Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers say ready for ceasefire
February 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Monday said they were ready to comply with international calls for a ceasefire but would not lay down …
February 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Monday said they were ready to comply with international calls for a ceasefire but would not lay down …
February 23, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers appealed Monday for international action to halt a major offensive against their shrinking fiefdom, but the …
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels gunned down 10 civilians, including two children, and wounded five more in eastern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the …
GENEVA, February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Nearly 1,000 demonstrators in the Swiss capital of Bern called Saturday for a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka …
February 22, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 65 Tamil Tigers in a week of intense fighting that further reduced the territory under …
February 20, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tigers carried out a kamikaze-style attack in Sri Lanka's capital on Friday night, smashing a light aircraft into the main tax …
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - A kamikaze-style attack by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on the capital Colombo may have been a last ditch attempt by the rebels to delay …
NEW DELHI, February 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Indian Air Force was placed on alert on the southern coast of the country Saturday following a deadly Tamil Tiger air …
February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who staged a suicide air raid on Sri Lanka's capital used a pocket torch to navigate, but their planes were packed …
Feb 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has downed a Tamil Tiger light aircraft near an air base and an international airport north of Colombo following a raid …
February 20, 2009 (AFP) - Security forces captured diving equipment and underwater "scooters" used by suicide bombers after heavy fighting with Tamil Tiger …
February 20, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces seized another village from Tamil Tiger rebels, the government said Friday, as international concern …
Feb 21, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's capital Colombo was blacked out Friday night and air defences were activated against a possible attack by Tamil Tiger …
UNITED NATIONS, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - UN humanitarian chief John Holmes is to pay a three-day visit to strife-torn Sri Lanka later this week to review the …
February 19, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops face another 18 months of fighting even after they have all Tamil Tiger territory under their control, a former …
February 19, 2009 (AFP) - The United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes held talks with leaders in Sri Lanka on Thursday and said he was gravely concerned …
TRINCOMALEE, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Shopkeeper Subramaniam Sudaharan says he is lucky to be alive after his two teenage sons were shot dead as the family …
February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday rejected fresh calls for a truce with Tamil Tigers as troops took another village from rebel …
NEW DELHI, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - India said Wednesday it was ready to help evacuate tens of thousands of Tamil civilians caught in the crossfire between …
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger rebels have intensified conscription of child soldiers, some as young as 14, the United Nations …