From Pakistan to Sri Lanka; record of assassinations in the Indian subcontinent
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Thursday's assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is one of a long series of political assassinations …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Thursday's assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is one of a long series of political assassinations …
Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military announced air strikes inside rebel-held territory on Thursday, a day after a sea battle left a large number of …
Dec 27, 2007 (LBO) – A Sri Lankan junior government minister stormed into the state-owned Rupavahini television station with armed thugs and assaulted …
Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka sent a crack commando unit into the state-run television station Thursday to rescue a government minister kidnapped by …
Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka detained two foreign television journalists and 11 locals from a Tamil family they were filming in the island's south, police …
Dec 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank kept its policy rates frozen in December with inflation raging close to 20 percent a month before, but said …
Dec 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's navy is investigating a ship off the island's east coast on suspicion that it could be a Tamil Tiger arms smuggling …
COLOMBO, Dec 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy Wednesday clashed with suspected Tamil Tiger vessels off the island's northern coast of Jaffna, leaving at least …
Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - At least 13 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed on Christmas Eve in heavy clashes with Sri Lankan security forces in northern Sri Lanka, the …
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Graft and renewed fighting has blocked relief to Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors with less than a fifth of money pledged …
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented the "grim sound of arms" in the world's conflict zones, from Sudan to Sri Lanka and …
Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's monsoon floods were subsiding but just over 40,000 people remained in temporary shelters, the disaster management centre said …
Dec 24, 2007 (LBO) – The World Bank says Sri Lanka needs more money to re-build houses destroyed in the 2004 December tsunami, and its program is lagging …
Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - Torrential rains have driven more than 175,000 people from their homes in Sri Lanka, authorities said on Monday. online pharmacy buy …
Dec 24, 2007 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Sri Lanka's exchange rate appears to be competitive but urged the government not to …
Dec 24, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement said it was "appalled" by an attempt to define journalists as people who hold a card issued by the …
Dec 22, 2007 (AFP) - Government forces captured a key defence line of Tamil Tiger guerrillas in northern Sri Lanka Saturday in fighting that killed six rebels …
Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) - Clashes across frontlines in northern Sri Lanka have left at least 12 Tamil Tiger rebels dead, the defence ministry said Friday. online …
Dec 20, 2007 (LBO) – One of the best ways to combat poverty and inequality in Sri Lanka is to complete the all party process and the government has been …
Dec 20, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to invite oil companies to explore for petroleum deposits in new areas in the north of the island, a senior minister …