Sri Lanka rebels’ bid for own state sets stage for war: analysts
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 …
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 …
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) - Sri Lanka must stop helping a pro-government Tamil rebel faction to recruit child soldiers, a human rights group warned Tuesday. online …
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) - Tamil Tiger rebels stepped up artillery and mortar bomb attacks against military bases in the restive east Tuesday, a day after calling …
Nov 27, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Ports Authority has signed a terminal service agreement with Wan-Hai lines of Taiwan to increase container traffic to the …
Nov 27, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's audit examiners will stop visiting government offices to carry out audit work following on a pay dispute, putting the …
NAIROBI, Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Global tea experts meeting in Kenya Monday called for tough minimum quality standards to address the growing problem of poor tea …
November 27, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised about 40 million rupees from June-Sept by taxing foreign movies, dramas and sitcoms aired on local …
November 27 2006 (LBO) – Dialog Telekom, the island's biggest mobile phone operator, Monday announced plans to acquire satellite pay television operator …
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - Three Malaysian plantation firms will merge to create the world's largest listed palm oil business, worth 31.4 billion …
Nov 27, 2006 (AFP) - The Tamil minority of Sri Lanka must have their own independent state, rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran declared Monday, effectively …
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) - 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) - 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 …
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 …
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 Lanka's elusive Tamil Tiger supremo marks his 52nd birthday Sunday with a self-imposed deadline to decide the course of Asia's …
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 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed a suspected base of Tamil Tiger suicide bombers in the island's north Saturday, the defence ministry …