Sri Lanka bids for UN rights council seat despite opposition
UNITED NATIONS, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sparks are set to fly Wednesday when 15 seats on the UN Human Rights Council come up for election, with European nations …
UNITED NATIONS, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sparks are set to fly Wednesday when 15 seats on the UN Human Rights Council come up for election, with European nations …
May 20, 2008 (AFP) - UN members should reject Sri Lanka's re-election bid to the world body's Human Rights Council, a rights group said Tuesday as it accused …
May 19, 2008 (AFP) - At least 50 people have died in fresh fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the island's …
May 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka mounted air and ground attacks against the Tamil Tigers across the island's embattled northern district at the weekend, killing …
CANNES, France, May 17, 2008 (AFP) - A small flick went from refugee camp to red carpet Friday as Sean Penn, backed by rock star Bono and film-maker Michael …
May 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan ground troops killed at least 16 Tamil Tiger rebels while airforce fighter jets bombed guerrilla targets in the island's north, …
May 16, 2008 (LBO) – A former Tamil Tiger who broke away and later allied himself with the government was Friday sworn in as the chief minister of the …
May 16, 2008 (LBO) - A bomb blast shook the Sri Lankan capital Colombo just before noon Friday, defence officials said. The blast occured near the Sambhodi …
May 16, 2008 (LBO ) A Sri Lanka police bus was targeted by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber in the capital Colombo Friday, killing 8 persons and injuring …
May 16, 2008 (AFP) - At least nine people were killed and 95 others wounded Friday in a Tamil Tiger suicide bombing near the official residence of Sri Lanka's …
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 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops smashed rebel bunkers and traded fire with guerrillas across the island's north, leaving at least 25 people dead in …
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 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 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) - 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 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition was Sunday declared the winner of key elections in the east of the island, and hailed …