UN leader under pressure over Sri Lanka war report
UNITED NATIONS, April 13, 2011 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is studying an expert report into thousands of deaths during Sri Lanka's 2009 military …
UNITED NATIONS, April 13, 2011 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is studying an expert report into thousands of deaths during Sri Lanka's 2009 military …
April 7, 2011 (AFP) - The editor of a pro-opposition Sri Lankan news website was released on bail Thursday, a week after his arrest sparked protests from …
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2011 (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday that future cooperation with Sri Lanka depended on improvements in its human rights record and …
April 1, 2011 (AFP) - International media rights groups Friday asked Sri Lanka's government to release the editor of a pro-opposition news website, a day after …
NUSA DUA, March 30, 2011 (AFP) - Asian countries pledged Wednesday to take a collective approach to people smuggling and asylum seekers including a possible …
SYDNEY, March 21, 2011 (AFP) - Australia said Monday it would reduce the number of asylum seekers at an overcrowded detention centre on Christmas Island but …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
March 19, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president said Saturday his party's landslide victory in local elections was an endorsement of the government's focus on …
SYDNEY, March 16, 2011 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday defended the police reaction to riots at the remote Christmas Island …
Mar 16, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankans travelling to India will be required to apply for visas online from March 25, the Indian High Commission said in a statement. …
SYDNEY, March 15, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's remote Christmas Island detention centre was hit by a second night of riots on Tuesday, with up to 200 asylum …
NEW DELHI, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - The Indian navy has captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 fishermen after a firefight with a pirate mothership …
SYDNEY, March 14, 2011 (AFP) - Australian police used tear gas to quell a protest of 300 asylum seekers on remote Christmas Island on Monday, as the government …
Mar 11, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs said it has set up an information desk to help nationals seek news of relations in Japan in the …
March 4, 2011 (AFP) - A call by the US Senate for an international probe into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka was "unfortunate", the government of President …
March 1, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka could be hauled before a war crimes tribunal over the killing of "many thousands of civilians" in the final months of its …
GENEVA, February 23, 2011 (AFP) - Several thousand foreign migrants from Libya have crossed the Tunisian border in the first major exodus to Tunisia since the …
Feb 24, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is seeking rescue by ship nationals stranded in Libya from where foreigners and migrant workers are fleeing the violence …
February 7, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's latest monsoon rains have claimed at least 17 lives and left around 1.2 million people flooded out of their homes, …
February 5, 2011 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition on Saturday warned of an uprising, a day after ruling party activists unleashed violent attacks against …