Key dates in Sri Lanka’s armed conflict
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels deployed a motorcycle riding suicide bomber to kill Sri Lanka's number three army officer, Major General …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels deployed a motorcycle riding suicide bomber to kill Sri Lanka's number three army officer, Major General …
COLOMBO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - One of Sri Lanka's most senior army generals was assassinated Monday in a powerful bomb attack just outside the capital Colombo, …
PANNIPITIYA, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Blackened body fragments littered the highway and gardens of this Sri Lankan suburb after a suspected Tamil Tamil …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber assassinated the Sri Lankan army's deputy chief of staff Monday, dealing another blow to the …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The assassination of a top army general Monday was aimed at sabotaging Sri Lanka's peace process, President Mahinda Rajapakse said. …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main hospital here received an anonymous warning phone call shortly before the assassination of a top army general Monday, a …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas Monday warned that Sri Lanka would descend into full-scale war if peace broker Norway quit, as the killing of a …
June 26, 2006 (AFP) - The Roman Catholic church opened a meeting here Monday, calling for peace in embattled Sri Lanka hours after a suspected Tamil Tiger …
OSLO, June 26, 2006 (AFP) - Norway is determined to continue its mediation efforts in Sri Lanka despite a flare-up in violence on the island and uncertainty …
June 25, 2006 (AFP) - A tense calm has settled over Sri Lanka as the government and Tamil Tiger guerrillas await a decision from peace broker Norway that could …
June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Saturday said the Tamil Tigers had laid down a "hostile deadline" after the rebels said European Union (EU) nations should …
BANGALORE, India, June 24, 2006 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday urged dialogue and cooperation for solving the ethnic conflict in Sri …
June 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was thrown into panic Friday after sonic booms caused by jet fighters were mistaken for bomb blasts off the …
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government Thursday remained non-committal to demands that a failing ceasefire agreement be amended so as not to restrict …
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - A breakaway faction of Tamil Tiger rebels has increased the recruiting of child soldiers, with 30 cases being reported in the past week …
June 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Thursday labelled as "impractical" a demand by Tamil Tiger rebels that European Union truce monitors on the troubled island be …
June 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers Wednesday told peace broker Norway that European Union ceasefire monitors must go following the EU's outlawing …
June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of attacking a historic Buddhist temple in the island's east amid fresh moves by peace …
June 20, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to a truce despite surging violence, but said the future of ceasefire …
June 19, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Monday invited Tamil Tiger rebels to negotiate peace and save their collapsing ceasefire as two more soldiers were killed in a …