Sri Lankan foreign minister in India to discuss peace process
NEW DELHI, May 7 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has arrived in India to discuss his country's peace process which is under strain …
NEW DELHI, May 7 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has arrived in India to discuss his country's peace process which is under strain …
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 7, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are increasingly taking their fight to the sea thanks to a secretive and lethal rebel …
May 6, 2006 (AFP) - A Japanese peace envoy was to arrive in Sri Lanka for talks Saturday as Scandinavian monitors said violence between government forces and …
May 6, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is seeking foreign forensic help to establish whether a female suicide bomber who tried to kill the country's army chief was …
May 5 - (AFP) - A Sri Lankan navy gunboat attacked Tamil Tiger boats off the island's northwestern waters Friday and destroyed at least one craft, military …
COLOMBO, May 5 (AFP) - Diplomats prepared to talk peace but on the ground Friday violence escalated in Sri Lanka as military officials reported fresh air and …
May 4 (AFP) - Two policemen and six others were killed Thursday in separate clashes in northern Sri Lanka where a fragmentation mine also exploded but caused …
May 03(AFP) - Gunmen stormed a Tamil newspaper office in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula killing two people and further raising the toll in the bloodiest month …
May 3 (AFP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of three men were found at a village in northern Sri Lanka Wednesday as tensions mount in the region, police said. The …
May 3 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse marked international press freedom day Wednesday vowing to punish killers of two newspaper workers at a …
May 2 (AFP) - Scandinavian truce monitors on Tuesday climbed down from an allegation that Sri Lankan government forces may have been responsible for …
May 2 (AFP) - Sri Lanka has stepped up moves to revive talks with Tamil Tiger rebels as eight more guerrillas were reported killed Tuesday after the bloodiest …
May 1 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels have moved an unspecified number of fighters along the island's northeastern coast in defiance of a ban on sea …
TRINCOMALEE, May 1 (AFP) - There's nothing quite like a bloody bombing followed by a strict night curfew to deliver the kiss of death to normal day-to-day life …
May 1 (AFP) - A Claymore mine exploded in Sri Lanka's port town of Trincomalee on Monday, killing five people after political parties called off May Day …
May 1 (AFP) - At least 200 people have been killed in the bloodiest month in Sri Lanka since peacebroker Norway arranged a truce four years ago, but the …
Apr. 30 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main political parties have agreed to call off May Day rallies scheduled for Monday because of fears that large gatherings could …
TRINCOMALEE, Apr. 30 (AFP) - The governor of Sri Lanka's Northeast Province has played down civilian casualties inflicted during military strikes on Tamil …
Apr. 30 (AFP) - At least 18 rebels were killed and many more wounded when Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Sunday launched a major attack against a breakaway faction …
Apr. 30 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Sunday protested an allegation by Scandinavian truce monitors that government forces may have been responsible for extrajudicial …