Sri Lanka Tiger supremo wounded in air attack: report
Dec 16, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil rebel supremo was wounded in an air strike last month by security forces shortly after his annual policy …
Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger arms dealer jailed in U.S.
Dec 15, 2007 (LBO) – A United States federal court has jailed an Indonesian arms dealer who sought weapons for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, U.S. media …
Sri Lanka govt minister defects to opposition ahead of crucial vote
Dec 14, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's national heritage minister, Anura Bandaranaike, crossed over to the opposition benches in parliament a few minutes ago, …
Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger suspects on trial in Australia
Dec 14, 2007 (LBO) – Three Australians of Sri Lankan Tamil origin are to stand trial in Australia's Supreme Court for engaging in terrorism related …
Sri Lanka gets UN human rights visitor
December 13, 2007 (LBO) – A United Nations human right representative concerned with refugees is to arrive in Sri Lanka today on a week long visit at the …
Malaysian Tamils with alleged Sri Lanka Tiger links arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13, 2007 (AFP) - Five leaders of Malaysian Indian activist group Hindraf were arrested Thursday under controversial security laws that allow …
Sri Lanka says 36 killed in heavy fighting
Dec 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in heavy combat across their de facto borders in the north of the island where at …
Britain puts Sri Lanka on notice over rights
Dec 10, 2007 (AFP) - Britain's top envoy to Sri Lanka Monday asked the government to improve its human rights record and politically end the island's drawn out …
Sri Lankan parliamentarians can be bought, says British envoy
Dec 11, 2007 (LBO) – Britain's envoy in Sri Lanka has mocked the practice of a parliamentary committee to probe corruption dominated by government …
Maldives opposition push for interim govt. ahead of polls
COLOMBO December 11, 2007 (LBO) -- Five Maldivian opposition parties Tuesday urged President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to put in place an interim government ahead …
Tamils in Sri Lankan capital pay price of Tiger bombs
Dec 9, 2007 (AFP) - Minority Tamils in Sri Lanka's capital are running a gauntlet of arrest and intimidation as fighting escalates between government troops …
Sri Lanka Tiger linked Malaysian Tamils may be detained: report
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8, 2007 (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly warned that ethnic Indian activists accused of having links …
Sri Lanka fears more attacks on civilians
COLOMBO, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday warned of more Tamil Tiger attacks against civilians a day after the guerrillas were accused of being …
Sri Lankan visitors to USA to give all finger prints
Dec 06, 2007 (LBO) – Visa applicants to the United States will have to give prints of all ten fingers from next week, the US embassy in Colombo said. The …
Sri Lanka bus blast kills 15: Police
Dec 5, 2007 (AFP) - At least 15 passengers were killed and 38 wounded Wednesday in a roadside bomb attack on a crowded bus carrying civilians in Sri Lanka's …
Activists denounce mass arrests of Tamils in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Dec 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan rights groups Tuesday slammed the government arrest of nearly 2,200 minority ethnic Tamils after Tamil Tiger rebels …
Second Try
Dec 02, 2007 – Sri Lanka's plans to double its refinery capacity, which were dealt a severe blow after politicians fixed fuel prices last August, would …
Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula an inside look from outside
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Dec 2, 2007 (AFP) - The air force pilot takes no chances landing on the Jaffna peninsula, the northern tip of Sri Lanka held by the …
Sri Lankan clashes kill 27
Dec 1, 2007 (AFP) - At least 27 people were killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka's embattled northeast, the military said on Saturday, marking the latest …
Ill Wind
Dec 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's power engineers are protesting a controversial deal with Enercon, an Indian energy firm, alleging a massive procurement …