Sri Lanka’s Fonseka leaves hotel
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defeated opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka left a luxury hotel in Colombo on Wednesday where he had been holed up all …
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India hopes Sri Lanka poll win will heal ethnic divisions
NEW DELHI, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - India Wednesday congratulated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on his re-election and voiced hope that he would help …
Sri Lanka to mend fences with West: president
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president, who won a second term Wednesday, said he was keen to repair relations with Western nations that have been at …
UN chief relieved at Sri Lanka’s relatively peaceful polls
UNITED NATIONS, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced relief that Sri Lanka's presidential polls went off relatively peacefully and …
Sri Lanka postal ballots favour Rajapaksa
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa led in postal ballots of mostly state workers with opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka getting a …
Sri Lanka President ahead in early results
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa was leading his rival, common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in early results in an election …
Sri Lanka military says looking for deserters at Fonseka’s hotel
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Heavily armed troops on Wednesday surrounded the hotel occupied by Sri Lanka's main presidential challenger, former army chief Sarath …
Two killed in Sri Lanka post-poll violence
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - A Buddhist monk and another man were killed in a grenade attack on a temple in Sri Lanka's central town of Gampola on Wednesday as …
Sri Lanka president wins re-election
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-election battle on Wednesday, but the result was rejected by his opponent who …
Fonseka ineligible for Sri Lanka president vote: government
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday that it would challenge the legitimacy of leading opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka, who …
Bomb blasts shadow bitter Sri Lankan presidential poll
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
Sri Lanka polls open for tense presidential election
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
Sri Lanka presidential candidate barred from voting over identity
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - A leftist candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential polls was turned away by polls officials Tuesday because he could not present a prescribed …
Sri Lanka’s Tamils trudge to polls in post-war vote – Scene
VAVUNIYA, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Kandaswamy Wellarayanam, 73, walked six kilometres to vote in Sri Lanka's election from a state camp where displaced Tamils …
Sri Lanka’s Fonseka unable to vote in election
COLOMBO, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka said he was unable to vote in Tuesday's presidential election because …
Sri Lanka votes in tense post-war election
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankans voted in their first post-war presidential election on Tuesday amid claims of violence and voter intimidation after a …
Sri Lanka voter turnout may top 70-pct: monitors
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - More than 70 percent of Sri Lanka's registered electors are estimated to have turned out to vote in Tuesday's presidential polls, though …
Key Sri Lanka’s ruling party figure defects
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president suffered a major defection on Sunday when the matriarch of his party pledged support for the main opposition …
Sri Lanka’s war allies turn enemies
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's election this week features two men who emerged victorious on the battlefield of a civil war, but have since become bitter …
Sri Lanka president urges free and fair poll
January 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed Monday to ensure the island's first post-war presidential election goes off peacefully after deadly …