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Colombo - Australia and Sri Lanka on Monday entered into an co-operation agreement to stem the smuggling of Sri Lankans into Australia. The agreement was reached by the visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and his Sri Lankan counterpart...
COLOMBO, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are a key obstacle to the return of thousands of conflict-displaced to their homes in northern Sri Lanka, say government and UN officials.
Colombo – The government has stepped up clearing mines in former rebel-controlled areas in northern Sri Lanka in an operation aimed at resettling 159,000 war refugees before the end of January, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thursday. He t...
Sri Lanka summoned the United States ambassador in Colombo on Monday to protest over US plans to quiz the island's military commander about alleged war crimes, a report said.
Colombo – General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, left the United States without being questioned by US authorities about the final phase of military operations against the guerrilla...
The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.
Sydney - Releasing Tamils from camps and reintegrating them into Sri Lankan society would help staunch the flow of asylum seekers crossing the Indian Ocean, Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday. Smith, due in Colombo Monday, said more...
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka said 164,000 civilians displaced by the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels remain in camps in the north and the government intends to reduce the number to less than 50,000 by the end of January.
Colombo - General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, returned home from United States Thursday without being questioned by US authorities about alleged war crimes. Fonseka, who is now c...
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australia and Sri Lanka signed a legal cooperation agreement to fight people smuggling amid Opposition pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to tighten border security.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is determined to set the record straight when his team contest a three-Test series against India starting next week.
Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan was on Tuesday included in India's squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka after being sidelined for five months with a shoulder injury.
Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan has returned from a lengthy injury layoff to spearhead India's attack in this month's test series against Sri Lanka.
India named the following squad on Tuesday for the first two tests of a three-match series against visiting Sri Lanka starting in Ahmedabad on Nov. 16.
Sri Lanka plans to pour development money into Tamil-dominated provinces that suffered economically during years of civil war. A Sri Lankan cabinet minister spoke at the World Economic Forum's India summit.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith visits Sri Lanka today seeking help on tackling people smuggling, as a poll showed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s popularity has dropped amid a debate on his refugee policies.
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