Sri Lanka presidential challenger vows press freedom
January 7, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief on Thursday launched his manifesto for the January 26 presidential elections, promising greater press …
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Sri Lankan Tiger chief’s father dies in custody: official
January 7, 2010 (AFP) - The elderly father of Sri Lanka's slain Tamil rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has died in military custody, officials said …
Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief gains poll edge with Tamil backing
January 6, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former army chief received a boost to his presidential ambitions Wednesday when minority Tamil parties said they would back …
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party backs ex-general
January 4, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main minority Tamil party on Monday backed the main opposition presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka, who as army chief …
Sri Lankan opposition vows to end emergency laws
January 5, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition vowed on Tuesday to immediately end the state of emergency that has been in place on the island for 27 …
Sri Lankan presidential contender woos Tamil voters
January 2, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's former military chief Sarath Fonseka took his presidential campaign Saturday to the ethnic heartland of the Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka president accused of illegal campaign funding
December 31, 2009 (AFP) - Anti-graft campaign group Transparency International accused Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday of using state …
76 journalists killed in 2009: watchdog
PARIS, December 29, 2009 (AFP) - The number of journalists killed because of their work rose to 76 this year from 60 in 2008, the media rights watchdog …
Sri Lanka takes more time to study war crimes charges
December 28, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has given legal experts four more months to study a US State Department report cataloging alleged war crimes on …
Sri Lankan migrant dies in Indonesia: official
JAKARTA, December 27, 2009 (AFP) - The body of an asylum seeker who died of a suspected stomach infection in Indonesia will be returned to Sri Lanka this week, …
Sri Lanka threatens legal action over war crimes claim
December 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka threatened on Wednesday to take legal action against its former military chief over his claims that troops had committed …
Sri Lanka says asked by UN to answer new war crime charges
December 21, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to explain allegations by a former army general that surrendering Tamil rebel leaders were …
Sri Lanka seizes Tiger rebel ship: navy
December 21, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Monday it had seized a cargo ship suspected of being an arms smuggling vessel used by the defeated Tamil …
Sri Lanka’s war heroes battle for a clean image
December 20, 2009 (AFP) - A presidential election in Sri Lanka next month will see two former allies from the country's bitter civil war slugging it out, but …
Asylum seekers leave Indonesia: official
JAKARTA, December 20, 2009 (AFP) - Fifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near Indonesia have …
Sri Lanka presidential rivals hand in nominations
December 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival in elections next month, former army general Sarath Fonseka, handed in …
EU gives six million euros to help Sri Lanka refugees
BRUSSELS, December 16, 2009 (AFP) - The European Commission on Wednesday granted more aid for tens of thousands of people who fled fighting between Sri Lankan …
Sri Lanka Galle literary festival 2010 to showcase crime, pulp literature
Dec 15, 2009 (LBO) – Famous, if fictional detective John Rebus, finely illustrated graphic novels and sensational pulp fiction are billed to make Sri …
Sri Lanka post-war recovery hit by graft, violence: watchdog
December 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's recovery from its decades-long civil war has been marred by graft, violence and a culture of lawlessness, a global …
Aicraft with arms was to re-fuel in Sri Lanka: Thai PM
BANGKOK, December 13, 2009 (AFP) - Thai authorities will bring charges against five men from eastern Europe detained in Bangkok with a plane full of North …