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Wounded Sri Lanka soldiers wow to fight on

ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Lying wounded at a Sri Lankan hospital near an airforce base, Sergeant W. online pharmacy buy ciprodex with best …

Heavy fighting erupts in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula

COLOMBO, Aug 14, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy close-range fighting erupted in Sri Lanka's besieged northern Jaffna peninsula on Monday after two days of shelling, …

Running battle raise war fears in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery fire Sunday, a day after at least 177 people were killed in fierce …

Sri Lanka says ready to talk peace as fighting rages

COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels waged artillery and ground battles Sunday as the weekend death toll rose to 186 by …

Fighting cuts off Jaffna from rest of Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula has been cut off from the rest of the island as hundreds of residents try to flee heavy …

Tigers deny peace offer as weekend fighting leaves 186 dead

COLOMBO, Aug 13, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels fought ground battles and artillery duels Sunday as the weekend death toll rose to 186 …

Heavy shelling in Sri Lanka as fresh fighting flares

COLOMBO, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels shelled each other's positions in the island's embattled northeast Saturday, killing at …

International donors express serious concern over Sri Lankan crisis

WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's international donors have expressed serious concern over a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from the island's …

Sri Lankan Muslims say fighting has further marginalized them

KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - At an overcrowded mosque in Sri Lanka's northeast, thousands of Muslim refugees displaced by fighting between …

Fighting in Jaffna, Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger base: rebels

COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops shelled Tamil Tiger positions in the northern peninsula of Jaffna Friday shortly after launching air strikes …

Sri Lanka faces refugee crisis as fighting erupts on two new fronts

COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tigers Friday warned of a humanitarian crisis after 42,000 people were displaced by a surge in violence that has left Sri …

Widow of aid worker appeals for truth about Sri Lanka massacre

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - S. Ganesh was a 16-year veteran aid worker who had followed Sri Lanka's Tamil insurgency since it began, so his …

Three killed handling unexploded mortar in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Three villagers were killed in Sri Lanka on Friday when they tried to prise open an unexploded mortar found near a military …

French charity vows to “get to bottom” of Sri Lanka massacre

COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - The head of a French charity vowed Friday to "get to the bottom" of the massacre of 17 employees in Sri Lanka and said his group …

Two soldiers dead in renewed fighting near Sri Lanka waterway

KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tamil Tiger positions as the two sides shelled each other around a disputed waterway …

Fresh fighting dims Sri Lanka peace hopes, rebels say more than 50 killed

KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed Tiger positions as fighting broke out again near a disputed waterway in the troubled …

Weary Sri Lankan medics fight fatigue as casualties mount

KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Doctor Iranthi de Silva has worked for 15 hours straight, battling fatigue and stress as casualties in Sri Lanka's …

Tamil rebels insisting EU monitors must go: Sri Lanka

Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels are insisting that truce monitors from EU countries quit Sri Lanka despite efforts by peace broker Norway to persuade …

Five killed in attack on ambulance

Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Five people including a doctor were killed when an ambulance was caught up in a mine attack carried out by government forces, Tamil Tiger …

War fears ease as fighting stops over Sri Lanka canal

Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Water flowed down a disputed canal in Sri Lanka Wednesday after peace broker Norway defused the island's bloodiest battle in four years and …