Sri Lankan military: Soldiers capture rebel fortification after heavy fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers fought heavy battles with separatist Tamil Tigers early Thursday, capturing an earthen fortification in the shrinking rebel enclave, the military said. Sri Lanka says captured video shows rebels disguising themselves as civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Video footage captured from Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels showed their fighters forcing civilians to assist their war effort and depicted one insurgent in street clothes firing a heavy machine gun, the military said Thursday. Rebels say hundreds of civilians killed and wounded daily in Sri Lanka; 9 have died of hungerCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tiger rebels said intense fighting in Sri Lanka’s war zone was killing and wounding hundreds of civilians a day and asked Wednesday for the U.N. to push for urgent food shipments to avert a hunger crisis. UN chief calls for cease-fire to prevent further bloodshed in Sri Lanka civil warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Sri Lanka to stop using heavy weapons that risk civilian lives and to suspend its offensive against ethnic Tamil rebels so that desperately needed aid can be sent to the war zone. Press freedom group urges IMF to link Sri Lanka loan to improved rightsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The International Monetary Fund must insist that Sri Lanka’s government respect media rights and the rule of law before granting any new lending, a press freedom group said Tuesday. Sri Lanka prime minister says Tamil Tiger leader trapped inside four-kilometer stretchCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said the reclusive leader of the separatist Tamil Tigers was trapped in a tiny stretch of coastline surrounded by government troops and vowed Tuesday not to let him slip away. Sri Lankan military says it has caused heavy damage to rebels in new fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers broke through rebel defenses and advanced further into the Tamil Tigers’ last remaining territory, inflicting heavy damage on the beleaguered insurgents, the military said Tuesday. Sri Lanka names uncapped Udana in squad for Twenty20 World CupCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka named uncapped all-rounder Isuru Udana in a 15-man squad on Monday for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in England. Sri Lankan troops push deeper into rebel-held territory in the northeastCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces battled Tamil Tiger insurgents from three sides Monday, the military said, pushing deeper into rebel-held territory amid a report that navy gunboats heavily shelled an area packed with civilians. Top Asian News at 4:31 p.m. GMTKATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s prime minister fired the army chief on Sunday after accusing him of defying government orders, prompting a key party to quit the coalition government and plunging the Himalayan country into a political crisis that could endanger its peace process. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets of the capital to demonstrate both for and against the decision by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist rebel leader. Sri Lanka considering amnesty for rebel fighters who surrender, minister saysCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government says it is considering an amnesty for Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender — although not for leaders of the insurgency, which is facing defeat after 25 years of civil war. Sri Lankan rebels urge Britain, France to continue to push for a cease-fireCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s separatist rebels asked Britain and France to keep pushing for a cease-fire in the island’s civil war after the European nations’ recent failure to secure a halt in the fighting to allow civilians to evacuate. Rebel Web site accuses Sri Lanka military of killing 64 civilians in hospital shellingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said. Doctor says shelling of makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka’s war zone kills 64COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone Saturday, killing at least 64 civilians, a government doctor and a rebel-linked Web site said, amid growing international pressure to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped in the area. Sri Lanka military: Latest fighting kills 14 rebels amid rising concern for trapped civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers killed 14 Tamil Tiger rebels in the latest gunbattles in the insurgents’ ever-shrinking northern territory, amid growing international pressure to safeguard 50,000 civilians trapped in the war zone. Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of ‘brutal’ media suppressionCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military’s success in its fight against separatist rebels has been accompanied by a “brutal campaign” against dissenting media, an international press group said Friday. Sri Lankan leaflets urge civilians to flee war zone; official says shelling of area continuesCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s government urged civilians in the northern war zone to flee the fighting Friday, promising to ensure their safety amid accusations that civilians were killed after the military pounded the area with artillery shells. Sri Lankan official: Shelling kills 10 civilians despite govt promise not to us heavy weaponsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military fired scores of artillery shells into the northern war zone overnight, killing at least 10 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels, a health official in the region said Friday. Sri Lanka rejects please for truce from Britain, France; rebels also refuse surrenderCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka pledged to push ahead with its offensive against the Tamil Tigers, brushing off international calls for a cease-fire aimed at protecting thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. Sri Lankan president rules out cease-fire after plea from French and British foreign ministersCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has rejected a cease-fire appeal from French and British officials and said Western diplomats should stop lecturing him. Tamil Tiger political chief says rebels will not surrender, denies holding civilians hostageCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tigers said Thursday they would never surrender to the advancing Sri Lankan forces, as the government issued a similarly defiant vow to continue the bloody civil war until the rebels’ leader is captured or killed. Former Sri Lanka rebel says insurgents killed hundreds of civilians trying to fleeCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Tamil Tiger rebels massacred hundreds of civilians — including 200 people from one village — as they tried to flee the war zone in northern Sri Lanka, a former rebel official said in an interview broadcast Wednesday. French, British foreign ministers call on Sri Lanka to accept cease-fire in civil warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The French and British foreign ministers called for a truce in Sri Lanka’s civil war, saying that safeguarding civilians was as crucial as defeating the rebels in bringing peace to this troubled nation. French, British foreign ministers arrive in Sri Lanka for talks on ending warCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The visiting French and British foreign ministers urged Sri Lanka’s government to enter an immediate cease-fire Wednesday in its war with Tamil rebels, saying the need to protect civilians in the war zone is paramount. Web site, doctor report Sri Lanka shelling in war zone despite pledge to cease such attacksCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Government forces fired barrages of artillery into the northern war zone, killing at least 11 civilians, a day after it pledged to stop such attacks because of the risk to innocent lives, a rebel-linked Web site and a local doctor said. India increases stake in 2011 World Cup after Pakistan stripped of co-hosting rightsMUMBAI, India — The International Cricket Council has moved its 2011 World Cup headquarters to Mumbai and increased India’s allocation of matches after stripping Pakistan of co-hosting rights following a terror attack last month on the Sri Lanka team. Sri Lankan military says it captured rebel fortifications, killed 7 rebels in new fightingCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military pressed ahead Tuesday with its offensive against the beleaguered Tamil Tigers, breaking through a defensive fortification and killing at least seven rebels, the military said. Sweden’s foreign minister denied entry to Sri Lanka as part of European cease-fire delegationSTOCKHOLM — Sweden recalled its top diplomat in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was blocked from joining a European delegation pressing for a cease-fire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka to stop airstrikes, artillery attacks on rebels amid pressure to protect civiliansCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there, but resisted growing pressure for a cease-fire in its war with the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka says it will stop using heavy weapons in war zone to prevent civilian deaths.COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Under intense international pressure to prevent further civilian deaths, the Sri Lankan government said Monday it would immediately stop airstrikes and artillery attacks in its war against the Tamil Tiger rebels. |
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