Sri Lankan Tamil editor arrested: police
February 26, 2009 (AFP) - A Tamil newspaper editor was arrested in Sri Lanka's capital Thursday, police said, after colleagues and family members complained …
February 26, 2009 (AFP) - A Tamil newspaper editor was arrested in Sri Lanka's capital Thursday, police said, after colleagues and family members complained …
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2009 (AFP) - Human rights are on the decline in Sri Lanka with the government and Tamil Tiger rebels both committing violations as the …
UNITED NATIONS, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - UN humanitarian chief John Holmes is to pay a three-day visit to strife-torn Sri Lanka later this week to review the …
February 19, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops face another 18 months of fighting even after they have all Tamil Tiger territory under their control, a former …
February 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes held talks with leaders in Sri Lanka on Thursday and said he was gravely concerned …
NEW DELHI, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - India said Wednesday it was ready to help evacuate tens of thousands of Tamil civilians caught in the crossfire between …
LONDON, February 16, 2009 (AFP) - British police have charged a man with arson and affray after he reportedly tried to set himself on fire outside Prime …
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party headed for a landslide victory in local elections seen as a referendum on the government's military campaign …
LONDON, February 13, 2009 (AFP) - Former colonial power Britain fought off Friday angry objections from Sri Lanka over London's appointment of a special envoy …
GENEVA, February 13, 2009 (AFP) - A British resident of Sri Lankan origin burnt himself to death outside the UN's European headquarters in Geneva in protest at …
ZAMBOANGA, February 14, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan peace activist seized by an armed gang in the southern Philippines has been sighted with his kidnappers, a …
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) - Contrary to claims that several hundred thousand civilians are trapped in a conflict area in the northeast of Sri Lanka, the latest …
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected Britain's appointment of a special envoy to the island, accusing London of interfering in its internal …
ZAMBOANGA, February 13, 2009 (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped a Sri Lankan Muslim working as a peace advocate in the southern Philippines on Friday, officials said. …
February 9, 2009 (AFP) - The BBC has suspended its FM programming to Sri Lanka's national broadcaster because of what it claimed was "deliberate interference", …
GENEVA, February 9, 2009 (AFP) - UN human rights experts on Monday expressed deep concern at "a climate of fear" in Sri Lanka and warned of a deep-rooted …
LONDON, February 6, 2009 (AFP) - The British government said it deplored Friday's stoning of the Red Cross offices in Colombo, saying the ICRC was a neutral …
Feb 07, 2009 (LBO) - "I happen to be in love with dictators," says Moses Isegawa, a Ugandan author whose life had been shaped by the likes of former dictator …
February 6, 2009 (AFP) - A mob stoned the main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Friday, smashing …
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2009 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her British counterpart David Miliband called here Tuesday for a "temporary …