Heavy battles in Sri Lanka claim 27 lives: military
Sept 24, 2007 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 27 people dead, military officials said …
Sept 24, 2007 (AFP) - Heavy fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left at least 27 people dead, military officials said …
Sept 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka offered Sunday to halt major military operations against Tamil separatists in exchange for peace talks following intense …
Sept 23, 2007 (LBO) – Recent military victories over Tamil Tigers, especially in Sri Lanka's east, offer a chance to end the conflict but only if …
Sept 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's attorney-general's department has rejected criticism of the island's human rights record made by an independent, …
Sept 22, 2007 (AFP) - A powerful mine hit a civilian bus near Sri Lanka's northeastern port of Trincomalee on Saturday, killing its driver and wounding two …
Sept 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed a Tamil Tigers' ammunitions store in the north of the island Friday, causing heavy damage, the defence …
Sept 21, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's deputy finance minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya rejected charges that the government had misused funds in starting a …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Wednesday appointed his younger brother as a member of parliament, officials said, in a …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's lengthy separatist conflict is compounding problems of malnutrition on the island, an international charity said …
COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A top international panel on Wednesday accused Sri Lanka of failing to honour promises to investigate grave human rights …
Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - The Asian Human Rights Commission asked the United Nations Tuesday to intervene to end extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka, where it …
COLOMBO, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - Navy chiefs in Sri Lanka organised a party Monday to welcome back teams involved in what they claim was the government's biggest …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - A top Sri Lankan official said Monday that Tamil Tiger rebels need to be defeated, an apparent shift in the …
Sept 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top business chamber wants to create a lobby group to push for peace but at the same times has acknowledged the …
September 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's defence establishment has told the business community that it was working to a plan to defeat Tamil Tiger …
COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops stepped up search operations for Tamil rebels in the embattled north and east after 28 people were killed in a …
Sept 15, 2007 (LBO) – An international media rights body expressed outrage after police asked a journalist to reveal his sources over a story about a car …
Sept 15, 2007 (AFP) - A roadside bomb set off by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least two government soldiers and wounded seven others in northern Sri …
Sept 15, 2007 (AFP) - At least 26 people, including two security personnel, were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka's embattled north, the defence …
Sept 14, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it was ready to accept foreign scrutiny of its human rights record in a bid to head off formal United Nations …