Norway fails to secure deal to lift Jaffna siege
Dec 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace broker Norway failed on Friday to secure an agreement to end a blockade on the Jaffna peninsula where nearly half a …
Sri Lanka to buy MiG aircraft from Ukraine
Dec 8, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is to bolster its air force by buying four Mig-27s from Ukraine as its battle with the Tamil Tiger rebels intensifies, a …
Aid workers blame bureaucracy for growing struggle to help Sri Lankans
PARIS, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Western aid groups warned of a growing struggle to help Sri Lankan victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami and of the country's war, …
Sri Lanka president says democracy must not stop anti-terror fight
COLOMBO, Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has warned that democracy must not come in the way of battling terrorism, after his government moved to …
School shelled as 9 dead in fresh violence in Sri Lanka
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - At least seven civilians and two soldiers were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka hours after the government announced tough anti-terror …
Blast rips Sri Lanka water mains
Dec 7, 2006 (AFP) - A powerful explosion blew up a pipeline supplying water to parts of the capital and immediate suburbs, police said Thursday. online …
Sri Lanka invokes anti-terror laws, but seeks talks with Tigers
COLOMBO, Dec 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday invoked tough anti-terror laws targeting the Tamil Tigers, but said it was not banning the rebels and asked …
Charity resumes Sri Lankan battle zone operations after massacre
COLOMBO, Sept 6, 2006 (AFP) - A French charity Tuesday announced it is resuming its operations in Sri lankan, four months after 17 of its local employees were …
Fighting kills 19 in Sri Lanka: military
COLOMBO, Dec 5, 2006 (AFP) - At least 19 people have been killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka as peace broker Norway cancelled a meeting with Tamil Tiger …
Red Cross gives tsunami hit Sri Lankan families’ cash grants to rebuild homes
Dec 05 (LBO) – Relief Agency the American Red Cross said Tuesday that it will give ten million dollars in cash grants to over 3000 Sri Lankan families to …
Sri Lanka ask Norway to suspend contacts with Tamil Tigers
COLOMBO, Dec 3, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government asked peace broker Norway to suspend contacts with the Tamil Tiger rebels as it came under intense pressure …
Sri Lanka police detain two suspect over assassination as fighting flares up
Dec 2, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police detained two people over an attempt to assassinate the president's brother, officials said, as 11 people were killed in …
Blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka
December 01, (LBO) - Sri Lanka's defence secretary has escaped a suicide assassination bid, the centre for national security said. buy zydena online …
Sri Lanka defence secretary escapes assassination bid
December 31, (LBO) - Sri Lanka's defence secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the brother of the country's president had escaped a suicide assassination attempt, …
Sri Lanka defence secretary survive suicide blast
COLOMBO, Dec 1, 2006 (AFP) - The brother of Sri Lanka's president narrowly escaped Friday when a suspected Tamil rebel suicide bomber blew himself up in the …
Five killed in Sri Lanka as train hits truck
Nov 30, 2006 (AFP) - Two soldiers and three policemen were killed Thursday when their pick-up truck was hit by a commuter train at an unprotected level …
Sri Lanka bloodshed to worsen, warns Crisis Group
Nov 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's peace initiative was flawed from the start and the island now faces an immediate prospect of more violence, the International …
Norway’s peace envoy to meet warring parties in Sri Lanka
Nov 30, 2006 (AFP) - A top Norwegian peace broker arrived in Sri Lanka Thursday, a diplomat said, as Tamil Tiger separatists insisted government forces have …
Food aid reaches besieged Sri Lanka town amid lull in fighting
Nov 29, 2006 (AFP) - A convoy of food on Wednesday reached 40,000 people trapped by weeks of heavy fighting in the island's restive east as artillery exchanges …
Tamil Tigers isolated in bid for own state in Sri Lanka
Nov 29, 2006 (AFP) - A rebel bid for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka has run into outright international rejection with the United States leading calls …