Sri Lanka troops seize strategic pass from Tigers: official
January 9, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fighting Tamil rebels on Friday took full control of the highly strategic Elephant Pass, a causeway linking the …
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Sri Lanka military gains full control of highway to Jaffna: President
Jan 09, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's military has gained full control of a strategic highway linking the northern Jaffna peninsular with the south of the …
Sri Lanka editor killing: Opposition calls for international probe, rights bodies say terrifying blow
Jan 08, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's main opposition called for an international probe into the killing of a newspaper editor, which rights bodies called a …
Sri Lanka troops take more territory from Tigers in Jaffna: military
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured more territory from Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula Thursday, a day after the government …
Sri Lankan journalist wounded in shooting
COLOMBO, January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of an anti-government newspaper was shot and badly wounded on Thursday while he drove to work near the Sri Lankan …
Sri Lankan journalist wounded in shooting
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of an anti-government Sri Lankan newspaper was shot and badly wounded on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital …
Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead
January 8, 2009 (AFP) - The editor of a Sri Lankan anti-government newspaper was shot dead on Thursday as he drove to work near the capital Colombo, police …
Sri Lanka Tigers ‘near extinction’: govt
January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas are "near extinction" as troops press home their initiative after capturing the rebels' political …
Sri Lanka bans Tamil Tigers
Jan 07, 2009 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government said it had decided to re-impose a ban on Tamil Tigers after a lengthy military campaign that has …
Sri Lanka re-imposes formal ban on Tamil Tigers
COLOMBO, January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Wednesday decided to ban formally the Tamil Tigers in a symbolic move that signals closing the prospect of early …
Blast on Sri Lanka railway track halts train services
COLOMBO, January 7, 2009 (AFP) - A powerful explosion ripped through a railway track just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday causing disruption to …
Sri Lanka urged by media rights groups to punish TV station attackers
January 7, 2009 (AFP) - Media rights groups Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to punish those behind a recent attack on a privately-run television station that was …
Sri Lanka moves to flush out Tigers from Jaffna peninsula
January 6, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops were battling Tuesday to flush out Tamil Tigers from the Jaffna peninsula after taking the rebels' political …
Sri Lanka private TV station attacked
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - An independent privately-owned TV station in Sri Lanka was attacked by an armed gang who stormed its main studio complex in the outskirts …
Attack on Sri Lanka broadcaster is criminal: United States
Jan 06, 2008 (LBO) – The United States has strongly condemned an attack on an independent broadcaster in Sri Lanka by a heavily armed group that stormed …
Sri Lanka business chambers condemn attack on TV station
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top business chambers condemned an attack on a private television station, saying the government's credibility is at stake if …
Sri Lanka urged by UK to set out political solution to conflict
Jan 06, 2009 (LBO) - The British government has urged Sri Lanka to urgently draw up a political solution to the ethnic crisis following the fall of a key Tamil …
Sri Lanka troops keep up assault on last Tamil Tiger bases: army
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships moved against the remaining Tamil Tiger jungle strongholds after taking their …
Sri Lanka troops take strategic pass from Tigers: army
January 5, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops battling Tamil rebels Monday captured part of the highly strategic Elephant Pass in a second major success just days …
Sri Lanka troops may face tough jungle battles ahead: analysts
January 4, 2009 (AFP) - Sri Lankans celebrated the fall of the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital with street parties, but military observers say bloodier battles …