Tamil Tiger raid a desperate bid to delay defeat: govt
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - A kamikaze-style attack by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on the capital Colombo may have been a last ditch attempt by the rebels to delay …
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - A kamikaze-style attack by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on the capital Colombo may have been a last ditch attempt by the rebels to delay …
NEW DELHI, February 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Indian Air Force was placed on alert on the southern coast of the country Saturday following a deadly Tamil Tiger air …
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who staged a suicide air raid on Sri Lanka's capital used a pocket torch to navigate, but their planes were packed …
Feb 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has downed a Tamil Tiger light aircraft near an air base and an international airport north of Colombo following a raid …
February 20, 2009 (AFP) - Security forces captured diving equipment and underwater "scooters" used by suicide bombers after heavy fighting with Tamil Tiger …
February 20, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces seized another village from Tamil Tiger rebels, the government said Friday, as international concern …
Feb 21, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was blacked out Friday night and air defences were activated against a possible attack by Tamil Tiger …
TRINCOMALEE, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Shopkeeper Subramaniam Sudaharan says he is lucky to be alive after his two teenage sons were shot dead as the family …
February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday rejected fresh calls for a truce with Tamil Tigers as troops took another village from rebel …
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger rebels have intensified conscription of child soldiers, some as young as 14, the United Nations …
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is considering a sea evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside its war zone, officials said on Tuesday as …
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - The Red Cross evacuated Monday a ferry load of 400 civilians wounded in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels. …
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas have prevented tens of thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka's war zone and those trying to escape …
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elusive rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still on the island and has been preparing his Tamil Tiger fighters to …
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government hoped Tamil Tiger rebels could be defeated in days, but both sides are now warning bloodier battles may lie …
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels lobbed a grenade and opened fire at a bus transporting civilians out of Sri Lanka's war zone on …
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Four civilians died when artillery shells fell on a home for the elderly inside a demarcated safe area within Sri Lanka's war zone, a …
Feb 13, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has ratified a proposal to set up a South Asian development fund mooted at a summit of regional leaders last year, a …
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops killed 28 Tamil rebels and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition in their latest push for victory in the …
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops declared a new safe zone for civilians Thursday as they battled to finish off the island's drawn-out ethnic …