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COLOMBO (AFP)--The U.N. has asked Sri Lanka to explain allegations by a retired army general that surrendering Tamil rebel leaders were killed in cold blood in mid-May, the government said Monday.
Colombo - Nominations for Sri Lanka's January 26 presidential elections closed Thursday with the incumbent putting his hat into the ring against his former army commander. President Mahinda Rajapaksa, 64, handed in his nomination from the ruling Unit...
In this photo taken Nov. 12, 2009, Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil school girls ride bicycles in Batticaloa, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Hostilities ended in eastern Sri Lanka nearly two years before the war reached its brutal conclusion in May, making the region the front line of Sri Lanka's postwar revival. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
KALMUNAI, 21 December 2009 (IRIN) - Seven-year-old Muffla Mubarak and her friends are revelling in their new homes in the French Friendship Village in Kalmunai, a town on the east coast of Sri Lanka, 300km from the capital Colombo.
Colombo – The Sri Lanka Navy has seized a ship reported to have been used by Tamil rebels to smuggle weapons, the Defence Ministry said Monday. The vessel, known as the MV Princess Cristina, was escorted to Colombo harbour, the ministry said. ...
Colombo - Sri Lanka's political parties are set for a grueling seven-week election campaign after nominations for the presidential polls closed Thursday with the incumbent putting his hat into the ring against his former army commander. President Mah...
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Colombo - Nominations for Sri Lanka's January 26 presidential elections were to open Thursday, with the incumbent president expected to put his hat in the ring against his former army commander. Nominations are to open at 9 am (0330 GMT) and close by...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka Monday accused former army chief, Gen. Sarath Fonseka, of betrayal for his claims against government in the final battle against Tamil Tiger rebels.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka says it is studying a U.N. request to explain the alleged shootings of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders in the final days of the civil war.
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka let civilians use the main highway to the northern Jaffna peninsula for the first time in 24 years as the government tries to rebuild the region after defeating the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former army chief General Sarath Fonseka head a list of 22 candidates in January’s presidential election that Sri Lanka’s government says aims to unite the country after 26 years of civil war.
(RTTNews) - Sri Lanka's incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka have submitted their nominations for the country's snap presidential elections.
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka will study a call by the United Nations for a report on the alleged shooting of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders by the army, saying the accusation is “baseless” and a humiliation for the country.
Ethnic Tamils in Boston protested yesterday in front of Senator John F. Kerry’s office against a report that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released earlier this month that calls for friendlier relations between the United States and Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's military said Monday it had seized a cargo ship suspected of being an arms smuggling vessel used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels at an undisclosed foreign port.
