UN chief, minister discuss plight of displaced Sri Lankans
UNITED NATIONS, September 3, 2009 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon met with a Sri Lankan minister in Geneva Thursday to discuss the plight of civilians displaced …
Sri Lanka ex-combatant rehabilitation gets UK backing
Sept 04, 2009 (LBO) - The United Kingdom is giving 17 million rupees to support the rehabilitation of ex-combatants in Sri Lanka conflict by the island's …
US, press groups condemn Sri Lanka over jailed journalist
September 1, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka faced a barrage of criticism on Tuesday for sentencing a journalist to 20 years of hard labour, led by US condemnation and …
France slams Sri Lanka over journalist’s sentence
PARIS, September 1, 2009 (AFP) - France sharply rebuked the government of Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a court there sentenced a reporter to 20 years in prison …
Sri Lanka stands ground over jailing of journalist
September 2, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday rejected international criticism of the sentencing of a journalist to 20 years of hard labour over his alleged …
Sri Lankans among 470 children under British immigration detention: report
LONDON, August 31, 2009 (AFP) - More than 400 children were being held in British immigration detention centres with their families, a report said Monday, …
Sri Lanka frees priests from war camps
August 26, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in internment camps with ethnic Tamils displaced by …
Sri Lankan court bails war-zone doctors
August 24, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan magistrate on Monday bailed four doctors held for allegedly spreading rebel propaganda before the defeat of the Tamil …
Sri Lanka’s weary war refugees face monsoon misery
August 23, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil civilians who lived through the vicious final battle of Sri Lanka's separatist war are now locked in another struggle for …
Bunker Share
Aug 20, 2009 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka unit of Indian Oil Corporation has about a third of the bunkering market barely 10 months after starting ship fuel sales at …
US warns of conditions in Sri Lanka camps
WASHINGTON, August 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday renewed its call for Sri Lanka to release more than 250,000 Tamil war refugees from their …
Power Deal
SYDNEY, August 19, 2009 (AFP) - Australia touted itself as a "global energy superpower" after shrugging off diplomatic tensions with China to sign a record 41. …
Sri Lanka gets more US aid for refugees, demining
Aug 19, 2009 (LBO) - The United States said it is giving more aid to Sri Lanka to support civilians displaced by the ethnic war and to clear land mines so they …
Squalid war camps threaten Sri Lanka’s image: opposition
August 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka risks further damage to its image by failing to improve conditions for tens of thousands of war-displaced people held in …
Sri Lanka rains flood 2,000 shelters at camp: UN
August 18, 2009 (AFP) - Heavy rains flooded nearly 2,000 makeshift shelters housing Sri Lankan Tamil war refugees detained by the government, the United …
Sri Lanka’s war refugee camps flooded: govt official
August 16, 2009 (AFP) - Heavy rains flooded camps housing some of Sri Lanka's 300,000 war refugees, officials said Sunday, raising fears for the welfare of the …
Fuel Loss
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Sri Lanka lawmaker says election spending should be capped
Aug 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka should cap election spending to prevent honest politicians being crowded out and criminal elements entering the parliament, a …
US gives food aid to speed up refugee settlement
Aug 10, 2009 (LBO) - The United States said it had donated another 15 million dollars of food to help resettle people displaced by Sri Lanka's ethnic war whose …
Pro-Tiger party wins one Sri Lanka council
August 9, 2009 (AFP) - A party that backs the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels won a council in elections near Sri Lanka's former war zone, results showed Sunday, …