Japanese ambassador safe after Sri Lanka attack; Tigers say sorry
TOKYO, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's ambassador to Sri Lanka is safe after Tamil rebels attacked a group of diplomats Tuesday, wounding the US and Italian …
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.Air strikes against Sri Lanka’s Tigers after envoys hit
COLOMBO, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the rebels shelled two military …
Sri Lankan FM condemns ‘deliberate’ Tigers attack
BEIJING, Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister condemned an artillery attack Tuesday by Tamil Tiger rebels that wounded the German, Italian and US …
US, Italian ambassadors wounded in Sri Lanka LTTE attacks
Feb 27, 2007 (AFP) - The ambassadors of the United States and Italy were wounded Tuesday in an artillery attack by suspected Tamil rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, …
Sri Lanka leader brings elephant and jumbo delegation to China
BEIJING, Feb 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse began a week-long state visit to China on Monday -- and showed up with an elephant as a …
Sri Lanka troops take more rebel bases after fresh offensive
COLOMBO, Feb 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops seized at least four bases from Tamil Tiger strongholds in the northeast in the past week, the defence ministry …
Last rites read over peace process in Sri Lanka
Feb 25, 2007 (AFP) - As thousands flee for their lives amid heavy weekend artillery fire in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, analysts say the government, Tamil …
Australia say Sri Lankans won’t be sent home if they face persecution
SYDNEY, Feb 24, 2007 (AFP) - Australia vowed Saturday not to send home a group of 85, mostly Sri Lankan boat people if it meant they would face persecution. …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers say truce dead, battle for statehood alive
COLOMBO, Feb 23, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka and the rebel Tamil Tigers marked the fifth anniversary of their truce on Friday, hours after the guerrillas said the …
Killings continue in Sri Lanka ahead of failed truce anniversary
COLOMBO, Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Three civilians were found shot dead in northern Sri Lanka and a soldier was killed in the country's east Thursday, on the eve of …
Norway offers help to revive Sri Lanka peace bid
COLOMBO, Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Norway's top peace broker in Sri Lanka, Erik Solheim, Thursday offered to go the extra mile to revive the stalled process on the …
Anura protects Sri Lanka’s national heritage again
February 22 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's sacked national heritage minister Anura Bandaranaike has been re-appointed to his former post Thursday, a spokesman from …
Nine killed in Sri Lanka boat attack: navy
Feb 22, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy sank two suspected Tamil Tiger boats off the island's north-western coast Thursday, killing at least nine people, a …
Sri Lanka marks truce anniversary, conflict rages on
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels mark the fifth anniversary of their Norwegian-brokered truce this week but …
Sri Lanka asks India to crack down on cross border gun-running
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday asked neighbouring India to intensify a crackdown on suspected Tamil rebel gun-running across the narrow …
Mine blast kills three people in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - At least three people, including a policeman, were killed and 16 wounded Wednesday in a mine attack in eastern Sri Lanka, police …
Norway calls for fresh commitment to Sri Lankan truce
COLOMBO, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Norway Wednesday called for a fresh commitment from Sri Lanka's warring parties to maintain its peace brokering efforts on the …
Sri Lanka condemns India train bombing as ‘abominable’
COLOMBO, Feb 20, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday condemned as an "abominable act of terrorism" the firebombing of a train from India to Pakistan that killed 68 …
Sri Lanka war planes in action as reported death toll rises
COLOMBO, Feb 20, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lankan military aircraft bombed rebel-held territory on Tuesday, killing at least two villagers, the Tamil Tiger guerrillas …
Another Sri Lankan journalist goes missing; media rights body concerned
February 17 (LBO) – An international journalist rights body has voiced concern as yet another Sri Lankan journalist went missing this week. Media …