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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• December 27th 2009 – November 15th 2009
• November 13th 2009 – September 25th 2009
• September 22nd 2009 – August 7th 2009
• August 3rd 2009 – June 7th 2009
• June 5th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 18th 2009 – May 4th 2009
• May 2nd 2009 – April 16th 2009
• April 16th 2009 – March 11th 2009
• March 11th 2009 – February 17th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – January 26th 2009
• January 26th 2009 – December 21st 2008
• December 18th 2008 – October 16th 2008
• October 16th 2008 – August 10th 2008
• August 2nd 2008 – May 11th 2008
• May 10th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 18th 2008 – January 24th 2008
• January 18th 2008 – December 19th 2007
• December 18th 2007 – November 4th 2007
• November 3rd 2007 – August 6th 2007
• July 24th 2007 – May 7th 2007
• May 5th 2007 – March 30th 2007
• March 29th 2007 – February 17th 2007
• February 16th 2007 – December 6th 2006
• December 4th 2006 – October 16th 2006
• October 14th 2006 – August 18th 2006
• August 18th 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• August 1st 2006 – June 18th 2006
• June 18th 2006 – May 12th 2006
• May 12th 2006 – April 10th 2006
• April 7th 2006 – January 13th 2006
• January 8th 2006 – December 13th 2005
• December 12th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

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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More civilians flee Sri Lanka war

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 5:01

The number of Tamil civilians escaping from the territory held by Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka rises to 77,000, the army says.
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Mass Tamil exodus from rebel area

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 22:17

Sri Lanka says 63,000 Tamil civilians have crossed from the last remaining area held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the last two days.
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War of words

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 15:27

The tough task of reporting in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka army 'killed civilians'

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 13:19

Tamil Tigers accuse Sri Lankan troops of killing about 1,000 civilians, but the government says it is helping thousands.
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Thousands flee Sri Lanka combat

Monday, April 20th 2009, 15:55

Sri Lanka's military says at least 25,000 civilians have escaped from a Tamil Tiger-held area after the army smashed a fortification.
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UK envoy in Sri Lanka peace talks

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 9:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: New York

Britain sends a special envoy to the United Nations in New York for "urgent" talks on ending the war in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka rejects UN truce appeal

Saturday, April 18th 2009, 1:36

Sri Lanka rejects a new UN call to give civilians more time to leave a safe zone in the north-east, the defence secretary says.
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S Lanka leader visits north-east

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 13:11
related places: Kilinochchi

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa makes a symbolic visit to the key town of Kilinochchi, captured from Tamil Tiger rebels.
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