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June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will be able to light up 60,000 rural homes and also connect new private-sector renewable energy to the urban power grid …
June 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will be able to light up 60,000 rural homes and also connect new private-sector renewable energy to the urban power grid …
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - Amnesty International urged Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to invite UN monitors to verify claims of human rights …
GENEVA, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka and senior Sri Lankan officials said Friday that they were taking their own steps to …
June 14, 2007 (AFP) - A Filipino aid worker has been shot and wounded in northeastern Sri Lanka, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday. Antonio Villeomour, of …
COLOMBO, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top defence official has accused Western nations of bullying his government over human rights and defended the …
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – A blast ripped through a vital high voltage electricity transmission line in a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, but it failed …
June 12, 2007 (LBO) – Britain's minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Kim Howells says his country will not lift the ban on the Tamil Tigers, …
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger saboteurs came close to cutting off a large chunk of Sri Lanka's electricity supply Tuesday by skirting tight security and …
June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president has called for "careful study" of a critical report that said the island is failing to investigate grave human …
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was Monday accused of dragging its feet despite a promise to tackle major human rights violations, as Western diplomats warned …
June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Britain Monday asked its former colony Sri Lanka to end its military campaign and resume peace talks with separatist Tamil Tiger …
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's prime minister on Sunday apologised to ethnic minority Tamils for evicting them from the capital, promising there would be no …
June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels have rigged up a truck with over a tonne of explosives that could blow up half of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister …
TEHRAN, June 6, 2007 (AFP) - Iran hopes to begin a much-delayed plan to ration petrol in the next two weeks amid continued uncertainty over its launch date, …
June 10, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is on the brink of the dangerous path of petrol and diesel rationing, which will give set amounts of subsidized fuel to …
COLOMBO, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday promised an investigation into police action that forced hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital …
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's special envoy to Sri Lanka ended a four-day visit Saturday saying he was still hopeful that the island's tattered peace process …
June 9, 2007 (AFP) - At least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed when Sri Lankan troops overran four guerrilla jungle bases, the defence …
June 8, 2007 (LBO) - The United States Friday condemned the eviction of ethnic Tamils without jobs from Colombo, and asked the government to reveal where they …
June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president Friday criticised his police chief for evicting hundreds of minority Tamils from the capital and ordered them to be …