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 …
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 …
HANOI, Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister Tuesday said peace talks with Tamil Tigers will go on and urged the guerrillas to stop "terrorism" a day …
Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - A solemn vow by the veteran Tamil rebel leader that his people will now pursue their own independent state has set the stage for a return …
OSLO, Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Norway on Tuesday said that while it did not see the need for new initiatives, it would remain in contact with both the Sri Lankan …
Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government has written to peace broker Norway to ask if the island's peace process is over after Tamil rebels declared it …
Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels stepped up artillery and mortar bomb attacks against military bases in the restive east Tuesday, a day after calling …
Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday offered fresh talks with Tamil Tigers to avert a return to all-out civil war as the top guerrilla leader wrote off the …
Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka must stop helping a pro-government Tamil rebel faction to recruit child soldiers, a human rights group warned Tuesday. online …
Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy Monday sank a suspected Tamil rebel trawler off the island's northwest coast, killing at least four people on board, a …
Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead three local employees of a Japanese cement company in north-eastern Sri Lanka on Monday as Tamil Tiger …
Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was to deliver a keenly-awaited address Monday to Sri Lanka's embattled Tamil people that will …
Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - The Tamil minority of Sri Lanka must have their own independent state, rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran declared Monday, effectively …
COLOMBO, Nov 26 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elusive Tamil Tiger supremo marks his 52nd birthday Sunday with a self-imposed deadline to decide the course of Asia's …
NEW DELHI, Nov 26, 2006 (AFP) - The visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse Sunday sounded out India on joint patrolling of their maritime border in a …
COLOMBO, Nov 26 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces went on high alert Sunday, officials said, as Tamil Tiger rebels remembered 18,742 comrades killed in their …
SINGAPORE, Nov 25, 2006 (AFP) - Mediators who have tried to settle Asia's most intractable conflicts will gather in Singapore Monday for a closed-door …
COLOMBO, Nov 24, 2006 (AFP) - A top Indian envoy left for home Friday after conveying New Delhi's "deep concern" over escalating violence in Sri Lanka, as …
COLOMBO, Nov 24, 2006 (AFP) - Renewed fighting in Sri Lanka's embattled northern and eastern regions has left at least 30 people dead, according to defence …
COLOMBO, Nov 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will seek India's help to step up patrols of their common maritime border to prevent drug and arms smuggling and …
COLOMBO, Nov 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Friday asked foreign relief agencies to help supply food and other essentials to half a million …