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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• 'Car bomb' hits Sri Lanka capital – 'Safe zone' for Sri Lanka conflict
• 'Scores dead' in S Lanka fighting – Amnesty in urgent Sri Lanka plea
• Anger over Lanka civilian deaths – BBC suspends Sri Lanka FM reports
• Bishop decries Sri Lanka attack – Civilian misery
• Civilian trauma – Cricket: Australia take control
• Cricket: Crucial win for India – Cricket: Pakistan clinch win
• Cricket: Pakistan get series win – Cricket: Sri Lanka through
• Cricket: Sri Lanka trounce India – Dilshan ton gives Sri Lanka hope
• Diplomats hurt in S Lanka attack – Fifth day Third Test as it happened
• Fighting closes Sri Lanka schools – Hawk named as Sri Lanka premier
• Heavy fighting in east Sri Lanka – India to send food aid to S Lanka
• India triumph despite Murali feat – Lanka army 'kills 45 civilians'
• Lanka military leaflets civilians – Mine attack hits Sri Lankan bus
• Mobile ban in Sri Lanka schools – Norwegian envoy in rebel talks
• Ntini doubtful for series opener – Rain hits opening day in Colombo
• Rampant Australia crush Sri Lanka – S Lanka army accused of killings
• S Lanka army head leaves abruptly – S Lankan army 'takes rebel base'
• S Lankan navy 'sinks rebel boats' – Sri Lanka 'sinks last Tiger boat'
• Sri Lanka 'suicide bomb kills 14' – Sri Lanka bars foreign aid staff
• Sri Lanka blast 'kills civilians' – Sri Lanka cruise to opening win
• Sri Lanka deaths stun aid agency – Sri Lanka in new peace talks bid
• Sri Lanka in new truce rejection – Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer'
• Sri Lanka puts cap on rice prices – Sri Lanka set new one-day record
• Sri Lanka set NZ mammoth target – Sri Lanka troops killed in south
• Sri Lanka truce 'needs reviewing' – Sri Lankan editor row escalates
• Sri Lankan forces 'target church' – Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital
• Sweden FM denied Sri Lanka entry – Tamil Tiger rebels in jailbreak
• Tamil Tiger sea base 'captured' – Tamil war zone hospital hit again
• Tamils end asylum ship stand-off – Tigers want peace talks postponed
• Tight security for Sri Lankan MPs – UN call for S Lanka video probe
• UN call for Sri Lanka war probe – Under threat
• Upset in Sri Lanka post-war polls – Yousuf gives Pakistan initiative

Sri Lanka: news

Civilian trauma

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 15:30

Eyewitness account of the war in northern Sri Lanka
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Civilians 'killed' in Sri Lanka

Sunday, January 18th 2009, 18:50

At least 18 civilians are killed as Sri Lanka's military continues its offensive on Tamil Tiger rebels, medical staff say.
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Civilians die in Sri Lanka clash

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 15:21
related places: Trincomalee

The Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels accuse each other of killing Muslim civilians in the town of Muttur.
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Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 6:17

Thousands abandon their homes as fighting between Tamil Tigers and the army worsens in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting

Friday, August 4th 2006, 10:15
related countries: Norway

Thousands of people are escaping fighting in the town of Muttur between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil rebels.
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Civilians flee Tamil Tiger centre

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 15:23
related places: Kilinochchi

Many civilians are reported to be fleeing the northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi in the face of more air force attacks.
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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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Clashes at Australia refugee camp

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 2:00
related countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Christmas Island

Clashes erupt between Sri Lankan and Afghan refugees at Australia's Christmas Island immigration centre.
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Clinical Sri Lanka secure series

Saturday, January 24th 2009, 12:50
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Sri Lanka thrash Pakistan by 234 runs in Lahore to win the one-day series 2-1.
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Clinton warns Sri Lanka over war

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 14:20

Bill Clinton warns Sri Lanka that its tsunami reconstruction effort will be wasted if war resumes.
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Colombo 'must free' war refugees

Monday, August 10th 2009, 17:25

Amnesty International urges Sri Lanka to free hundreds of thousands of Tamil war refugees held in camps.
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Colombo airport in night closure

Thursday, May 3rd 2007, 15:18

Officials at Sri Lanka's only international airport announce that it will close at night time following rebel air strikes.
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Colombo hails UN 'diplomatic win'

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 10:33

Sri Lanka's government hails a "diplomatic victory" after heading off moves to investigate alleged war crimes in the country.
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Colombo offers 'safe route' plan

Thursday, March 5th 2009, 17:08

The Sri Lankan government says it is to open two safe routes for thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone in the north-east.
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Colombo pushes into Tiger areas

Saturday, January 3rd 2009, 12:13
related places: Kilinochchi

Sri Lankan forces say they are pressing on with their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels after capturing Kilinochchi.
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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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Colombo station attack kills 11

Sunday, February 3rd 2008, 17:19
related places: Colombo

At least eleven people die in a suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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Colombo to 'rehabilitate' rebels

Wednesday, May 27th 2009, 5:33

The Sri Lankan military says that several thousand suspected Tamil Tiger rebels will undergo "rehabilitation".
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Commandos free Sri Lanka minister

Thursday, December 27th 2007, 11:46

Sri Lankan security forces free a government minister who had been locked up by angry TV journalists.
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Concern over UK arms to Sri Lanka

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 12:14
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK parliamentary report expresses unease about arms exports to Sri Lanka during the final years of a civil war.
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Court halts expulsion of Tamils

Friday, June 8th 2007, 15:35
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered an immediately halt to further eviction of minority Tamils from Colombo.
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Cricket World Cup Live - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 13:10
related countries: Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago

Sanath Jayasuriya gives Sri Lanka an excellent start in the key Group B game against Bangladesh.
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Cricket: Aussies beat S Lanka

Monday, November 12th 2007, 6:23
related countries: Australia
related places: Brisbane

Brett Lee takes four wickets as Australia beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the first Test in Brisbane.
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Cricket: Aussies beat Sri Lanka

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 11:05

Australia beat Sri Lanka in a low-scoring seventh game of the VB Series, with Simon Katich hitting 52.
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Cricket: Aussies dominate Test

Friday, November 9th 2007, 7:31

Australia hit 551-4 before declaring and reducing Sri Lanka to 31-2 at stumps on day two of the first Test.
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Cricket: Aussies thump Sri Lanka

Friday, February 8th 2008, 10:02
related countries: Australia

Michael Clarke's knock of 77 and five wickets for Nathan Bracken helps Australia to a 128-run one-day victory over Sri Lanka.
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Cricket: Australia 'not afraid'

Thursday, April 26th 2007, 6:37
related countries: Australia

Captain Ricky Ponting says Australia have no fear of Sri Lanka in Saturday's World Cup final.
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Cricket: Australia dominate Test

Friday, November 16th 2007, 7:25
related countries: Australia

Centuries from Phil Jaques and Michael Hussey take Australia to 329-3 in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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Cricket: Australia into final

Friday, February 22nd 2008, 11:19
related countries: Australia

Australia book their place in the CB Series finals after beating Sri Lanka by 24 runs in a low-scoring encounter.
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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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Cricket: Australia take control

Sunday, November 18th 2007, 7:43
related countries: Australia
related places: Hobart

Australia take complete control of the second Test in Hobart with Brett Lee taking 4-82 in Sri Lanka's 246 all out.
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'Car bomb' hits Sri Lanka capital – 'Safe zone' for Sri Lanka conflict'Scores dead' in S Lanka fighting – Amnesty in urgent Sri Lanka pleaAnger over Lanka civilian deaths – BBC suspends Sri Lanka FM reportsBishop decries Sri Lanka attack – Civilian miseryCivilian trauma – Cricket: Australia take controlCricket: Crucial win for India – Cricket: Pakistan clinch winCricket: Pakistan get series win – Cricket: Sri Lanka throughCricket: Sri Lanka trounce India – Dilshan ton gives Sri Lanka hopeDiplomats hurt in S Lanka attack – Fifth day Third Test as it happenedFighting closes Sri Lanka schools – Hawk named as Sri Lanka premierHeavy fighting in east Sri Lanka – India to send food aid to S LankaIndia triumph despite Murali feat – Lanka army 'kills 45 civilians'Lanka military leaflets civilians – Mine attack hits Sri Lankan busMobile ban in Sri Lanka schools – Norwegian envoy in rebel talksNtini doubtful for series opener – Rain hits opening day in ColomboRampant Australia crush Sri Lanka – S Lanka army accused of killingsS Lanka army head leaves abruptly – S Lankan army 'takes rebel base'S Lankan navy 'sinks rebel boats' – Sri Lanka 'sinks last Tiger boat'Sri Lanka 'suicide bomb kills 14' – Sri Lanka bars foreign aid staffSri Lanka blast 'kills civilians' – Sri Lanka cruise to opening winSri Lanka deaths stun aid agency – Sri Lanka in new peace talks bidSri Lanka in new truce rejection – Sri Lanka probes 'bomber offer'Sri Lanka puts cap on rice prices – Sri Lanka set new one-day recordSri Lanka set NZ mammoth target – Sri Lanka troops killed in southSri Lanka truce 'needs reviewing' – Sri Lankan editor row escalatesSri Lankan forces 'target church' – Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capitalSweden FM denied Sri Lanka entry – Tamil Tiger rebels in jailbreakTamil Tiger sea base 'captured' – Tamil war zone hospital hit againTamils end asylum ship stand-off – Tigers want peace talks postponedTight security for Sri Lankan MPs – UN call for S Lanka video probeUN call for Sri Lanka war probe – Under threatUpset in Sri Lanka post-war polls – Yousuf gives Pakistan initiative