Heavy shelling in Sri Lanka as fresh fighting flares
COLOMBO, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels shelled each other's positions in the island's embattled northeast Saturday, killing at …
COLOMBO, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels shelled each other's positions in the island's embattled northeast Saturday, killing at …
WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's international donors have expressed serious concern over a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from the island's …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 12, 2006 (AFP) - At an overcrowded mosque in Sri Lanka's northeast, thousands of Muslim refugees displaced by fighting between …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - S. Ganesh was a 16-year veteran aid worker who had followed Sri Lanka's Tamil insurgency since it began, so his …
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Three villagers were killed in Sri Lanka on Friday when they tried to prise open an unexploded mortar found near a military …
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - The head of a French charity vowed Friday to "get to the bottom" of the massacre of 17 employees in Sri Lanka and said his group …
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops shelled Tamil Tiger positions in the northern peninsula of Jaffna Friday shortly after launching air strikes …
COLOMBO, Aug 11, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tigers Friday warned of a humanitarian crisis after 42,000 people were displaced by a surge in violence that has left Sri …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Doctor Iranthi de Silva has worked for 15 hours straight, battling fatigue and stress as casualties in Sri Lanka's …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan war planes bombed Tamil Tiger positions as the two sides shelled each other around a disputed waterway …
KANTALAI, Sri Lanka, Aug 10, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed Tiger positions as fighting broke out again near a disputed waterway in the troubled …
Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels are insisting that truce monitors from EU countries quit Sri Lanka despite efforts by peace broker Norway to persuade …
Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Five people including a doctor were killed when an ambulance was caught up in a mine attack carried out by government forces, Tamil Tiger …
Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - Water flowed down a disputed canal in Sri Lanka Wednesday after peace broker Norway defused the island's bloodiest battle in four years and …
PARIS, Aug 9, 2006 (AFP) - A French charity on Wednesday demanded that the "butchers" behind the murder of 17 of its employees in Sri Lanka's embattled …
Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - Three people were killed Tuesday in a bomb attack aimed at a Sri Lanka politician opposed to Tamil Tiger rebels who have been fighting a …
GENEVA, Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is trying to negotiate urgent access to the area around the northeastern Sri Lankan …
PARIS, Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - Seventeen employees of a French charity found dead in northeastern Sri Lanka at the weekend were all executed by gunfire, the group …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - Relatives Tuesday sprinkled perfumed water and buried aid workers gunned down inside their office in strife-torn …
Aug 8, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels lifted a water blockade Tuesday at the root of Sri Lanka's latest bloodshed, which has officially claimed over 440 …