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Chief peace monitor hits out at Sri Lanka water attack
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s chief truce monitor has criticised government troops for shelling Tamil rebels as they tried to reopen a bitterly contested waterway at the centre of the heaviest clashes in years.An estimated 60,000 people have been killed since the Tamil insurgency began around three decades ago. Ulf Henriksson, head of […]
French NGO probing killing of 15 aid workers in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) – A French aid agency said it was trying to find out who shot dead 15 of its employees in northern Sri Lanka but that government troops had sealed off the scene of the massacre.The military has also accused the Tiger rebels of killing 100 Muslim residents, a charge denied by […]
Senior police officer killed in Sri Lanka blast
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) – A senior police officer was killed and his driver critically wounded in a powerful mine explosion in central Sri Lanka Monday, police said, blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack. The latest blast came as government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in a bitter battle over the control […]
Mouse Trail
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – High-tech passports touted as advances in national security can be spied on remotely and their identifying radio signals cloned, computers hackers were shown at a conference ending Sunday. Radio frequency identification technology, referred to as RFID, used in cash cards and passports, can be copied, blocked or […]
Zimbabwe freezes price hikes after launching currency reforms
HARARE, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Zimbabwe has ordered a new freeze on prices of goods following a spate of increases on the heels of last week’s currency reforms to combat the effects of the country’s nearly 1,200 percent inflation, a state-run paper said Sunday.The country’s isolation from its traditional trading partners in Europe following […]
”’ cash reforms rapped
HARARE, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Zimbabweans last week flooded banks to hand in old notes after the central bank slashed three zeroes from the local currency, but analysts said the new money would not provide relief from record inflation. Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank slashed three zeroes from its currency last Monday to help consumers battling […]
Bodies of 15 aid workers found in Sri Lanka
Aug 7, 2006 (AFP) – Fifteen local employees of a French aid agency have been found dead in a town in northeastern Sri Lanka at the centre of heavy fighting betweeen Tamil rebels and government forces, an aid group said Sunday. Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday accused government forces of killing the 15 people.The bodies […]
Sri Lanka rejects Norway deal with Tigers, battle for water resumes
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway’s deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root of the latest bloodshed that has claimed at least 425 lives by official count. Troops began shelling suspected Tiger positions around Maavilaru in this north-eastern port district […]
Desperation greets refugees in Sri Lanka camps
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – B.M. Aliar stared helplessly at a mob of hungry refugees jostling for handouts as the first supplies trickled into a relief shelter on the edge of Sri Lanka’s strife-torn northeast. Aliar, a 50-year-old labourer, is among an estimated 20,000 Muslims who fled the town of Muttur near […]
Sri Lanka bloodbath over water ends as Norway clinches peace deal
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday rejected peace broker Norway’s deal with Tamil Tiger rebels to lift a water blockade at the root of the latest bloodshed that has claimed over 425 lives by official count.Troops began shelling suspected Tiger positions around Maavilaru in the northeastern district of Trincomalee where the guerrillas blocked […]
Sri Lanka rebels say deal reached on water
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday they had agreed to lift a water blockade behind weeks of fighting that has killed hundreds, but warned new strikes by the Sri Lankan military would lead to full-scale war. A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) spokesman said the group had told peace-broker Norway […]
Sri Lanka rebels warn full-scale war if strikes resume
Aug 6, 2006 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to full-scale war if Sri Lanka resumes air strikes, a spokesman told AFP.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) told Oslo’s top envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer that they were lifting a […]