Sri Lanka fighting set for long haul: analysts

Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's latest fighting could drag on despite international pressure as the government and Tiger rebels seek the military upper hand …

Sri Lanka relief ship sails for Jaffna after loading delays

Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan cargo ship has finally started a delayed two-day voyage with food aid for thousands stranded by fighting in the embattled …

Sri Lanka troops shell Tiger targets amid lull in Jaffna

Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fired rockets and artillery at suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island's northeast Wednesday amid a lull in …

US bust on Tiger missile deal hailed in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday welcomed the arrest in the United States of men allegedly trying to buy surface-to-air missiles for Tamil Tiger …

Colombo mine aimed at politician, says Sri Lanka minister

Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Tuesday discovered a powerful Claymore mine in a crowded Colombo market area as the city hosted thousands of athletes …

Sri Lankan relief ship to set sail for Jaffna after delays

Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan cargo ship is to set sail Tuesday with food aid for the embattled Jaffna peninsula but it may go half-empty because bad …

Warplanes bomb Tiger munitions dump amid Sri Lanka relief bid

Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger munitions dump Tuesday as a ship prepared to sail with food for tens of thousands cut …

Battle for Jaffna kills 646: Sri Lanka military

Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - At least 159 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 485 were wounded while resisting a Tamil Tiger offensive against the northern peninsula …

Norwegian named as new head of Sri Lanka ceasefire monitors

Jaffna: The Tamil cultural capital turned killing field

Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tigers are locked in fierce fighting over Jaffna, but analysts say the arid peninsula is of little real value to …

Monitors flee fighting amid fresh bid to save Sri Lanka truce

Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - The monitors of Sri Lanka's collapsing truce were retreating to Colombo amid fierce fighting as the nation's financial backers met the …

Less monitors to oversee Sri Lanka’s ‘ceasefire’

Aug 20 (AFP) - A foreign team monitoring Sri Lanka's crumbling ceasefire will be almost halved after Tamil Tiger rebels ordered members from European Union …

Sri Lankan warplanes attack Tiger boat base

Aug 19 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's airforce Saturday said it had destroyed attack craft used by Tamil Tigers in an airstrike on a boatyard in rebel-held territory. …

More clashes in Sri Lanka while refugee numbers rise

Aug 19 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops bombed an alleged Tamil Tiger seabase and traded fire with rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula amid concern over supplies …

EU urges resumption of Sri Lanka peace talks

HELSINKI, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) - The Finnish presidency of the European Union has called on the warring parties in Sri Lanka to return to the negotiating table …

US disaster aid expert in Sri Lanka to study refugee crisis in Trincomalee

Aug 18 (LBO) - The United States government’s international aid agency has sent a disaster expert to study the refugee crisis in the country’s …

Aid workers demand help for thousands as air raids continue in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) - Government warplanes attacked Tamil Tiger targets in northern Sri Lanka Friday as aid workers demanded access to tens of …

Tigers name 51 children killed in air raid

COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Friday gave the names of 51 school children killed in an airforce bombing of what they said was an …