Category: Politics
Sri Lanka launches air attacks on Tiger rebels
July 26, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka Wednesday after the rebels allegedly blocked an irrigation canal, a government minister said.Israeli-built Kfir jets pounded bases of the rebels at Maavilaru and Hirugalaru in the northeast district of Trincomalee where the Tigers had blocked the waterway, […]
Sri Lanka’s army chief back at work after bombing
July 26, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s army chief Sarath Fonseka has resumed work after surviving a suicide bomb attack three months ago, military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe said Wednesday. More than 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict.Lieutenant General Fonseka returned to the capital Colombo Tuesday after undergoing specialised treatment in Singapore for more […]
‘s army chief back at work after bombing
July 26, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s army chief Sarath Fonseka has resumed work after surviving a suicide bomb attack three months ago, military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe said Wednesday. More than 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict.Lieutenant General Fonseka returned to the capital Colombo Tuesday after undergoing specialised treatment in Singapore for more […]
Sri Lanka seeks help for tens of thousands in Lebanon
Commercial Bank Chairman Mr Sharhan Muhseen, Deputy Chairman Mr Raja Senanayake, Managing Director/CEO Mr Sanath Manatunge, and Chief Operating Officer Mr S. Prabagar with CSE Chairman Mr Dimuthu Abeyesekera and representatives of the CSE at the ringing of the opening bell July 24, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to evacuate workers trapped […]
Tamil politician shot dead in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, July 24, 2006 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a pro-government Tamil politician in Sri Lanka’s main city of Colombo Monday, police said. A lone gunman killed Mark Kanapathipillai of the Eelam Democratic People’s Party (EPDP), police said adding that the victim was a close associate of party leader Douglas Devananda. The […]
Sri Lanka seeks help for tens of thousands in Lebanon
July 24, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is seeking urgent help to evacuate workers trapped in Lebanon, despite the vast majority of its estimated 80,000 nationals there apparently not wanting to leave, officials said Monday.Sri Lanka has by far the largest number of foreign workers in Lebanon working mostly as housemaids, truck drivers and child-minders, […]
Sri Lanka security alert as Tigers mark Black July
July 23, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka Sunday stepped up its already tight security arrangements in the capital as Tamil Tiger rebels marked “Black July,” or the 23rd anniversary of anti-Tamil riots here, police said.Police and troops set up more road blocks and tightened security at key installations amid fears that the Liberation Tigers of […]
Tigers reject Swedish call to reconsider kicking out EU monitors
COLOMBO, July 21, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels Friday rejected a call from Sweden to reconsider a September 1 deadline for truce monitors from European Union member states to quit, a pro-rebel website said. The Tamilnet.com website said Tigers told a visiting Swedish envoy that ceasefire monitors from EU member states Denmark, […]
Two more killed as Sweden envoy attempts to save Sri Lanka truce
COLOMBO, July 21, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels Friday rejected a call from Sweden to reconsider a September 1 deadline for truce monitors from European Union member states to quit, a pro-rebel website said. Deaths are reported almost daily, mainly in the island’s troubled northeast where troops and rebels clash and where […]
Sweden bids to save Sri Lanka ceasefire amid surge of violence
July 19, 2006 (AFP) – Sweden Wednesday launched a fresh effort to salvage Sri Lanka’s troubled truce as ceasefire monitors reported at least 900 people killed in a surge of ethnic violence since December.Swedish envoy Andres Oljelund met Sri Lankan officials here and was set to hold discussions with Tamil Tiger rebels ahead of a […]
900 killed in Sri Lanka since December
July 19, 2006 (AFP) – At least 900 people have been killed in a surge of violence in Sri Lanka since December that has left a four-year-old Norwegian-brokered truce in tatters, a monitoring official said Wednesday.Clashes between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels erupted soon after the election late November of President Mahinda Rajapakse. A […]
Suspected suicide bomber held in Sri Lanka
July 19, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan police have arrested a suspected Tamil suicide bomber and three would-be accomplices in President Mahinda Rajapakse’s home constituency, the defence ministry said Wednesday.The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, had undergone training with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), defence ministry spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said. “We […]