Category: Politics
Sri Lanka unrest kills 18: military
September 28, 2008 (AFP) – Clashes between Sri Lankan soldiers and rebels left 17 dead in the country’s war-ravaged north, while a suicide attack on Sunday killed one civilian, the defence ministry said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 Nine people were also […]
Sri Lanka Tigers urged by Britain to free Tamils
LONDON , September 26, 2008 (AFP) – Britain voiced deep concern Friday about the situation in Sri Lanka, where government forces have advanced to the outskirts of the northern Tamil Tiger rebel capital. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The Foreign Office called for access […]
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 in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Sri Lankan troops are trying to capture the northern town of Kilinochchi, where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) […]
” 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’ de facto state, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told AFP at the UN Thursday. “We are trying to defeat terrorism and to that extent, whatever engagement is confined,” said Bogollagama, […]
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 army chief announced Thursday. The government, which pulled out of a Norwegian-brokered ceasefire in January, wants to capture the town and deal what would be a major military and psychological […]
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 resorting to summary executions and urging the government to ensure relief supplies to refugees. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 […]
‘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 decades-long conflict with the rebels escalates, his office said Thursday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 In an address […]
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. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 But the relative calm of the capital comes at a cost: […]
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 tattered truce in January, his office said Tuesday. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 Rajapakse and Norway’s senior peace envoy Erik […]
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 evacuated last week. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 A statement from the UN said that it […]
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 war-ravaged north and are now living in the city. The defence ministry ordered the census to prevent separatist Tamil Tiger rebels from infiltrating the capital. “Each […]
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.He was 86. Wijetunga, who was Sri Lanka’s third executive president, died of a chest ailment at a hospital in the central hillside town of Kandy, his aide Sarath Muniratne told reporters. A member […]