Sri Lankan soldiers missing after heavy fighting
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) - Twelve Sri Lankan government soldiers were missing Sunday following fierce fighting with Tamil rebels in the east of the island that left …
Ongoing bloodshed paralyses Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 8, 2006 (AFP) - Foreign aid donors have demanded peace talks in Sri Lanka to avert full-scale war, but the daily bloodshed has reduced broker Norway's …
Sri Lanka troops, rebels keep up attacks as peace bid stalls
Oct 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels kept up attacks against each other for a second day Saturday, as the rebels said the new fighting …
Fresh fighting erupts as Sri Lanka peace bid stalls
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Heavy sea and land battles erupted Friday in Sri Lanka with the military reporting the recovery of 22 bodies of Tamil rebels after a …
Charities demand access to 200,000 in Sri Lanka war zones
Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - International relief agencies on Friday demanded access to some 200,000 people displaced by Sri Lanka's worsening ethnic conflict and …
Sri Lanka peace bid hits new snag
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Norwegian peace brokers were Thursday struggling to get Sri Lanka's warring parties to agree on a venue for talks, with Tiger rebels …
Sri Lanka probing foreign aid groups
Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it was probing the activities of several foreign aid groups operating in areas controlled by both the government …
Bomb defused in Sri Lankan capital
Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - A powerful Claymore mine was found in a Tamil area of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday and defused by the bomb disposal squad, …
Spin tops substance in Sri Lanka talks
October 4, 2006 (LBO) - Norway has failed to secure agreement on resuming Sri Lanka's peace talks following the latest diplomatic move, but reports suggest a …
Sri Lanka peace effort hits fresh snags
Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - A renewed Norwegian bid to coax Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels back to the negotiating table ran into fresh difficulties …
Norway in talks with Tigers on saving Sri Lanka peace
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - A top Norwegian envoy headed for talks with Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday in a fresh bid to save Sri Lanka's troubled peace process, but …
Sri Lanka delays talks but rules out war to end ethnic bloodshed
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway struggled Tuesday to bring Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels to the negotiating table and avert full-scale war as Colombo …
Air attacks dim Sri Lanka peace talk hopes
Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan air raids against Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday dimmed prospects of early peace talks between the two sides despite fresh attempts …
Talks underway to revive Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - A Norwegian envoy held talks Monday with top Sri Lankan government officials aimed at reviving the island's stalled peace process and …
Sri Lanka heading for snap polls by year’s end: state paper
Oct 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has asked his party to prepare for general elections before year's end if the main opposition fails to back his …
Norwegian envoy resumes Sri Lanka peace bid
Oct 1, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway is set for a fresh attempt to end a seven-month deadlock in talks after the warring parties agreed to meet, …
Fresh violence claims 18 lives in Sri Lanka
Sept 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police commandos killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked their camp in the east of the country on Saturday, while three …
US charges six with shipping arms to Tamil Tigers, Indonesia
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - US authorities said Friday they had charged six Asian men with conspiracy to ship arms, including submachine guns and sniper …
UN says Sri Lanka violence hitting tsunami aid work
Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - The United Nations said Friday ongoing fighting between government forces in Sri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels had badly hit tsunami …
Nandana Gunathilake resigns his posts at Sri Lanka’s Marxist nationalist JVP
Sept 29 (LBO) - A leading member of the Marxist-nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna has resigned his position in the party. Nandana Gunathilake told a local …