Terror threat from South Asia still top US concern
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United States has poured nearly 40 billion dollars in aid to South Asia since the September 11 attacks but the terror …
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United States has poured nearly 40 billion dollars in aid to South Asia since the September 11 attacks but the terror …
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - At least 27 Tamil Tiger rebels died during battles with government troops, while separately a top advisor to a senior cabinet minister was …
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka pressed ahead with air and ground attacks Wednesday against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north, the defence ministry said, as the …
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government may be celebrating a key election victory in the ethnically-mixed east but it is still a long way from winning …
May 12, 2008 (LBO) – A breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP- People's Liberation Front) said Monday that …
May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition said Monday it planned to mount a legal challenge to the government's weekend win in key local elections in the …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition was Sunday declared the winner of key elections in the east of the island, and hailed …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Vote counting was underway in eastern Sri Lanka Sunday after an election marred by Tamil Tiger attacks and …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government Sunday claimed victory in key provincial elections in the ethnically-mixed east of the …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels sank a naval cargo ship moored in the northeast of Sri Lanka on Saturday, in an attack …
May 10, 2008 (LBO) – Tamil Tiger guerillas have sunk a Sri Lanka Navy supply ship in the Northeastern Trincomalee port, in the early hours of Saturday, …
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government forces captured Friday a key guerrilla town in the north of the island killing 15 Tamil rebels, the defence ministry …
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships provided air cover Friday for ground troops advancing into rebel areas of northern Sri Lanka where at least 30 rebel …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - A heavy security blanket was thrown over eastern Sri Lanka ahead of Saturday's local polls, seen as a key test for …
BANGKOK, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Thai police Friday seized nearly 21,000 fake passports and arrested 12 people in what they described as their biggest-ever bust of …
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel splinter group, jailed in Britain since January, has been released and transferred to an …
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and many more wounded when a powerful bomb exploded late Friday in eastern Sri Lanka a day before local …
LONDON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - British police have charged four men with conspiring to support Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Scotland Yard said Thursday. buy …
VIENNA, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Ninety-three journalists were killed in 2007, almost half of them in Iraq, the International Press Institute media watchdog said in …
UNITED NATIONS , May 6, 2008 (AFP) - Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia do not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top …