Sri Lanka to hold early elections: state radio
October 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will hold presidential and parliamentary elections before April next year, state radio announced Tuesday, in the wake of the …
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Anger grows among Sri Lanka detained refugees: rights group
October 11, 2009 (AFP) - A quarter of a million Tamil civilians detained in state-run camps since the end of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict are in an increasingly …
Voting underway in Sri Lanka’s final council poll
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Voting got underway in southern Sri Lanka Saturday in the final local council poll before national elections due next year, officials …
Sri Lanka Tamil refugees should move freely: US
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government to allow Tamil refugees displaced by recent fighting to …
Sri Lanka wraps up final council poll ahead of national elections
October 10, 2009 (AFP) - Vote counting got under way in southern Sri Lanka Saturday after nine hours of polling for the final local council before national …
Sri Lanka, India in joint navy training exercise
Oct 10, 2009 (LBO) - The Indian and Sri Lankan navies held a three-day joint exercise in the seas off Colombo earlier this week to train officer cadets and …
Sri Lanka raises defence budget by 20 percent: report
October 9, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has raised its defence expenditure by another 20 percent this year following its military victory over separatist Tamil Tiger …
Britain says Sri Lanka war victims should be freed
October 6, 2009 (AFP) - Britain on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Sri Lanka's handling of war-displaced civilians and demanded that they be given the …
Sri Lanka seeks foreign cash for war-displaced
October 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will tap foreign donors to raise more cash to look after over 250,000 people displaced by its offensive against Tamil Tiger …
US responds to Sri Lanka protest over Clinton remark
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2009 (AFP) - The United States, responding to protests from Sri Lanka over remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, said it had no …
Sri Lanka arrests bomb disposal soldier over school van blast: police
October 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a soldier from a bomb disposal unit over the bombing of a school van which killed a student and …
Wife of jailed Sri Lankan reporter accepts Peter Mackler Award
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Sri Lanka protest Clinton’s rape remark
October 3, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka lodged a protest over US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks that rape had been used as a war tactic on the island, …
Sri Lanka bomb kills student, wounds 11: officials
October 2, 2009 (AFP) - An explosion ripped through a school bus in northwestern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing one girl and wounding 11 other students and their …
Sri Lanka discharges nearly 25,000 deserters: officials
October 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military has formally discharged nearly 25,000 security personnel who deserted the army at the height of fighting with …
UN ratchets up criticism of Sri Lankan camps
September 29, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Tuesday issued its strongest criticism yet of Sri Lanka over its continued internment of 250,000 people who …
Sri Lanka says to resettle displaced Tamils quickly
UNITED NATIONS, September 26, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister vowed anew here Saturday that Colombo would quickly resettle civilians still in state-run …
Sri Lanka under pressure from rights groups over war refugees
September 23, 2009 (AFP) - Human rights groups urged world leaders Wednesday to pressure Sri Lanka over the immediate resettlement of quarter of a million …
Sri Lanka gets UN refugee envoy visit: official
September 21, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations is sending a top official to Sri Lanka this week to press for the speedy resettlement of 300,000 war-displaced, …
Sri Lanka raises 23 mln dollars to rehabilitate ex-combatants
September 20, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is seeking foreign money for an ambitious plan to rehabilitate tens of thousands of former Tamil Tiger rebels and has …