Close Shave
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger saboteurs came close to cutting off a large chunk of Sri Lanka's electricity supply Tuesday by skirting tight security and …
Sri Lanka to study critical rights report
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has called for "careful study" of a critical report that said the island is failing to investigate grave human …
Foreign experts slam Sri Lanka over slow rights probe
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was Monday accused of dragging its feet despite a promise to tackle major human rights violations, as Western diplomats warned …
Britain asks Sri Lanka to end military campaign
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Britain Monday asked its former colony Sri Lanka to end its military campaign and resume peace talks with separatist Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka premier apologizes for evicting Tamils
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Sunday apologised to ethnic minority Tamils for evicting them from the capital, promising there would be no …
Sri Lanka’s Tigers have bomb to blow up ‘half of Colombo’: PM
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have rigged up a truck with over a tonne of explosives that could blow up half of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister …
Oil Oil everywhere…
TEHRAN, June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Iran hopes to begin a much-delayed plan to ration petrol in the next two weeks amid continued uncertainty over its launch date, …
Precipice
June 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is on the brink of the dangerous path of petrol and diesel rationing, which will give set amounts of subsidized fuel to …
Sri Lanka troops kill 30 Tigers in east
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed when Sri Lankan troops overran four guerrilla jungle bases, the defence …
Sri Lanka president orders police probe on Tamil evictions
COLOMBO, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday promised an investigation into police action that forced hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital …
Japan will not halt aid to Sri Lanka; hoping for peace
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's special envoy to Sri Lanka ended a four-day visit Saturday saying he was still hopeful that the island's tattered peace process …
Rights groups accuse Sri Lanka over evictions
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Human rights activists accused Sri Lanka's government Friday of imposing a "collective punishment" on its minority Tamil community after …
UN see pattern in Sri Lanka aid worker killings
GENEVA, June 7, 2007 (AFP) - The murder of two Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka appears to be part of a trend in which aid workers are deliberately targeted, two …
US condemns Sri Lanka Tamil evictions from capital
June 8, 2007 (LBO) - The United States Friday condemned the eviction of ethnic Tamils without jobs from Colombo, and asked the government to reveal where they …
Sri Lanka president raps police chief, invites Tamils back
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday criticised his police chief for evicting hundreds of minority Tamils from the capital and ordered them to be …
Japanese peace envoy in talks with Sri Lanka president
June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse held talks in Colombo Wednesday with a top Japanese envoy on the future of the island's peace …
Japanese envoy visits Sri Lanka’s embattled east
June 7, 2007 (AFP) - A top Japanese envoy to Sri Lanka met with officials and aid workers in the island's embattled eastern region Thursday following talks …
Train blast in Sri Lanka wounds four
June 6, 2007 (AFP) - A bomb exploded under a passenger train in Sri Lanka's embattled east on Wednesday, wounding at least four people, military officials …
Divine Intervention
June 6, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's state electricity utility warned that power cuts would be imposed if monsoon rains do not come in the next two weeks to …
Think tank IPN calls writers for a free society to participate in the Bastiat Prize
June 06, 2007 (LBO) – The international Policy Network (IPN), a London based think tank, is calling for writers who promote institutions for free society …