Sri Lanka war dead don’t add up
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left. Yet the …
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left. Yet the …
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka imposed censorship on war reporting a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on the country's air force, …
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has imposed blanket censorship on war reporting, officials said Wednesday, a week after a devastating attack on its air force, …
GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - A media rights body has called for an open inquiry in to the shooting of an online journalist in Colombo, days after government withdrew …
Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed 13 more Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh clashes across the north of the island, the defence ministry said …
Oct 29, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are developing a sophisticated tax collection system to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora for its war …
Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - At least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels and soldiers have been killed in overnight clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Sunday. …
Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels had clear "inside information" ahead of a devastating attack that virtually wiped out the Sri Lankan government's fleet …
Oct 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have developed a sophisticated international system to transfer funds for their weapons procurement …
COLOMBO, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes carried out attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels for a second straight day Thursday after the guerrillas …
COLOMBO, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have dealt a serious blow to Sri Lanka's intelligence gathering with a devastating suicide attack that …
Oct 24, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top defence official vowed Wednesday to push ahead with operations against the Tamil Tiger rebels, who launched a devastating …
Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military made key changes in its command on Tuesday, a day after the Tamil Tigers infiltrated an air base and destroyed …
COLOMBO, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan defence officials said Tuesday that a major Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a key military base may have been …
Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) - Tamil Tiger rebels launched a pre-dawn air and ground assault on a Sri Lankan air force base on Monday, damaging at least two helicopter …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Five Sri Lankan airmen were killed as Tamil Tiger rebels launched an unprecedented air and land attack on a northern military base, …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Monday they had used members of an elite suicide squad to stage their first-ever coordinated ground …
Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) – Up to nine Sri Lankan servicemen and 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed during the Tiger air and ground attack on the Anuradhapura …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - An elite Tamil Tiger suicide squad backed by light aircraft on Monday attacked a key Sri Lankan military base in an unprecedented ground …