Top UN official to visit restive Sri Lanka
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 …
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Sri Lanka ex-warlord says Tamils want development, warns of continued guerrilla strife: interview
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 …
UN envoy in Sri Lanka expresses fears for civilians
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 …
India ready to help evacuation of Sri Lankan Tamil civillians
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 …
Sri Lanka’s war zone: running the gauntlet
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 …
Sri Lanka rejects truce call as fighting escalates
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 …
Sri Lanka Tigers sign up child soldiers: UNICEF
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 …
Sri Lanka mulls sea rescue of civilians in war zone
February 17, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is considering a sea evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside its war zone, officials said on Tuesday as …
Red Cross evacuates 400 from Sri Lanka war zone
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - The Red Cross evacuated Monday a ferry load of 400 civilians wounded in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels. …
Tigers killing civilians fleeing Sri Lanka war zone: UN
February 16, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger guerrillas have prevented tens of thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka's war zone and those trying to escape …
British-Sri Lankan charged with with arson
LONDON, February 16, 2009 (AFP) - British police have charged a man with arson and affray after he reportedly tried to set himself on fire outside Prime …
Sri Lanka ruling party wins landslide local vote: results
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's ruling party headed for a landslide victory in local elections seen as a referendum on the government's military campaign …
Sri Lanka braces for bloodier Tiger battles
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's government hoped Tamil Tiger rebels could be defeated in days, but both sides are now warning bloodier battles may lie …
Sri Lanka Tiger chief still on island: report
February 15, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's elusive rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still on the island and has been preparing his Tamil Tiger fighters to …
Sri Lankan hostage sighted in Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, February 14, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan peace activist seized by an armed gang in the southern Philippines has been sighted with his kidnappers, a …
Sri Lanka Tigers attack bus carrying war refugees: military
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels lobbed a grenade and opened fire at a bus transporting civilians out of Sri Lanka's war zone on …
Sri Lanka shelling kills four more civilians: official
February 14, 2009 (AFP) - Four civilians died when artillery shells fell on a home for the elderly inside a demarcated safe area within Sri Lanka's war zone, a …
Sri Lanka envoy decision ‘not unilateral’: Britain
LONDON, February 13, 2009 (AFP) - Former colonial power Britain fought off Friday angry objections from Sri Lanka over London's appointment of a special envoy …
Sri Lankan dies in self-immolation protest in Switzerland
GENEVA, February 13, 2009 (AFP) - A British resident of Sri Lankan origin burnt himself to death outside the UN's European headquarters in Geneva in protest at …
Sri Lanka rejects British special envoy
February 12, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected Britain's appointment of a special envoy to the island, accusing London of interfering in its internal …