanka troops capture town from Tamil Tigers

July 20, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka troops have entered a town held by Tamil Tiger guerillas for 21 years, within days of over-running a nearby coastal base, the …

Sri Lanka army chief says war nearly won

July 19, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief said Saturday his forces had wiped out two-thirds of the Tamil Tigers' military capability, and that the …

Sri Lankan air force jets bomb rebel arms supply boats

July 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan air force jets bombed three large Tamil Tiger rebel "logistics vessels" off the northeastern Mullaithivu lagoon early …

Media group says Sri Lanka journalists harassed

July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Journalists covering Sri Lanka's war with Tamil Tiger rebels are being harassed despite a government pledge to take action to protect the …

Sri Lanka gets tough on UN, aid visas

July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on how long United Nations and other foreign aid staff are allowed to work …

Sri Lanka war solution requires ‘trust-building’: Britain

July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former colonial ruler Britain has called for trust between multi-ethnic communities to end Sri Lanka's spiralling violence, …

Sri Lanka looking for intelligence at Asian security meet

SINGAPORE, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - From Pakistan to Sri Lanka and southern Thailand, people are dying in Asia's numerous conflict zones -- but progress in …

Unmarked grave found in eastern Sri Lanka, troops overrun key Tiger base

July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Several human bones have been found in an unmarked grave in Sri Lanka's eastern district of Batticaloa, police said Wednesday. The site …

Sri Lanka says 32 killed in fresh fighting

July 13, 2008 (AFP) - At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers were killed in fresh fighting in the island's embattled north, the defence …

Sri Lanka says 18 Tamil Tigers killed in fighting

July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defence ministry said Saturday troops had destroyed Tamil Tiger bunkers and killed 18 rebels in fighting in the north of the …

Sri Lanka tightens use of mobile phones to fight terrorism

July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Saturday tightened mobile phone regulations and forced service providers to maintain full details of phone users as part of …

Sri Lanka bus shooting kills three

July 11, 2008 (LBO) - Three people died and 16 were injured when gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus in Southern Sri Lanka in an area where Tamil Tigers have …

Sri Lanka bus shooting toll rises

July 11, 2008 (AFP) - At least four people were killed and 26 injured Friday when Tamil Tiger rebels opened fire on a bus in southern Sri Lanka, the defence …

Sri Lanka fighting kills 24: defence ministry

July 9, 2008 (AFP) - At least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers have died in the latest clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the island's defence …

Sri Lanka opposition blames army for attacks on media

July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition Tuesday accused the country's military chief of orchestrating violent attacks on journalists critical of its …

Sri Lanka Tigers pay homage to 356 suicide bombers

July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on Sunday commemorated 356 men and women who have staged suicide attacks since the tactic was first used by the …

Sri Lanka activists organising media boycott of South Asia summit: report

July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Media activists in Sri Lanka are organising a boycott of the upcoming South Asian summit in Colombo in protest at escalating attacks …

Expelled Sri Lanka ex-warlord returns from Britain

July 3, 2008 (AFP) - A former Sri Lankan Tamil guerrilla leader expelled from Britain returned Thursday after serving a brief jail term on immigration charges, …