Politics

Sri Lanka clashes kill 22

Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - At least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels and soldiers have been killed in overnight clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Sunday. …

Sri Lanka Tigers had inside information for air base attack: report

Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels had clear "inside information" ahead of a devastating attack that virtually wiped out the Sri Lankan government's fleet …

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger dodge financial regulators

Oct 25, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have developed a sophisticated international system to transfer funds for their weapons procurement …

Sri Lanka retaliates after Tiger suicide strike

COLOMBO, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes carried out attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels for a second straight day Thursday after the guerrillas …

Tamil Tigers ruin Sri Lanka military plans: observers

COLOMBO, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have dealt a serious blow to Sri Lanka's intelligence gathering with a devastating suicide attack that …

Sri Lanka says war plan going ahead despite air force debacle

Oct 24, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top defence official vowed Wednesday to push ahead with operations against the Tamil Tiger rebels, who launched a devastating …

Talent show may have helped Sri Lanka suicide attack

COLOMBO, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan defence officials said Tuesday that a major Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a key military base may have been …

Sri Lanka military reshuffle after airbase attack

Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military made key changes in its command on Tuesday, a day after the Tamil Tigers infiltrated an air base and destroyed …

Sri Lanka rebels say suicide unit used in attack

Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Monday they had used members of an elite suicide squad to stage their first-ever coordinated ground …

Sri Lankan Tiger attack casualties mount

Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) – Up to nine Sri Lankan servicemen and 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed during the Tiger air and ground attack on the Anuradhapura …

Sri Lanka rebel suicide squad, planes hit air base

Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - An elite Tamil Tiger suicide squad backed by light aircraft on Monday attacked a key Sri Lankan military base in an unprecedented ground …

Sri Lanka airforce says two helicopter gunships damaged in Tiger air, ground assault

Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) - Tamil Tiger rebels launched a pre-dawn air and ground assault on a Sri Lankan air force base on Monday, damaging at least two helicopter …

Sri Lanka Tiger air, land attack kills five

Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Five Sri Lankan airmen were killed as Tamil Tiger rebels launched an unprecedented air and land attack on a northern military base, …

Sri Lanka says rebels killed in fresh clashes

COLOMBO, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - More than a dozen suspected Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in fresh fighting in the island's embattled north, the defence …

Sri Lanka told by terrorism experts no military solution possible

COLOMBO, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Experts on counter terrorism have urged Sri Lanka's government to capitalise on recent victories against the Tamil Tigers and try …

Sri Lanka urged to resume talks with Tigers

Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - An international counter-terrorism expert Thursday urged Sri Lanka's warring parties to return to the negotiating table to end decades of …

Sri Lanka military says 41 Tamil rebels killed

Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday its troops killed 41 suspected Tamil Tigers in renewed clashes in the island's north, although the …

Sri Lankan media watchdog slams military censorship

Oct 18, 2007 (LBO) – The Free Media Movement (FMM), a Sri Lankan media watchdog, Thursday sharply criticised heavy-handed action by military personnel in …

Sri Lanka military says 27 Tamil rebels killed

COLOMBO, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday that its troops killed 27 suspected Tamil Tigers in renewed clashes in the island's north, …

Sri Lanka delays opening of wildlife park after killings

Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has put off re-opening its most popular wildlife sanctuary by another week after Tamil Tiger rebels overran an army post inside …