Politics

Sri Lanka rights probe is flawed, top panel says

COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - A top international panel on Wednesday accused Sri Lanka of failing to honour promises to investigate grave human rights …

Sri Lanka president appoints brother to parliament

COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Wednesday appointed his younger brother as a member of parliament, officials said, in a …

Sri Lanka conflict exacerbates malnutrition: charity body

COLOMBO, Sept 19, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's lengthy separatist conflict is compounding problems of malnutrition on the island, an international charity said …

Panel urges UN to act on Sri Lanka killings

Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - The Asian Human Rights Commission asked the United Nations Tuesday to intervene to end extra-judicial killings in Sri Lanka, where it …

Sri Lanka needs to crush Tamil Tigers, top official says

TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - A top Sri Lankan official said Monday that Tamil Tiger rebels need to be defeated, an apparent shift in the …

Sri Lankan business gives nod to ‘limited’ military action against Tigers

Sept 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's top business chamber wants to create a lobby group to push for peace but at the same times has acknowledged the …

Sri Lanka celebrates ‘biggest’ naval success

COLOMBO, Sept 17, 2007 (AFP) - Navy chiefs in Sri Lanka organised a party Monday to welcome back teams involved in what they claim was the government's biggest …

Sri Lanka says military campaign needed for stability and investment

September 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's defence establishment has told the business community that it was working to a plan to defeat Tamil Tiger …

Sri Lanka steps up search after 28 killed in fresh violence

COLOMBO, Sept 16, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops stepped up search operations for Tamil rebels in the embattled north and east after 28 people were killed in a …

Sri Lanka turns CID loose on reporter; rights body outraged

Sept 15, 2007 (LBO) – An international media rights body expressed outrage after police asked a journalist to reveal his sources over a story about a car …

Roadside bomb kills two Sri Lankan soldiers

Sept 15, 2007 (AFP) - A roadside bomb set off by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least two government soldiers and wounded seven others in northern Sri …

Fresh violence kills 26 in Sri Lanka

Sept 15, 2007 (AFP) - At least 26 people, including two security personnel, were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka's embattled north, the defence …

Sri Lanka says Tiger flotilla suffers severe losses

Sept 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military Thursday said it caused "severe losses" in a combined sea and air attack against suspected Tamil Tiger boats off the …

Sri Lanka moves to avoid criticism over rights abuses

Sept 14, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it was ready to accept foreign scrutiny of its human rights record in a bid to head off formal United Nations …

Sri Lanka gets USAF help to mop up rotten teeth in newly captured areas

Sept 13, 2007 (LBO) – A team of U.S. Air Force medics has helped treat patients in territory recently captured from Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka's east, the …

Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger territory

Sept 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday it had bombed the rebel-held north of the island and caused "heavy damage" to Tamil Tiger targets, but …

Sri Lankan police want pet dogs to fight terror

Sept 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police on Thursday launched an appeal for the public to donate their pet dogs to help the fight terrorism and crime on the …

Sri Lanka issues tsunami alert; no warning

Sept 13, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has issued a tsunami alert following an aftershock of a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale in Indonesia at 05.19 am …

Sri Lanka calls for Red Cross escorts for food ships to Jaffna

Sept 13, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process has urged the international Red Cross to resume escorting vessels taking …

Norway confident stalled Sri Lanka talks will start again

OSLO, Sept 11, 2007 (AFP) - The main mediator in Sri Lanka's peace process, Norwegian Erik Solheim, expressed confidence Tuesday that stalled talks between the …