Sri Lanka keeps up offensive despite calls for fresh truce
April 18, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Saturday kept up their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels cornered in the northeast, the defence ministry said, …
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Australian Tamils call off hunger strike
SYDNEY, April 18, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil protesters who staged a seven-day hunger strike outside the Australian prime minister's home said Saturday they had ended …
Top UN official in Sri Lanka
UNITED NATIONS, April 16, 2009 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has dispatched a top aide to Sri Lanka to try to ease the plight of tens of thousands of civilians …
Sri Lanka has chance to end conflict: US
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2009 (AFP) - The United States on Thursday urged an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka to save thousands of trapped civilians, saying the …
UN calls for pause in Sri Lanka fighting to allow aid in
GENEVA, April 17, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday renewed its call for a pause in fighting between Tamil Tiger rebels and government troops in order …
British, French FMs say Tamil Tigers using ‘human shields’
LONDON, April 15, 2009 (AFP) - The British and French foreign ministers said Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka are using civilians as human …
Sri Lanka advances on Tigers amid international pressure
April 16, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Thursday it had made fresh advances into the area still held by Tamil Tiger rebels, ignoring global calls for a truce to …
Sri Lankan troops, Tigers trade fire as ceasefire ends
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeast at the end of a 48-hour ceasefire, the two sides …
Heavy fighting resumes in Sri Lanka
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops resumed their all-out offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island on Wednesday following a brief …
Sri Lanka fighting resumes after ceasefire
April 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces resumed their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island on Wednesday following a brief …
Sri Lankan rebels say ready for truce, peace talks
April 14, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Tuesday they were ready to negotiate a ceasefire with government forces and restart peace talks to …
Tamils protest outside Australian PM’s residence
SYDNEY, April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Hundreds of Tamil protesters staged a rally outside Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's official Sydney residence Monday …
Sri Lanka strips Norway of peace-broker role: official
April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday stripped Norway of its role as broker of the island's moribund peace process, a government official told AFP. online …
Sri Lankan military begins two-day ceasefire
April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces began a two-day ceasefire on Monday, as the government called for the cornered Tamil Tiger rebels to allow …
Sri Lanka strips Norway of peace-broker role: official
April 13, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday stripped Norway of its role as broker of the island's moribund peace process, a government official told AFP. The …
Tamil protestors storm Sri Lankan embassy in Norway
OSLO, April 12, 2009 (AFP) - A group of Tamil protesters stormed the Sri Lankan embassy in Oslo Sunday, police said, on the fifth day of demonstrations in the …
Sri Lanka declares 48-hour ceasefire in civil war
April 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Sunday ordered government troops to halt their offensive against cornered Tamil rebels over the two-day Sinhala …
Sri Lanka’s Tigers kill five civilians: military
April 12, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels killed five farmers in southern Sri Lanka on Sunday in an apparent revenge attack for military operations against …
Co-chairs call for end to ‘futile’ Sri Lanka fighting
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 (AFP) - International mediators of the conflict that has pitted separatist Tamil Tigers against government forces in Sri Lanka on …
Sri Lanka mounts ‘rescue’ operation for trapped civilians
April 10, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army announced Friday it had launched an operation to bring to safety thousands of civilians trapped by fighting with Tamil …