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Oct 17, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka has put off re-opening its most popular wildlife sanctuary by another week after Tamil Tiger rebels overran an army post inside the park, officials said Wednesday.The Yala National Park, a popular tourist destination in the island’s southeast and home to leopards, elephants and migratory birds, will open after […]

Oct 17, 2007 (LBO) –Experts on combatting terrorism are due to meet in Sri Lanka to share their experience on how democratically elected governments can face future challenges, a senior minister said Wednesday. The three-day meeting, which opens on Thursday, will also discuss how governments could counter international terror networks, foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama said. […]

Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) – At least 38 Tamil Tiger rebel fighters and government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Tuesday.The guerrillas killed seven soldiers in an attack inside the Yala National Park, Sri Lanka’s main wildlife sanctuary in the southeast, a military official said. Six of […]

Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels have overrun a military post inside Sri Lanka’s most popular wildlife sanctuary, officials said Tuesday amid a surge in fighting ahead of the economically crucial tourist season.The defence ministry said the latest round of fighting over a 24-hour period — both in the wildlife park in the […]

Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) – At least six government troops were killed when Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a military position inside Sri Lanka’s main wildlife sanctuary, military officials said Tuesday.The bodies of the six men were found at first light Tuesday following an overnight attack on an army detachment inside the Yala National Park in […]

Oct 15, 2007 (AFP) – Four top Sri Lankan activists have quit a human rights panel in protest over the government’s failure to stop extra-judicial killings, abductions and illegal arrests, one of them said Monday.Nimalka Fernando said she and three other members of the advisory committee set up by the Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe […]

Oct 15, 2007 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a military position inside Sri Lanka’s main wildlife sanctuary as the authorities were preparing to reopen it for tourists, officials said.At least one soldier was wounded in the Monday evening attack inside the Yala National Park in the deep south of the island, officials said, […]

NEW DELHI, Oct 13, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse on Saturday said Colombo remained open to a “negotiated and sustainable” solution to the island’s escalating ethnic conflict.Tens of thousands of people have been killed since the eruption of the decades-old Tamil separatist insurgency which has grown deadlier since the collapse of a […]

Oct 12, 2007 (AFP) – At least 11 Tamil Tiger rebels and a government soldier were killed in clashes across Sri Lanka’s embattled northern region, the defence ministry said Friday.Six members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the soldier died in the Wanni region while four more guerrillas were killed further north […]

Oct 11, 2007 (LBO) –Members of a Sri Lankan political party, Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC), whose support was considered important to keep the ruling coalition in power, rejoined the cabinet Thursday. CWC leader Arumugam Thondaman was sworn back in to his previous portfolio as Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socioeconomic Development by President Mahinda Rajapakse […]