Scores dead in Sri Lanka fighting: military
September 27, 2008 (AFP) - At least 52 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in heavy fighting between troops and the guerrillas just outside their northern capital …
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Sri Lankan troops on outskirts of Tamil Tiger HQ: army chief
COLOMBO, September 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government forces have advanced to the outskirts of the northern Tamil Tiger rebel capital of Kilinochchi, the …
Sri Lanka conscious of ‘collateral’ damage in offensive: FM
UNITED NATIONS, September 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka government troops are wary of any "collateral" damage as they move closer to dismantling the Tamil Tigers' …
Sri Lanka warring parties warned by European Commission
Sept 26, 2008 (LBO) - The European Commission has warned both sides in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict against human rights abuses, saying Tamil Tigers were …
Sri Lanka president says won’t allow Tigers to hold Tamil people hostage
September 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said he would not allow the Tamil Tigers to hold the Tamil people hostage, as the …
Sri Lanka Tamils resent surveillance in capital
September 24, 2008 (AFP) - Luxmi Wellamma fled her home in Sri Lanka's war-torn north for what she hoped would be a safer life in Colombo. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka president in talks with Norway peace brokers
September 23, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse held talks with Norwegian peace facilitators, the first since Colombo pulled out of a …
Sri Lanka offices looted, UN says
September 21, 2008 (AFP) - The United Nations said Sunday its offices in the rebel-controlled north of Sri Lanka had been looted after aid workers were …
Former Sri Lankan President dies
September 21, 2008 (AFP) - Former Sri Lankan President Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, died on Sunday after a prolonged illness, his aide said. online pharmacy buy …
Sri Lanka takes census to halt attacks
September 21, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police tackling a series of blasts in Colombo began on Sunday taking a census of ethnic minority Tamils who have fled the …
Tigers on defensive as Sri Lanka military closes in
September 19, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tigers were once regarded one of the world's most ruthlessly efficient rebels, but they risk losing their mini-state as Sri …
Sri Lanka military advance on Tiger capital, 50 dead
September 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday it was moving closer to the northern headquarters of the Tamil Tigers, with fierce clashes …
UN pulls out aid workers from Sri Lanka’s tense north
September 16, 2008 (AFP) - The United Nations pulled its staff out of rebel-held areas in Sri Lanka's north on Tuesday after the government refused to …
Sri Lanka aid groups quit north
September 17, 2008 (AFP) - International aid workers were Wednesday close to completing an evacuation from Sri Lanka's north, where government forces are on a …
Sri Lanka to debate troubled state airline, public officer: lawmaker
Sept 16, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's parliament will debate the issues of a state-run budget airline that has been eating up peoples' money and a senior public …
Bus bomb explodes in Sri Lanka capital
Sept 16, 2008 (LBO) - A bomb placed in a commuter bus in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo exploded after vigilant passengers discovered a suspicious parcel and got …
EU voices concerned over Sri Lanka violence
BRUSSELS, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel on Monday expressed "grave concern" at the escalation of violence in Sri …
Sri Lanka violence claims 21: govt
September 15, 2008 (AFP) - Fresh fighting broke out across Sri Lanka's tense north, leaving 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier dead, the defence ministry …
Sri Lanka PM arrives in Japan
TOKYO, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake on Monday arrived in Japan, the South Asian country's top donor, for talks …
UN says unable to leave Sri Lanka’s war-torn north
September 14, 2008 (AFP) - The United Nations said Sunday its aid staff were unable to comply with a Sri Lankan government order to quit the war-torn north of …