Sri Lanka rejects evidence tampering in massacre probe
Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Friday rejected charges that it had tampered with evidence in the investigations into the massacre of 17 workers employed by a …
Sri Lankan Tigers say 32 civilians killed in Tamil regions
Aug 4, 2007 (AFP) - At least 32 Tamil civilians have been killed and another 24 "disappeared" last month in Tamil-dominated areas of Sri Lanka's embattled …
Sri Lanka formally joins Asia-Pacific security forum
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has formally joined the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), a body that discusses security issues in which both Asia-Pacific …
Sri Lanka urges maritime security boost at ARF
MANILA, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) - The international community must step up efforts to safeguard maritime security in the face of terrorist threats, Sri Lanka said …
Sri Lanka ruling coalition member party submits resignation from govt
August 02, 2007 (LBO) – Members of a Sri Lankan political party, Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), that helps keep the ruling coalition in power submitted …
Sri Lanka mediaman killed by unidentified gunmen
August 01, 2007 (LBO) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed a journalist in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula Wednesday, the Free Media Movement …
Sri Lanka north blast kills three soldiers
July 31, 2007 (AFP) - Three soldiers died in a bomb attack in northern Sri Lanka Tuesday, while the military said it had uncovered a new Tamil Tiger weapons …
India-Sri Lanka peace accord marks 20 years with war
July 30, 2007 (AFP) - When India and Sri Lanka signed a peace pact two decades ago it was hailed as a landmark that could end Asia's longest running civil war. …
Sri Lanka navy says six Tigers killed in sea skirmish
July 28, 2007 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan naval said Saturday it had destroyed at least two suspected Tamil Tiger boats off the island's northwestern coast, killing …
Sri Lanka court allows appeal against eviction of Tamils
July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court said on Thursday it would hear an appeal challenging the eviction of nearly 400 minority ethnic Tamils from …
Sri Lanka opposition groups in protest rally
July 26, 2007 (AFP) - Thousands of opposition activists and ruling party dissidents took to the streets of the Sri Lankan capital Thursday in protest against …
Sri Lanka blast deaths climb to 12
July 25, 2007 (AFP) - The death toll in a bomb attack against a military convoy in northern Sri Lanka rose to 12 as a wounded soldier died in hospital on …
Sri Lanka military convoy hit by land mine, 14 dead
July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, targeting a military convoy and killing …
At least 10 Sri Lankan soldiers killed in blast
July 24, 2007 (AFP) - At least 10 Sri Lankan government soldiers were killed and eight others wounded Tuesday when their military convoy was hit by a huge …
Sri Lanka violence kills 14 amid red alert
July 24, 2007 (AFP) - At least 14 Sri Lankan government troops were killed in Tamil Tiger attacks in the north of the island Tuesday as the capital was put on …
Renaissance
MCCLEAN LAKE, Canada, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Twenty years after the Chernobyl disaster poisoned the world's taste for reactors, a French firm is sniffing out …
Tamil Tigers still getting arms from Cambodia: report
PHNOM PENH, July 23, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels are still getting weapons smuggled from Cambodia, which are fuelling spiraling unrest in Sri Lanka, a …
Sri Lankan aid worker shot dead in Jaffna
July 23, 2007 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan aid worker employed by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) was shot dead on Monday in the besieged government-held northern …
Fresh violence in Sri Lanka kills 10 people
July 23, 2007 (AFP) - At least nine Tamil Tiger guerrillas and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka, the military and the rebels said Monday. …
Bomb found on roadside near Sri Lanka president’s meet
July 22, 2007 (AFP) - A powerful bomb was found at a market along a road leading to a conference venue where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse addressed …