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Colombo - US Assistant Secretary of StateRobert Blake Wednesday expressed satisfaction on with Sri Lanka's programme of resettling ethnic Tamils displaced by the civil war in northern Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands of Tamils have been held in held in h...
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.
Sri Lanka has made good progress in its post-war efforts at resettling people, but hard work remains on press freedom and human rights, the top U.S. envoy for south Asia said on Wednesday.
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, the United States expressed satisfaction with the Sri Lanka government's efforts to resettle nearly 290,000 Tamil civilians displaced in the recently-concluded war with the vanquished Tamil Tigers.
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.
The United States said Wednesday it was willing to extend more aid to Sri Lanka provided there was progress in political reconciliation and human rights.
Kumar Sangakkara hit 78 off 37 balls Wednesday to lead Sri Lanka to a 29-run win over India in the first of two Twenty20 internationals. Sangakkara smashed 11 boundaries and two sixes at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium to steer his team to 215-5 after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl.
NAGPUR, India (AP) -- Scoreboard Wednesday in the first Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium: Sri Lanka Innings Tillakaratne Dilshan b Rohit Sharma 34 Sanath Jayasuriya c Ishant Sharma b Dinda 26 Kumar Sangakkara run out 78 Mahela Jayawardene b Pathan 9 Chamara Kapugedera b Nehra 47 Anjelo Mathews not out 15 Extras: (1b, 3lb, 2w) 6 TOTAL ...
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.
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