Sri Lanka Navy claims seizure of Tamil rebel shipCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Navy has seized a ship reported to have been used by Tamil rebels to smuggle weapons, the defence ministry said Monday. Over 300,000 Sri Lankans displaced in flash floodsCOLOMBO - At least three people were killed and more than 300,000 were displaced in flash floods in eastern Sri Lanka, the government said Wednesday. New Tamil group People’s Liberation Army vows to start a fresh war in LankaCOLOMBO - A Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is reportedly preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka six months after the Government declared an end to the 26-year-old war there. Former Lanka army chief to contest January 26 presidential pollsCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s former Chief of Defence Staff and army chief General (retired) Sarath Fonseka on Sunday announced that he will be the opposition contestant in the January 26, 2010 presidential polls. Air force helicopter crashes in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - A Russian built Mi-24 Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter Friday crashed in southeastern region of the island-country after an air display to mark the start of construction work of a new international airport, an Air Force spokesman said. Lanka government to release 130,000 Tamil refugees from Dec. 1COLOMBO - Nearly six months after Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war came to an end, the government has announced plans to finally close the controversial civilian internment camps. The detainees will be allowed freedom of movement starting on December 1 and the camps will be permanently closed by January 31, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Lanka feared coup, reveals ex-army chief FonsekaCOLOMBO - Days after General Sarath Fonseka resigned as Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defence Staff, his resignation letter reveals that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he warned India to place its troops on high alert. Lanka army chief quits to mount electoral challenge to President RajapaksaCOLOMBO - General Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka’s ceremonial Chief of Defence Staff and former Army Chief, who oversaw a successful military operation to crush the rebel Tamil Tigers in May this year, has resigned from his post to challenge the country’s powerful President, Mahinda Rajapaksa in presidential elections scheduled for April next year. Sri Lanka’s top general resigns amid speculation he plans to make presidential bid
Sri Lanka’s top general resigns amid speculation Sri Lanka’s military chief resigns, may run for presidencyCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s military chief, General Sarath Fonseka, who helped the government forces secure victory over Tamil rebels, resigned from his post Thursday amidst reports he was considering running in the upcoming presidential elections. Official says Sri Lanka’s top general has resigned amid speculation of presidential bid
Official says Sri Lanka’s top general has resigned 11 countries vulnerable to climate change urge world leaders to commit to binding pact more images Sri Lanka steps up mine clearanceCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government has stepped up clearing mines in former rebel-controlled areas aimed at resettling 159,000 war refugees before the end of January, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Thursday. No war crimes questions, Sri Lankan general returns from USCOLOMBO - General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka’s army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, returned home from US Thursday without being questioned by US authorities about alleged war crimes. Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief leaves US without facing questioningCOLOMBO - General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka’s army commander when it defeated Tamil rebels in May, left the US without being questioned by US authorities about the final phase of military operations against the guerrillas, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Sri Lankan opposition forms alliance to contest pollsCOLOMBO - Thirteen opposition parties, including the main opposition faction, led by former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, formed an alliance Tuesday to contest the presidential and parliamentary elections expected to be held next year. TULF seeks Karunanidhi’s interventionCOLOMBO - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has been urged by a Tamil politician here to intervene and help secure the Tamils a US hails release of Tamils from campsCOLOMBO - The US Wednesday hailed the increasing release of people interned in camps in Sri Lanka since the end of the war against the Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka to probe US charges of troops ‘atrocities’COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will appoint a committee to probe into the allegations made by the US State Department of alleged atrocities by its troops during the final battle against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May this year, an official said. Sri Lanka denies rift between ex-army commander, governmentCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s military Friday denied widespread reports of a rift between the government and the ex-army commander who led the troops in the war against Tamil rebels. Island nation of Maldives to hold underwater Cabinet meeting to show climate change threat
Confident Sri Lanka to hold elections before April 2010COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will hold both presidential and parliamentary elections before April 2010, the BBC quoted its state radio, as saying. Sri Lanka to go for early presidential electionsCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka is to hold presidential elections nearly two years before scheduled, an official said Tuesday. Sri Lanka goes dark in nationwide blackoutCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An official says a power blackout plunged all of Sri Lanka into darkness for a few hours Friday because of a technical fault at an electricity distribution center. Maldives to hold cabinet meeting underwater to highlight threat of global warmingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean intended to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation. British minister in Sri Lanka to assess refugee resettlementCOLOMBO - A British cabinet minister began a two-day visit to Sri Lanka Tuesday to assess the government’s resettlement plans for an estimated 250,000 people displaced by the country’s civil war, officials said. 13 injured by explosion in Central Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least 13 civilians, including 12 children, were injured when a van exploded in Sri Lanka’s central district of Kurunegala Friday morning. Sri Lanka’s military says bomb blast in vehicle kills schoolgirl, 12 others woundedCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A schoolgirl was killed by a car bomb in northwestern Sri Lanka that also wounded 12 others Friday, mostly students who were about to travel in the vehicle, officials said. 13 injured by car bomb in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least 13 people, 12 of them schoolchildren, were injured when a bomb went off inside a van in north-western Sri Lanka, police said Friday. Sri Lanka’s military says bomb blast in vehicle to transport schoolchildren wounds 13COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A car bomb exploded in northwest Sri Lanka on Friday and wounded 13 people, most of them schoolchildren about to travel in the van, the military said. |
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