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.

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Sri Lanka: news

Sri Lanka army 'controls coast'

Saturday, May 16th 2009, 5:20

Sri Lanka's army captures the last section of coastline held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east of the country, the military says.
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Sri Lanka army 'in final stage'

Friday, May 15th 2009, 16:29

The Sri Lankan army says it is in the final stage of "dominating the whole coast" in its battle with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Hunt for news

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 23:29

Sri Lankan Tamils abroad struggle to trace relatives
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Fears of Sri Lanka 'catastrophe'

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 22:00

The Red Cross says Sri Lanka is facing an "unimaginable" catastrophe in the area where troops have trapped Tamil Tigers.
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'Exodus' from Sri Lanka war zone

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 17:06

The Sri Lankan army says more than 2,000 civilians have crossed a lagoon to flee the war zone in the north-east of the country.
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UN 'grave concern' over Sri Lanka

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 7:35

The UN Security Council urges the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers to ensure the safety of civilians.
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Tamil war zone hospital hit again

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 21:21

Violence rages in Sri Lanka's war zone, where a makeshift hospital has been shelled again with the loss of 50 lives.
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ICRC worker killed in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 10:33

The International Committee of the Red Cross says that one of its employees has been killed in a shell attack in Sri Lanka.
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UK, US plea over Sri Lanka crisis

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 23:24
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

The US and Britain urge an "immediate" end to fighting in Sri Lanka and an evacuation of trapped civilians.
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Sri Lanka war zone hospital 'hit'

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 18:40

The Sri Lankan government has shelled a hospital in the war zone, killing at least 49 people, rebel and hospital sources say.
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Elusive end

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 15:18

Sri Lanka war rumbles on despite calls for restraint
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Outrage grows over Tamil deaths

Monday, May 11th 2009, 22:18
related countries: France, United Kingdom

Outrage is expressed at the UN in New York over the reported heavy loss of life among civilians in Sri Lanka's Tamil war zone.
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UN mourns Sri Lanka 'bloodbath'

Monday, May 11th 2009, 15:55

The UN says heavy civilian casualties in northern Sri Lanka at the weekend bear out its warnings of a "bloodbath".
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'Steep rise' in Sri Lanka deaths

Sunday, May 10th 2009, 18:00

An official in northern Sri Lanka says 378 people have been killed in 24 hours, but the government denies shelling the area.
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Sri Lankans arrest UK news team

Saturday, May 9th 2009, 19:15
related countries: United Kingdom

A team of UK journalists are arrested in Sri Lanka after reporting allegations of abuse in camps for displaced Tamils.
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'Sea battle' near Tamil war zone

Saturday, May 9th 2009, 13:06

Sri Lanka's military says it has killed at least 14 Tamil Tiger fighters in a sea battle close to the final area of land fighting.
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S Lanka army 'maintains advance'

Friday, May 8th 2009, 8:37

Sri Lanka's army says it is continuing to advance into rebel territory as the president says the war is nearing an end.
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Tiger leader's photos on display

Thursday, May 7th 2009, 12:31

The Sri Lankan defence ministry releases what it says are recently captured pictures of the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
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New Sri Lanka heavy weapons row

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 10:56

The Sri Lankan government denies Tamil Tiger accusations that the army is intensifying heavy weapons attacks in the north-east.
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Sri Lanka minority 'threatened'

Tuesday, May 5th 2009, 17:49

The leader of the indigenous community of Sri Lanka says that his community is threatened by illegal tree-fellers.
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UK MPs meet Sri Lankan leadership

Monday, May 4th 2009, 17:44
related countries: United Kingdom

A cross-party delegation of British MPs holds meetings with Sri Lankan politicians on the first day of a two-day visit.
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Hospital 'hit by Sri Lankan army'

Saturday, May 2nd 2009, 13:12

Sri Lankan army shelling has killed 91 people since Friday at a makeshift hospital inside a civilian safe zone, doctors tell the BBC.
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UN images show Sri Lanka damage

Friday, May 1st 2009, 16:25

UN satellite pictures appear to show shelling damage inside a government safe zone for civilians in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan army website 'hacked'

Friday, May 1st 2009, 7:10

The website of the Sri Lankan army is hacked by suspected rebels installing graphic images of civilians, officials say.
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Sri Lanka rejects West 'lectures'

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 11:02

Sri Lanka's president again rules out a ceasefire with rebels and rejects Western 'lectures', a day after a key EU mission.
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Sri Lanka urged to halt offensive

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 8:48
related countries: France, United Kingdom

British and French foreign ministers in Sri Lanka urge a halt to the military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
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Sweden FM denied Sri Lanka entry

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 21:11
related countries: Sweden

Sri Lanka refuses entry to Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who was to have joined a European diplomatic mission.
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Sri Lanka army 'to stop shelling'

Monday, April 27th 2009, 14:12

Sri Lankan troops will no longer use heavy weapons against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east, the government says.
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Sri Lanka rejects rebel ceasefire

Monday, April 27th 2009, 2:26

The Sri Lankan government dismisses a Tamil Tiger ceasefire declaration as a "joke" and says the rebels are close to defeat.
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Bitter end

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 16:53

Tigers defiant as Sri Lankan army scents victory
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Sri Lanka rebels call ceasefire

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 14:31

Tamil Tiger rebels in north-east Sri Lanka announce a unilateral ceasefire, but the government rejects it, urging their surrender.
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UN envoy makes Sri Lanka aid push

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 6:20

The UN's top humanitarian official goes to Sri Lanka to push for greater protection of civilians caught up in the conflict.
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Anticipating an end to Sri Lanka's war

Saturday, April 25th 2009, 10:38

Charles Haviland reports on growing expectations of an end to the war in Sri Lanka and asks what next for the country's minority Tamil people.
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War zone

Saturday, April 25th 2009, 7:56

BBC reporter gets up close to the Sri Lankan fighting
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US calls for Sri Lanka ceasefire

Saturday, April 25th 2009, 3:18
related countries: United States

The US calls for an immediate ceasefire to the fighting in north-east Sri Lanka to allow civilians to leave the war zone.
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'No pause' in Sri Lanka fighting

Friday, April 24th 2009, 18:54

The Sri Lankan army says there will be no more pauses in fighting against Tamil Tiger rebels, despite calls by the UN.
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Fears grow for Sri Lanka trapped

Friday, April 24th 2009, 4:12

A UN aid team heads to Sri Lanka, where 50,000 civilians remain inside the conflict zone as troops battle Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Gandhi urges Tamil civilian help

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 16:18
related countries: India

Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of India's assassinated former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, calls on her country to help Sri Lankan Tamil civilians.
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Colombo rejects UN civilian plea

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 12:29

Sri Lanka rejects an appeal by the UN to allow aid agencies into the war zone to help civilians affected by heavy fighting.
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Tamil Tigers urged to end fight

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 7:03

A senior UN official urges Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels to lay down their arms and let trapped civilians leave the conflict zone.
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On the move

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 6:05

How will Sri Lanka cope with the civilian exodus?
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Australia expects Sri Lanka boats

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 4:54
related countries: Aruba

Australian officials prepare for asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, where a civil war is causing heavy civilian casualties.
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Two key Tamil Tigers 'surrender'

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 16:12

Two key Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka, including chief media co-ordinator Daya Master, surrender, the army says.
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Perilous flight

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 15:37

A Tamil woman tells of her ordeal in Sri Lanka's war zone
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