Terror threat from South Asia still top US concern
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United States has poured nearly 40 billion dollars in aid to South Asia since the September 11 attacks but the terror …
Sri Lanka govt needs to act quickly to consolidate east: analysts
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government may be celebrating a key election victory in the ethnically-mixed east but it is still a long way from winning …
Sri Lanka opposition challenge govt poll win
May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's opposition said Monday it planned to mount a legal challenge to the government's weekend win in key local elections in the …
Sri Lanka Marxist rebels form new party
May 12, 2008 (LBO) – A breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP- People's Liberation Front) said Monday that …
Votes counted in Sri Lanka amid allegations of foul play
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Vote counting was underway in eastern Sri Lanka Sunday after an election marred by Tamil Tiger attacks and …
Sri Lanka govt claims victory in key provincial polls
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government Sunday claimed victory in key provincial elections in the ethnically-mixed east of the …
Sri Lanka govt wins key polls in boost for war effort
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 11, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition was Sunday declared the winner of key elections in the east of the island, and hailed …
Black Gold
May 10, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to award its first offshore oil exploration contract before the end of May, petroleum minister A H M Fowzie said. The …
Security tight as Sri Lanka’s east coast holds key polls
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - A heavy security blanket was thrown over eastern Sri Lanka ahead of Saturday's local polls, seen as a key test for …
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May 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to start searching for oil onshore after the accidental discovery of gas seeping from the ground, government officials …
Sri Lanka’s ‘Karuna released into immigration detention
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel splinter group, jailed in Britain since January, has been released and transferred to an …
On Hold
May 09, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is keeping retail fuel prices at current levels despite crude oil prices soaring to new highs and mounting losses at the …
Iraq, Sri Lanka, Pakistan on journo killer list: rights body
VIENNA, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Ninety-three journalists were killed in 2007, almost half of them in Iraq, the International Press Institute media watchdog said in …
Sri Lanka, Pakistan, unfit for Human Rights Council: rights bodies
UNITED NATIONS , May 6, 2008 (AFP) - Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia do not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top …
Sri Lanka plans medical help to Myanmar
May 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is planning to send a team of medical doctors and nurses to Myanmar, the foreign ministry said. Media reports said around …
Outcry as Sri Lanka’s defence chief urges censorship
COLOMBO, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main media rights group on Monday voiced alarm after the island's hawkish defence chief reportedly branded some …
Sri Lanka media watchdog slams govt, Tamil Tigers
May 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM) has said media freedom in the island remains under threat by both parties to the internal …
Sri Lanka cited on journalist murder ‘Impunity Index’
UNITED NATIONS, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - India, the Philippines, Mexico and Colombia -- all democracies -- were cited Wednesday among 13 countries with the …
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Iranian president touch down in Pakistan before Sri Lanka vist
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, April 28, 2008 (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Monday in Pakistan for a brief visit to meet the country's new …