Sri Lanka says 33 killed in weekend fighting
COLOMBO, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - At least 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two security personnel were killed in weekend clashes in Sri Lanka's north, the defence …
COLOMBO, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - At least 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two security personnel were killed in weekend clashes in Sri Lanka's north, the defence …
Mar 17, 2008 (LBO) – The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security will donate 220,000 dollars worth of antiterrorism …
Mar 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run Rupavahini television station was running with a skeleton staff Monday after the management declared a …
March 16, 2008 (AFP) - At least one soldier was killed and four others wounded in a road side bomb attack in northern Sri Lanka Sunday, defence officials said. …
Mar 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's former minister Anura Bandaranaike, a member of a powerful political family that has produced two prime ministers and a …
March 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government jets bombed a Tamil Tiger training base as fighting across the northern region claimed at least another 29 lives, …
COLOMBO, March 14, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 23 guerrillas dead and …
Mar 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state-run television service, Rupavahini, has suspended live programs other than news broadcasts in protest against an …
March 14, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday announced plans to hold provincial council elections for the first time in two decades in a former stronghold of …
March 14, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government Friday said it had summoned the American envoy to protest against a critical U.S. human rights report …
Mar 12, 2008 (LBO) – An international media rights watchdog says it is troubled by the arrests of several Sri Lankan journalists, some of them from the …
March 11, 2008 (AFP) - At least another 28 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed by security forces in fresh fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled north, the …
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, March 11, 2008 (AFP) - A pro-government Tamil rebel group won a majority in almost all the local councils that went to the polls in Sri …
Mar 10, 2008 (LBO) – A bomb had exploded in Wellawatte, a southern suburb of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo during the morning rush hour Monday, killing at …
March 10, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital during rush hour on Monday, killing at least one person and …
VALACHCHENAI, Sril Lanka, March 10, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's volatile eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday held local council elections for the first time …
March 10, 2008 (AFP) - Security forces armed with loud hailers were deployed in eastern Sri Lanka Monday to drive away wild elephants blocking access to …
Mar 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM) expressed concern over the arrest of several journalists connected to a news website and …
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, March 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's restive east will hold local elections on Monday against a backdrop of fear, even though Tamil Tiger …
March 9, 2008 (AFP) - At least 56 Tamil Tiger rebels and four government troops have been killed in heavy fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled north over the …