Sri Lanka rights body slams opposition, police, over media intimidation
Nov 09, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement said newspapers are not obliged to carry party statements after opposition leader Ranil …
Sri Lanka’s breakaway guerrilla faction hit by in-fighting
COLOMBO, Nov 9, 2007 (AFP) - A pro-government faction of Tamil Tiger defectors has been hit by major political in-fighting following the arrest in London of …
Sri Lanka navy gets US radar, boats
Nov 08, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has given Sri Lanka's navy more equipment to improve maritime security against the Tamil Tigers while urging a …
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SHANGHAI, Nov 5, 2007 (AFP) - PetroChina became the world's largest company by market value Monday, worth nearly one trillion dollars -- double the value of …
Sri Lanka braced for more war after top Tiger killed
Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - The killing of a top Tamil Tiger rebel in a Sri Lankan government air raid is likely to strengthen hawks on both sides of the bitter ethnic …
Sri Lanka tightens security ahead of Tamil Tiger funeral
Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces on Sunday increased already tight security ahead of a funeral planned in rebel territory for a top Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka tightens security as Tigers vow war
Nov 4, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces stepped up patrols and roadblocks Sunday, fearing reprisals after the death of a top Tamil Tiger leader in a …
Sri Lanka Tiger breakaway ‘Karuna’ arrested in Britain
LONDON, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - Colonel Karuna, the leader of a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group, has been arrested in Britain and is …
Sri Lankan peacekeepers sent home over Haiti sex scandal
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - More than 110 Sri Lankan peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Haiti are to be sent back home over charges that they …
Sri Lanka braced for retaliation as Tigers honour slain chief
Nov 3, 2007 (AFP) - The elusive leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday paid his respects to his slain deputy and five others who died in a …
Sri Lanka Tigers lose seven, claim to be beat back offensive
Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Friday said they had beaten back two attacks by government forces in northern Sri Lanka with the loss of seven of …
Sri Lanka Tiger political chief Thamilselvan and five others killed
COLOMBO, Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - The political chief of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, the public face of the secretive rebel group, was killed in a government air …
Sri Lanka military to target Tiger leaders
Nov 02, 2007 (Vimasuma.com) Sri Lanka's military would continue to target the Tamil Tiger leadership based on intelligence, a top defence official said, after …
Who is Thamilselvan?
Nov 2, 2007 (AFP) - The political head of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was killed in an air strike on Friday was the guerrillas' public face for scores …
Sri Lanka war dead don’t add up
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - Judging by Sri Lankan government accounts of Tamil Tiger dead after decades of fighting, there should hardly be any rebels left. Yet the …
Torture ‘routine’ in Sri Lanka: UN expert
GENEVA, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - The UN's top torture expert, Manfred Nowak, said on Tuesday that torture -- including beatings, asphyxiation and burning -- was …
Sri Lanka online journalist shot in capital
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - A media rights body has called for an open inquiry in to the shooting of an online journalist in Colombo, days after government withdrew …
Sri Lanka issues gazette on war reporting censorship
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka imposed censorship on war reporting a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on the country's air force, …
Sri Lanka to withdraw censorship?
Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has imposed blanket censorship on war reporting, officials said Wednesday, a week after a devastating attack on its air force, …
Sri Lanka military says 13 rebels killed
Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed 13 more Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh clashes across the north of the island, the defence ministry said …