Sri Lankan President says own steps under way to probe killings
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka and senior Sri Lankan officials said Friday that they were taking their own steps to …
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka and senior Sri Lankan officials said Friday that they were taking their own steps to …
June 14, 2007 (AFP) - A Filipino aid worker has been shot and wounded in northeastern Sri Lanka, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday. Antonio Villeomour, of …
COLOMBO, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top defence official has accused Western nations of bullying his government over human rights and defended the …
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has called for "careful study" of a critical report that said the island is failing to investigate grave human …
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – Britain's minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Kim Howells says his country will not lift the ban on the Tamil Tigers, …
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was Monday accused of dragging its feet despite a promise to tackle major human rights violations, as Western diplomats warned …
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Britain Monday asked its former colony Sri Lanka to end its military campaign and resume peace talks with separatist Tamil Tiger …
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Sunday apologised to ethnic minority Tamils for evicting them from the capital, promising there would be no …
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have rigged up a truck with over a tonne of explosives that could blow up half of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister …
COLOMBO, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday promised an investigation into police action that forced hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital …
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's special envoy to Sri Lanka ended a four-day visit Saturday saying he was still hopeful that the island's tattered peace process …
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed when Sri Lankan troops overran four guerrilla jungle bases, the defence …
GENEVA, June 7, 2007 (AFP) - The murder of two Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka appears to be part of a trend in which aid workers are deliberately targeted, two …
June 8, 2007 (LBO) - The United States Friday condemned the eviction of ethnic Tamils without jobs from Colombo, and asked the government to reveal where they …
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday criticised his police chief for evicting hundreds of minority Tamils from the capital and ordered them to be …
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Human rights activists accused Sri Lanka's government Friday of imposing a "collective punishment" on its minority Tamil community after …
June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse held talks in Colombo Wednesday with a top Japanese envoy on the future of the island's peace …
June 7, 2007 (AFP) - A top Japanese envoy to Sri Lanka met with officials and aid workers in the island's embattled eastern region Thursday following talks …
June 6, 2007 (AFP) - A bomb exploded under a passenger train in Sri Lanka's embattled east on Wednesday, wounding at least four people, military officials …
June 06, 2007 (LBO) – The international Policy Network (IPN), a London based think tank, is calling for writers who promote institutions for free society …