Sri Lanka vows to beat Tigers, shrugs off aid threat
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president marked the island's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain on Monday with a vow to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels, …
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president marked the island's 60th anniversary of independence from Britain on Monday with a vow to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels, …
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th …
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful roadside bomb killed at least one soldier and wounded three others in a town in southern Sri Lanka Monday as the country marked …
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - A powerful roadside bomb killed at least 10 civilians and wounded several others Monday in northeastern Sri Lanka, the day's second attack …
Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse kicked off independence celebrations at a sea-front promenade in the capital Monday under tight …
Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - At least seven people were killed and 97 hurt Sunday when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up aboard a crowded train at …
Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's police Sunday sought public help to track down two men believed to have planted a powerful bomb on a crowded bus that killed 20 …
Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo's main rail station Sunday, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 100 others on the eve …
Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – An explosion ripped through a suburb of the Sri Lanka capital Colombo, residents and the military said, a day after a bus bombing …
Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb on a crowded bus in north-central Sri Lanka Saturday, killing at least 20 people and …
Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse blamed Tamil Tiger guerrillas for a bomb Saturday on a bus that killed at least 20 people, urging …
NEW YORK, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - Global concern is mounting over Sri Lanka's worsening human rights record, but action by key international players has been …
Feb 1, 2008 (AFP) - Security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels have traded heavy artillery fire in northern Sri Lanka, killing 18 rebels, officials said Friday, a …
Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday lodged a formal protest with the United Nations alleging that security forces bombed a school bus …
Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - At least four people were killed in a powerful explosion in Sri Lanka's embattled northern peninsula of Jaffna on Thursday, officials …
TOKYO, Jan 31, 2008 (AFP) - Japan, Sri Lanka's top donor, warned Thursday it could cut off aid if violence continued to escalate but said it hoped to provide …
Jan 30, 2008 (LBO) – The safety of journalists in Sri Lanka is in jeopardy with increasing attacks and threats against them that are meant to stifle …
Jan 30, 2008 (LBO) – A veteran Sri Lankan trade unionist says the voice of the working class is now muted and people are battling to survive as prices …
Jan 30, 2008 (AFP) - Heavy fighting gripped Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula Wednesday with both Tiger rebels and government forces claiming they had the upper …
Jan 29, 2008 (LBO) – The news chief of Sri Lanka's state television station, who was assaulted by a government minister who stormed the newsroom in the …