Sri Lanka rebels warn full-scale war if strikes resume
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to full-scale war if …
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to full-scale war if …
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they had agreed to lift a water blockade behind weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds, but warned new …
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root of the latest bloodshed …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - B.M. Aliar stared helplessly at a mob of hungry refugees jostling for handouts as the first supplies trickled into a …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway's deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root …
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) - Fifteen local employees of a French aid agency have been found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the centre of heavy fighting …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops tightened security Saturday in the island's northeast for 20,000 Muslim refugee families fleeing …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway headed for crucial talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Saturday in a bid to stop bloody fighting that has claimed 326 lives by …
DAMASCUS, Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - More than 700 Filipinos and Sri Lankans were evacuated from Lebanon Saturday after being trapped when Israeli air raids destroyed …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - Tiger rebels massacred at least 100 refugees in Sri Lanka, raising to 426 the number of people killed in 11 days of violence, the defence …
Aug 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in northeastern Sri Lanka as security forces established full control over a Muslim coastal …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Norway launched high-level talks Friday in a bid to pull Sri Lanka back from all-out war as thousands of Muslims fled the bloodiest …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Five Muslim civilians were killed in shell attacks in the Sri Lankan town of Muttur Friday, raising the death toll from clashes between the …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday it had failed to get relief to thousands of civilians trapped by fierce fighting …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Thousands of civilians clambered onto bull-drawn carts, tractors and other rickety vehicles Friday to flee fighting …
Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Friday found a large haul of land mines and grenades and arrested two men who were transporting the cargo deep into a …
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels for control of a vital waterway spread Thursday, as peace broker Norway launched …
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's long conflict between the government and ethnic Tamil rebels is rooted in the nation's colonial past, but the bloodshed remains …
Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - Seventeen civilians and four police were killed in artillery attacks in Sri Lanka's northeastern Muslim town of Muttur on Thursday, …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 3, 2006 (AFP) - At least 17 Muslim civilians were killed and another 60 wounded Thursday when shells landed on the schools in which …