Politics

Sri Lanka Tamil migrants in good condition: Canada

ESQUIMALT, August 14, 2010 (AFP) – Hundreds of Sri Lankan Tamil migrants who arrived aboard a rusty cargo ship were in good condition after their …

Sri Lanka Tamil migrants sail to uncertainty in Canada

VICTORIA, August 14, 2010 (AFP) – Hundreds of Tamils seeking asylum from Sri Lanka sailed into Canada on Friday under the scrutiny of authorities, who …

Sri Lanka strips former war-hero of pension and prestige

August 14, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president has formally stripped former army chief Sarath Fonseka of his rank, medals and pension after his …

Sri Lanka refugee ship boarded by Canadian navy

VANCOUVER, August 12, 2010 (AFP) – The Canadian navy on Thursday intercepted a cargo ship carrying up to 500 Sri Lankan asylum seekers and prepared to …

Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief convicted by court martial

August 13, 2010 (AFP) – A court martial convicted Sri Lanka’s former army chief Sarath Fonseka Friday of dabbling in politics and stripped him of …

Ship full of Sri Lankan refugees nears Canada: reports

MONTREAL, August 11, 2010 (AFP) – A ship full of Sri Lankan refugees was less than 320 kilometers (200 miles) from Canada’s western shores and …

Sri Lankan president sacks minister over dengue row

August 10, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing …

Sri Lanka war: US urged to press for international probe

WASHINGTON, August 10, 2010 (AFP) – A group of US lawmakers is urging the Obama administration to push for an independent international investigation …

Sri Lanka’s war probe panel to start work

August 10, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka announced the government-appointed panel looking into the island’s civil war that ended last year would hold its …

All white on the night for Australian elections

SYDNEY, August 8, 2010 (AFP) – Despite its Aboriginal roots and a large Asian population, Australia’s politics are almost exclusively white with …

US, Canada monitor ship said full of Sri Lankan refugees

WASHINGTON, August 4, 2010 (AFP) – The United States and Canada said Wednesday they are monitoring a ship said to be packed with Tamil refugees bound for …

Sri Lankan president boosted as MPs defect

August 5, 2010 (AFP) – Two opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka defected to the ruling party on Thursday, bringing President Mahinda Rajapakse closer to …

Sri Lanka arrests over 1,500 Tiger suspects: PM

August 3, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan troops arrested over 1,500 Tamil rebel suspects during July, more than a year after the separatist guerrilla group was …

Global statesmen decry Sri Lanka’s peace without justice

August 3, 2010 (AFP) – A group of global statesmen, founded by Nelson Mandela, Tuesday criticised the Sri Lankan government for failing to build on peace …

Sri Lankan war refugees remain homeless: Tamil party

August 2, 2010 (AFP) – Thousands of men, women and children displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war are living in the open air 15 months after fighting …

US, Russia, China, Israel stay out of cluster bomb treaty

GENEVA, August 1, 2010 (AFP) – A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on Sunday, requiring signatories to stop the use, …

Sri Lanka private TV station torched

July 30, 2010 (AFP) – Unidentified attackers set fire to a private television station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Friday after smashing editing …

Sri Lanka ex-army chief faces new trial

July 29, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka was brought before the Colombo High Court on …

Vietnam to open Sri Lanka embassy early 2011

July 25, 2010 (LBO) – Vietnam will open an embassy in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo in early 2011, a joint statement following a meeting of deputy …

US urges Sri Lanka to improve rights, media freedom

July 21, 2010 (AFP) – The United States pressed Sri Lanka on Wednesday to improve human rights and media freedoms amid charges that security forces …