Sri Lanka Trincomalee port town bombed
Aug 26, 2008 (LBO) - At least two explosions ripped through the port town of Trincomalee in Eastern Sri Lanka, which is home to a strategically important naval …
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Sri Lanka Tigers bomb Trincomalee port town
Aug 26, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerilla aircraft have dropped two bombs in the Eastern port town of Trincomalee, in a Tuesday night raid, the …
Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins provincial polls
Aug 24, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition is securing comfortable wins in two provincial polls with large majorities in most polling divisions, …
Sri Lanka ruling party in strong position for national polls
Aug 24, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's ruling coalition has won convincingly over the main opposition and weakened a Marxist former ally in a provincial poll, …
Sri Lanka braces for push on Tiger capital
August 24, 2008 (AFP) - Strife-torn Sri Lanka is bracing for intense and bloody battles as security forces close in on the political capital of the Tamil Tiger …
Sri Lanka holds provincial polls amid military push
OLOMBO, August 23, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was holding provincial elections amid high security Saturday as government forces pushed deeper into territory held …
Sri Lanka holds local polls as army heads to rebel capital
August 23, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka staged local elections under tight security Saturday as troops pushed deeper into Tamil Tiger territory, closing in on the …
Sri Lanka says closing in on rebel capital after fall of key towns
August 22, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured two strategic towns from Tamil Tigers as they closed in on the rebels' political capital, the …
Sri Lanka to close polling stations if there is violence: monitor
Aug 22, 2008 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan elections watchdog says it has been assured by the elections commissioner that polling stations where violence or …
Sri Lankan military gets US training in probing rights abuses
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) - The United States military's Pacific Command has conducted a military law exchange programme to train Sri Lankan security forces to …
Sri Lanka media watchdog says charges against journalist ‘absurd’
Aug 20, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Free Media Movement (FMM) said government charges against a journalist who has been detained for months were weak and an …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger terror funds network bared in Canada probe
Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) - An investigation by Canadian police has revealed details of a Tamil Tiger fund raising and money laundering network in which the group …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers tacitly admit losing ground to govt
August 19, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday tacitly admitted that they were losing ground in the face of a major military offensive by …
Sri Lanka fighting to displace more people: UN
August 18, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Sri Lanka, joining thousands of others displaced by a government …
Sri Lankan troops capture rebel training base: govt
August 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops captured a rebel training base in the war-torn north of the island, as fighting elsewhere killed at least 31 Tamil …
Sri Lanka fighting endangering civilians: Amnesty
August 16, 2008 (AFP) - Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north is endangering the lives of tens of thousands of displaced …
Sri Lanka fighting forces tens of thousands to flee: ICRC
August 14, 2008 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people are on the run in northern Sri Lanka where fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels has …
Sri Lanka warned by India it might not win war with rebels: report
SINGAPORE, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - India has warned neighbouring Sri Lanka that it may not be able to win an ongoing war against separatist Tamil Tiger rebels …
Sri Lanka makes new push into Tiger territory: military
August 10, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops launched a fresh advance into territory held by Tamil rebels Sunday, killing 15 guerrillas while another 27 …
Sri Lanka fighting forces thousands to flee: UNHCR
GENEVA, August 8, 2008 (AFP) - Twelve thousand families are reported to have been displaced in July by fierce fighting in Sri Lanka between government troops …