UN chief relieved at Sri Lanka’s relatively peaceful polls
UNITED NATIONS, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced relief that Sri Lanka's presidential polls went off relatively peacefully and …
UNITED NATIONS, January 27, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced relief that Sri Lanka's presidential polls went off relatively peacefully and …
January 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankans opted for stability in their first post-war presidential poll, but analysts say the results underscored simmering ethnic …
Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - The United States congratulated Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his election to a second term in office but said the safety of …
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's defeated opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka left a luxury hotel in Colombo on Wednesday where he had been holed up all …
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa led in postal ballots of mostly state workers with opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka getting a …
Jan 27, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa was leading his rival, common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in early results in an election …
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Heavily armed troops on Wednesday surrounded the hotel occupied by Sri Lanka's main presidential challenger, former army chief Sarath …
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - A Buddhist monk and another man were killed in a grenade attack on a temple in Sri Lanka's central town of Gampola on Wednesday as …
January 27, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bruising re-election battle on Wednesday, but the result was rejected by his opponent who …
VAVUNIYA, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Kandaswamy Wellarayanam, 73, walked six kilometres to vote in Sri Lanka's election from a state camp where displaced Tamils …
COLOMBO, January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka said he was unable to vote in Tuesday's presidential election because …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankans voted in their first post-war presidential election on Tuesday amid claims of violence and voter intimidation after a …
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - More than 70 percent of Sri Lanka's registered electors are estimated to have turned out to vote in Tuesday's presidential polls, though …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday that it would challenge the legitimacy of leading opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka, who …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
January 26, 2010 (AFP) - Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka's Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first …
Jan 26, 2010 (LBO) - A leftist candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential polls was turned away by polls officials Tuesday because he could not present a prescribed …
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president suffered a major defection on Sunday when the matriarch of his party pledged support for the main opposition …
January 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's election this week features two men who emerged victorious on the battlefield of a civil war, but have since become bitter …
January 25, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed Monday to ensure the island's first post-war presidential election goes off peacefully after deadly …