Sri Lanka Tamil lawmaker shot dead
Jan 01, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarian has died after being shot inside a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Tuesday …
Jan 01, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarian has died after being shot inside a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Tuesday …
Jan 01, 2008 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarian who was assassinated Tuesday morning had not asked for additional protection, the island's top …
Jan 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan police have arrested a suspected gunman alleged to have shot dead a Tamil parliamentarian at a Hindu temple in the …
COLOMBO, Dec 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top military commanders have vowed to escalate attacks against Tamil rebels in the New Year to achieve a "turning …
Dec 31, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan media rights group Monday slammed President Mahinda Rajapakse for not taking action against a junior minister who …
Dec 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's security forces and Tamil rebels were locked in fierce fighting Sunday in the island's north with both sides claiming to have …
Dec 30, 2007 (AFP) - The assassination of Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto is the latest deadly chapter plaguing South Asia's dynasties and shows violence has become …
Dec 29, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defence secretary said the government should formally pull out of a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels amid escalating fighting …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Thursday's assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is one of a long series of political assassinations …
Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka condemned Friday the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and said it underscored the need for "absolute …
Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - At least 25 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in fresh military attacks along the de-facto border of territory held by the guerrillas, the …
Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan judge reprimanded police Friday for failing to thoroughly investigate a minister who sparked a riot at the state-run …
Dec 27, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan junior government minister stormed into the state-owned Rupavahini television station with armed thugs and assaulted …
Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka sent a crack commando unit into the state-run television station Thursday to rescue a government minister kidnapped by …
Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military announced air strikes inside rebel-held territory on Thursday, a day after a sea battle left a large number of …
Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka detained two foreign television journalists and 11 locals from a Tamil family they were filming in the island's south, police …
Dec 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's navy is investigating a ship off the island's east coast on suspicion that it could be a Tamil Tiger arms smuggling …
COLOMBO, Dec 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy Wednesday clashed with suspected Tamil Tiger vessels off the island's northern coast of Jaffna, leaving at least …
Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - At least 13 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed on Christmas Eve in heavy clashes with Sri Lankan security forces in northern Sri Lanka, the …
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented the "grim sound of arms" in the world's conflict zones, from Sudan to Sri Lanka and …