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Michael Latham, professor emeritus and graduate professor of nutritional sciences, gave the keynote address Nov. 19 at the "One Asia Forum on Child Feeding in Emergencies," held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov. 18-21.
Colombo – Thousands of people have started leaving refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka, six months after the civil war with the Tamil rebels ended, but remain stranded without any means of getting home, aid workers in the area said Wednesday. Since t...
The U.S. diplomat responsible for south Asia landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after a U.S. Senate committee urged the United States not to "lose" its relationship with the strategically located island nation.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka gave permission Tuesday to nearly 127,000 Tamil refugees to leave squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, an official said.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. risks losing Sri Lanka as an ally unless it changes its relationship after Western criticism of human rights abuses prompted the country to seek closer ties with China, Myanmar and Iran, a Senate committee said.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka says 94,000 civilians remain in the main transit camp in the north as the government tries to meet a January deadline to settle all displaced people held since the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels in May.
Colombo – Thousands of refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka began leaving refugee camps after six months when government opened them Tuesday, an official overseeing the refugees said. Major General G A Chandrasiri said as many as 9,300 people lef...
A report on Sri Lanka to be released next week by the Senate Foreign Relations committee urges a less confrontational approach, citing strategic American interests.
Colombo, Nov 30 (AFP) Sri Lanka will today allow thousands of civilians to leave state-run camps where they have been detained since the military's victory over Tamil Tiger separatist rebels, a senior official said.
A US Senate report has urged more engagement with Sri Lanka as it recovers from war, warning that Washington risks "losing" the island to China and Western adversaries.
Colombo - Sri Lanka is to hold a presidential election on January 26, a government spokesman said Friday. Nominations for the election need to be received by December 17, the spokesman said. ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan. 26 in what is expected to be a battle between two men revered for their efforts to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Colombo - A father who allegedly faked the abduction of his son and demanded a ransom from his wife in southern Sri Lanka has been arrested, a local newspaper reported Friday. The man, identified as K Karunaratna, reportedly hid his 10-year-old son a...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Tamil militants say they'll start a new insurgency in Sri Lanka unless demands for a separate Tamil homeland are met.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan civilians held at military-run camps during the government's war with Tamil rebels are now being released, officials say.
Amnesty International is calling on the Sri Lankan government to permanently release civilians who have been illegally detained in camps since the end of the civil war six months ago.
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