Talent show may have helped Sri Lanka suicide attack
COLOMBO, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan defence officials said Tuesday that a major Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a key military base may have been …
COLOMBO, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan defence officials said Tuesday that a major Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a key military base may have been …
Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military made key changes in its command on Tuesday, a day after the Tamil Tigers infiltrated an air base and destroyed …
Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) - Tamil Tiger rebels launched a pre-dawn air and ground assault on a Sri Lankan air force base on Monday, damaging at least two helicopter …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Five Sri Lankan airmen were killed as Tamil Tiger rebels launched an unprecedented air and land attack on a northern military base, …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Monday they had used members of an elite suicide squad to stage their first-ever coordinated ground …
Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) – Up to nine Sri Lankan servicemen and 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed during the Tiger air and ground attack on the Anuradhapura …
Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - An elite Tamil Tiger suicide squad backed by light aircraft on Monday attacked a key Sri Lankan military base in an unprecedented ground …
COLOMBO, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - More than a dozen suspected Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in fresh fighting in the island's embattled north, the defence …
COLOMBO, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Experts on counter terrorism have urged Sri Lanka's government to capitalise on recent victories against the Tamil Tigers and try …
Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - An international counter-terrorism expert Thursday urged Sri Lanka's warring parties to return to the negotiating table to end decades of …
Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday its troops killed 41 suspected Tamil Tigers in renewed clashes in the island's north, although the …
Oct 18, 2007 (LBO) – The Free Media Movement (FMM), a Sri Lankan media watchdog, Thursday sharply criticised heavy-handed action by military personnel in …
COLOMBO, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday that its troops killed 27 suspected Tamil Tigers in renewed clashes in the island's north, …
Oct 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been ranked at the bottom of a world media freedom index prepared by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based …
Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has put off re-opening its most popular wildlife sanctuary by another week after Tamil Tiger rebels overran an army post inside …
Oct 17, 2007 (LBO) –Experts on combatting terrorism are due to meet in Sri Lanka to share their experience on how democratically elected governments can …
Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have overrun a military post inside Sri Lanka's most popular wildlife sanctuary, officials said Tuesday amid a surge in …
Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) - At least six government troops were killed when Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a military position inside Sri Lanka's main wildlife …
Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) - At least 38 Tamil Tiger rebel fighters and government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said …
Oct 15, 2007 (AFP) - Four top Sri Lankan activists have quit a human rights panel in protest over the government's failure to stop extra-judicial killings, …