News: Sri Lanka

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Sri Lanka – overview

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• January 4th 2010 – November 16th 2009
• November 15th 2009 – October 2nd 2009
• September 29th 2009 – August 8th 2009
• August 7th 2009 – June 8th 2009
• June 8th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 19th 2009 – May 6th 2009
• May 5th 2009 – April 19th 2009
• April 18th 2009 – March 13th 2009
• March 12th 2009 – February 18th 2009
• February 17th 2009 – January 27th 2009
• January 27th 2009 – December 22nd 2008
• December 22nd 2008 – October 20th 2008
• October 17th 2008 – August 17th 2008
• August 14th 2008 – May 23rd 2008
• May 16th 2008 – March 20th 2008
• March 19th 2008 – January 25th 2008
• January 24th 2008 – December 20th 2007
• December 20th 2007 – November 7th 2007
• November 5th 2007 – September 1st 2007
• August 8th 2007 – May 14th 2007
• May 14th 2007 – April 2nd 2007
• April 1st 2007 – February 21st 2007
• February 20th 2007 – December 11th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – October 17th 2006
• October 16th 2006 – August 21st 2006
• August 20th 2006 – August 4th 2006
• August 3rd 2006 – June 20th 2006
• June 19th 2006 – May 14th 2006
• May 13th 2006 – April 11th 2006
• April 10th 2006 – January 17th 2006
• January 14th 2006 – December 14th 2005
• December 14th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

Tamil Tigers bury political chief

Monday, November 5th 2007, 15:53

Tamil Tiger rebels bury one of their top leaders after he was killed by the Sri Lankan military.
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Tamil rebels vow to strike back

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 0:21

The Tamil Tigers vow revenge after the man thought to be their number two dies in a Sri Lankan air force raid.
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Inquiry into Haiti UN sex claims

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 8:33
related countries: Haiti

Sri Lanka promises to investigate allegations that 108 of its UN peacekeepers in Haiti paid for sex.
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S Lanka troops 'abused Haitians'

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 22:15
related countries: Haiti

The UN sends home 108 of 950 Sri Lankan peacekeepers in Haiti, accusing them of sexual abuse.
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Senior Tamil Tiger leader killed

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 16:39

Sri Lanka's military kills one of the Tamil Tiger rebels' most senior leaders, SP Thamilselvan, in an air raid.
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Clashes 'kill many' in Sri Lanka

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 17:57

Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on each other in the north.
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Australia name squad for new era

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 7:37
related countries: Australia
related places: Brisbane

Australia name Phil Jaques, Shaun Tait and Brad Hogg in a 13-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.
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Sri Lanka 'drops war censorship'

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 15:26

Sri Lanka's government says it will lift measures to restrict reporting of the civil war, just hours after news of the censorship emerged.
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'Eight Lankan planes' destroyed

Wednesday, October 24th 2007, 11:00

Sri Lanka's prime minister admits that a Tamil Tiger attack on an air force base caused far more damage than previously acknowledged.
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Probe into Lanka air base attack

Tuesday, October 23rd 2007, 12:40

The Sri Lankan military opens an investigation into how a Tamil Tiger suicide squad infiltrated an air force base.
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Rebels attack Sri Lanka air base

Monday, October 22nd 2007, 10:44

Tamil Tigers launch an air and ground attack that leaves nine Sri Lankan military and 20 rebels dead, the government says.
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Sri Lanka troops hunt park rebels

Wednesday, October 17th 2007, 6:39

Sri Lankan troops scour a national park for Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked an army outpost there two days ago.
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Sri Lanka troops killed in south

Tuesday, October 16th 2007, 9:15

Sri Lanka's military says six soldiers have been killed in a rare clash with Tamil Tiger rebels in the south-east.
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Sri Lankan rights advisers quit

Monday, October 15th 2007, 11:45

Four members of a Sri Lankan government panel resign in protest at the military's human rights record.
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UN concern over Sri Lanka rights

Saturday, October 13th 2007, 9:59

UN human rights chief Louise Arbour criticises Sri Lanka's record as the country returns to the throes of civil war.
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Cricket: England seal series win

Wednesday, October 10th 2007, 17:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Colombo

Alastair Cook hits 80 to follow a fine England bowling display as the tourists clinch victory in Colombo and a first series win in Sri Lanka.
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Cricket: England beat S Lanka

Sunday, October 7th 2007, 18:16
related countries: United Kingdom

England win a tense, low-scoring match against Sri Lanka to take a 2-1 lead in the one-day series.
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Sri Lanka 'sinks last Tiger boat'

Sunday, October 7th 2007, 15:00

Sri Lanka's navy says it has sunk the last seaworthy Tamil Tiger ship, killing at least 12 people.
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SL v England: Second ODI as it happened

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 16:45
related countries: United Kingdom

Owais Shah top scores with 82 as England beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs to level the one-day series at 1-1.
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Cricket: England level series

Thursday, October 4th 2007, 16:33
related countries: United Kingdom

Owais Shah hits 82 as England beat Sri Lanka by 65 runs to level their one-day series.
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Cricket: England defeated

Monday, October 1st 2007, 15:54
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Dambulla

England go 1-0 down in their five-match one-day series with Sri Lanka after a 119-run defeat in Dambulla.
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Cricket: England beat S Lanka XI

Friday, September 28th 2007, 12:05
related countries: United Kingdom

Ian Bell hits a century in an easy England win over a Sri Lanka Cricket XI ahead of the five-match one-day series.
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Cricket: Sri Lanka suffer setback

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 15:06
related countries: United Kingdom

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will miss at least the first three of Sri Lanka's five one-day internationals against England.
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More clashes in Sri Lankan north

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 8:27

Sri Lanka's army says it has killed at least 11 Tamil Tiger rebels in continued clashes in the north.
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Battles flare in Sri Lankan north

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 13:14

Sri Lanka's army claims to have inflicted heavy casualties on Tamil rebels in fighting in the north.
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Cricket: Australia into semi-finals

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 10:26
related countries: Australia
related places: Newlands

Australia bowl out Sri Lanka for just 101 before completing a 10-wicket win to reach the last four of the World Twenty20.
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Sri Lanka abuse probe 'set to fail'

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 13:15

A presidential commission in Sri Lanka investigating human rights abuses is in danger of failing, observers say.
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Cricket: Pakistan clinch win

Monday, September 17th 2007, 19:06
related countries: Pakistan

Three wickets for Shahid Afridi help Pakistan ease to a 33-run win over Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 match in Johannesburg.
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Aggressive Jayasuriya sinks Kiwis

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 15:03
related countries: New Zealand

Sanath Jayasuriya smashes 61 to steer Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the World Twenty20.
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Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel base'

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 11:38

Sri Lanka's military says it has seized a base of the Tamil Tigers' naval wing, as part of operations in the north-west.
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Sri Lanka army 'begins new push'

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 8:16
related places: Mannar

The Sri Lanka military says it has started a new drive to dislodge Tamil Tiger rebels from Mannar in the north.
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