UN says food running out in parts of Sri Lanka
Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - The United Nations said Friday food was running out in strife-torn parts of Sri Lanka with the government stalling the entry of the …
Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - The United Nations said Friday food was running out in strife-torn parts of Sri Lanka with the government stalling the entry of the …
Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - A food relief ship began unloading in northern Sri Lanka Friday to lift a two-week siege of the Jaffna peninsula as fresh clashes left …
Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a suspected base used by seaborne Tamil Tigers on Thursday as aid groups were hit in continuing violence that …
COLOMBO, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - The outgoing chief monitor of Sri Lanka's crumbling ceasefire Thursday criticised the EU for banning the Tamil Tiger rebels and …
OTTAWA, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) - Three Canadian residents accused of supporting Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels were arrested this week at the cusp of a …
Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - A Catholic priest has gone missing after witnessing the deaths of 15 people sheltering in a church hit by shelling during fighting in …
Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's latest fighting could drag on despite international pressure as the government and Tiger rebels seek the military upper hand …
Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan cargo ship has finally started a delayed two-day voyage with food aid for thousands stranded by fighting in the embattled …
Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops fired rockets and artillery at suspected Tamil Tiger positions in the island's northeast Wednesday amid a lull in …
COLOMBO, Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka Tuesday welcomed the arrest in the United States of men allegedly trying to buy surface-to-air missiles for Tamil Tiger …
Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan police Tuesday discovered a powerful Claymore mine in a crowded Colombo market area as the city hosted thousands of athletes …
Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan cargo ship is to set sail Tuesday with food aid for the embattled Jaffna peninsula but it may go half-empty because bad …
Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan warplanes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger munitions dump Tuesday as a ship prepared to sail with food for tens of thousands cut …
Aug 22, 2006 (AFP) - At least 159 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 485 were wounded while resisting a Tamil Tiger offensive against the northern peninsula …
Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops and Tigers are locked in fierce fighting over Jaffna, but analysts say the arid peninsula is of little real value to …
Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - The monitors of Sri Lanka's collapsing truce were retreating to Colombo amid fierce fighting as the nation's financial backers met the …
Aug 20 (AFP) - A foreign team monitoring Sri Lanka's crumbling ceasefire will be almost halved after Tamil Tiger rebels ordered members from European Union …
Aug 19 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's airforce Saturday said it had destroyed attack craft used by Tamil Tigers in an airstrike on a boatyard in rebel-held territory. …
Aug 19 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops bombed an alleged Tamil Tiger seabase and traded fire with rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula amid concern over supplies …