Clerical Probe
LA HAYE, April 16, 2010 (AFP) - A Catholic priest in the Netherlands has come under investigation over allegations of child abuse and embezzlement in Sri …
Legal
No Entry
NEW DELHI, April 17, 2010 (AFP) - The ailing mother of Sri Lanka's slain Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been denied entry to India for medical …
Caught
MIAMI, April 13, 2010 (AFP) - US police backed by helicopter units swooped on a group of illegal immigrants smuggled in from the Bahamas, arresting 15 from …
Blocked
SYDNEY, April 9, 2010 (AFP) - Australia on Friday stopped accepting new Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum seekers as it cracks down on people smuggling to thwart an …
Transit Point
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysia on Wednesday launched a national plan against human trafficking as the country moves to quash its image as a …
Arbitrary Rule
SEOUL, March 18, 2010 (AFP) - North Korea has executed a top financial official blamed for a bungled currency revaluation that triggered chaos in the communist …
Arrests
BERLIN, March 5, 2010 (AFP) - German authorities said Friday that police have arrested six people suspected of raising funds for the Sri Lankan separatist …
Economic Laws
Feb 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka will fast-track legislation related to the economy when a new parliament convenes on April 22 after national polls, …
Normal Life
February 19, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Friday it plans to release all detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers by the end of May and re-unite them with their …
Smuggling Route
February 18, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police on Thursday seized 28 kilos (62 pounds) of heroin worth 780,000 dollars in a major blow to smugglers who are …
Leave
February 12, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a challenge to the arrest of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, as …
Media Muzzle
January 30, 2010 (AFP) - Police in Sri Lanka shut down the offices of an opposition newspaper on Saturday, the weekly said, as international rights groups …
Arms Dealing
WASHINGTON, January 23, 2010 (AFP) - A New York court sentenced two men to 14 and 26 years in prison Friday for providing support to the Tamil Tigers …
Pacific Refuge
WELLINGTON, January 19, 2010 (AFP) - New Zealand has agreed to take 13 Sri Lankan refugees who spent weeks refusing to leave an Australian customs boat in …
Disaster Relief
LEOGANE, January 16, 2010 (AFP) - A first shipment of UN food aid arrived on Saturday in the ruined Haitian town of Leogane, where street after street of homes …
Bailed Out
COLOMBO, January 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's court of appeal on Monday freed on bail a Tamil editor whose 20-year prison sentence last year for supporting …
Pressure Point
January 8, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was under new pressure Friday to submit to a war crimes investigation after the United Nations authenticated a video …
Free
January 9, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday released more than 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters from military custody following a rehabilitation program, an …
Guilty Plea
NEW YORK, January 7, 2010 (AFP) - A former senior partner in the McKinsey & Co consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday in New York to taking money for …
Graft Wave
December 26, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly half a billion dollars in tsunami aid for Sri Lanka is unaccounted for and over 600 million dollars has been spent on projects …