Politics

Sri Lanka, US military host Asia military airlift exercise

Aug 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka and the United States will co-host a regional military airlift exercise in the island from August 22 to 26 to strengthen …

Concern over loss of treasured freedoms, big brother state, in US

CHICAGO, August 16, 2011 (AFP) - Sweeping new policing powers, the tacit acceptance of torture and a backlash against Muslims that has grown fiercer 10 years …

Sri Lanka to protest over US fighter jets ‘intrusion’

August 7, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign ministry plans to protest to the United States after fighter jets intruded into the island's airspace last week, the …

Sri Lanka diplomat faces rights groups’ complaint

GENEVA, August 4, 2011 (AFP) - Two rights groups said Thursday they have brought to Swiss authorities a criminal complaint against a Sri Lankan diplomat and …

US deficit spenders descend to last refuge

WASHINGTON, August 3, 2011 (AFP) - "Terrorist" US lawmakers; Tea Party conservatives holding the nation "hostage;" Republicans "hijacking" the debt deal. buy …

Sri Lanka accused of war report whitewash

August 2, 2011 (AFP) - Human rights campaigners on Tuesday accused Sri Lanka of whitewashing military abuses in its official report on the island's …

Sri Lanka admits civilian deaths in separatist war

August 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday admitted for the first time that civilians may have been killed during its military push against Tamil Tigers rebels …

Sri Lanka releases ‘war crime’ rebuttal video

August 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday released its own documentary to counter a programme by Britain's Channel 4 that alleged war crimes by government …

Sri Lankan journalist attacked ‘with iron bars’

July 30, 2011 (AFP) - An ethnic Tamil journalist in Sri Lanka's formerly embattled north was brutally attacked with iron bars, police said on Saturday, the …

Sri Lanka rejects new war crimes charge

July 28, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Thursday rejected new allegations that its political bosses ordered the execution of surrendering Tamil rebels …

Sri Lanka Tamil party sweeps north local bodies

July 25, 2011 (LBO) - A Tamil minority party has swept the polls in Sri Lanka's former war torn northern areas while the ruling coalition consolidated its …

Sri Lanka lawmaker challenges minister to debate over land deal

July 25, 2011 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan lawmaker has challenged a government minister to a television debate over the sale of state land to a Chinese firm. Harsha …

Sri Lanka urged by India to probe war crimes claims

NEW DELHI, July 15, 2011 (AFP) - India on Friday urged Sri Lanka to examine claims made in a British documentary that said it targeted civilians while crushing …

Sri Lanka holds Briton over war crimes video: media

July 9, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has arrested a Briton for allegedly helping a British TV channel produce a documentary accusing Sri Lankan troops of war crimes, …

Sri Lanka warned by UN rights chief

GENEVA, June 30, 2011 (AFP) - The UN's human rights chief Thursday warned Sri Lanka not to take too long in probing war crimes allegations, saying failure to …

Sri Lanka regime rejects press freedom bill

June 21, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party used its parliamentary majority Tuesday to defeat an opposition-initiated bill to grant greater media freedom, a …

Canada seeks to curb human smuggling

OTTAWA, June 16, 2011 (AFP) - A Canadian minister on Thursday unveiled measures to curb human smuggling, calling it a "despicable crime" that abused country's …

Sri Lanka Tamil MPs beaten up by troops: party

June 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main minority Tamil political group on Friday accused army troops of assaulting its lawmakers and breaking up a party meeting …

Sri Lanka offers aircraft for UN peacekeeping

June 17, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has offered its attack helicopters and transport aircraft for UN peacekeeping operations, two years after the end of the …

India pushes Sri Lanka on Tamil rights

June 11, 2011 (AFP) - India on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to address the grievances of the island's Tamil minority two years after the Tamil Tiger separatist …