Sri Lanka peace hopes dim as Norway fails to clinch talks deal
May 28, 2006 (AFP) - Hopes of ending Sri Lanka's ethnic bloodshed have hit rock bottom after peacebroker Norway failed to arrange talks on saving a collapsing …
May 28, 2006 (AFP) - Hopes of ending Sri Lanka's ethnic bloodshed have hit rock bottom after peacebroker Norway failed to arrange talks on saving a collapsing …
May 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's key foreign aid donors will meet to reevaluate the troubled nation's faltering peace process this week at a meeting in Tokyo …
VIENNA, May 27, 2006 (AFP) - The European Union is expected to put Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on its list of terrorist groups next week, a spokesman for the EU's …
May 27 (AFP) - Peace broker Norway Saturday asked Tamil rebels and the Sri Lankan government to attend a meeting next month to discuss the role of Scandinavian …
NEW DELHI, May 27, 2006 (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Eric Solheim, said Saturday a major crisis was brewing in the tropical island and that …
May 27, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka could be heading back to all-out war, the top Norwegian envoy to the island warned Saturday, saying the peace process was more …
May 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have released 16 youths who lied about their age to join the guerrilla movement, the rebels said in a statement …
May 26, 2006 (AFP) - Norway's top peace envoy held lengthy talks with Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse Friday in a fresh bid to stop the island from …
LONDON, May 25, 2006 (AFP) - An impending European ban on the Tamil Tiger rebels will leave the group with little choice but to engage in peace talks, Sri …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's twin-tower World Trade Centre banned vehicles Thursday fearing a car bomb attack by Tamil separatist rebels, police and …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - Deadly mine attacks and a bomb scare in Sri Lanka's capital Thursday brought home the challenge faced by a Norwegian envoy who was set to …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - The Tamil people are preparing for war and nobody can defeat them, a top Sri Lankan rebel military commander was quoted as saying …
May 24, 2006 (AFP) - Three security personnel died in a mine blast Wednesday, the Sri Lanka military said, as a Norwegian peace envoy arrived to salvage a …
MUHAMALAI, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - A narrow strip of land in Sri Lanka's northern peninsula of Jaffna is a flashpoint that could ignite a new war in …
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway is "extremely concerned" about the high level of violence in Sri Lanka, Oslo's ambassador said …
COLOMBO, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - The European Union on Tuesday demanded action against those responsible for bombing three international charities operating in …
May 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday rejected a call by Buddhist and Christian clergy for a direct meet between the president and the …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was banking on the European Union to tame Tamil Tiger guerrillas as the rebels warned that the killing of their top intelligence …
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2006 (AFP) - The European Union's "shocking" move towards blacklisting Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will push the peace process to …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday accused government forces of killing a senior field commander in the island's restive eastern …