Journalist abducted in Sri Lanka freed after appeals
Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - An abducted Sri Lankan radio journalist held overnight was freed Wednesday by unidentified men after appeals for his safe return. Nadaraja …
Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - An abducted Sri Lankan radio journalist held overnight was freed Wednesday by unidentified men after appeals for his safe return. Nadaraja …
30, 2006 (AFP) - A battle between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels over a key eastern naval port continued Wednesday with sporadic artillery duels as …
Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops killed 17 French charity workers and waged a bombing campaign against Tamil rebels, truce monitors said Wednesday, amid …
LONDON, Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka rejected as "outrageous" Wednesday a ruling by independent ceasefire monitors that government forces were responsible …
HELSINKI, Aug 30, 2006 (AFP) - Finland, Denmark and Sweden will pull out all their ceasefire monitors from Sri Lanka by the end of the month in response to a …
Aug 30 (LBO) - The media rights organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has voiced deep concern about the rapidly deteriorating media freedom in Sri …
Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops facing heavy resistance halted an advance Tuesday into territory held by the rebel Tamil Tigers, as the death toll from …
Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan radio journalist was kidnapped near the capital Colombo on Tuesday, police said, prompting appeals by colleagues for his safe …
Aug 29, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse left here Tuesday on a sudden visit to London for talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair, official …
Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police said Monday they were hunting alleged fugitive executive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander after reports he fled fraud charges in …
Aug 28, 2006 (AFP) - At least four Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 41 wounded as security forces launched a ground offensive Monday to push back guerrilla …
Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - The Red Cross ferried 150 foreign nationals to safety from the embattled Jaffna peninsula Sunday as the Sri Lankan military claimed fresh …
Aug 27, 2006 (AFP) - The new head of Sri Lanka's truce monitors takes over a team cut by nearly half this week amid warnings by his predecessor of "mission …
Aug 26, 2006 (AFP) - A bomb killed six Sri Lankan soldiers and wounded 11 Saturday as they cleared up after fierce fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels in the …
26, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan policeman was released Saturday after being held for nearly a year by Tamil Tigers when he pursued a suspected British paedophile …
Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - The United Nations said Friday food was running out in strife-torn parts of Sri Lanka with the government stalling the entry of the …
Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - A food relief ship began unloading in northern Sri Lanka Friday to lift a two-week siege of the Jaffna peninsula as fresh clashes left …
Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a suspected base used by seaborne Tamil Tigers on Thursday as aid groups were hit in continuing violence that …
COLOMBO, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - The outgoing chief monitor of Sri Lanka's crumbling ceasefire Thursday criticised the EU for banning the Tamil Tiger rebels and …
OTTAWA, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Three Canadian residents accused of supporting Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels were arrested this week at the cusp of a …