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 2nd 2009 – October 26th 2009
• October 26th 2009 – September 2nd 2009
• September 1st 2009 – July 8th 2009
• July 7th 2009 – May 27th 2009
• May 27th 2009 – May 15th 2009
• May 14th 2009 – April 25th 2009
• April 25th 2009 – April 5th 2009
• April 4th 2009 – March 4th 2009
• March 4th 2009 – February 5th 2009
• February 5th 2009 – January 17th 2009
• January 16th 2009 – November 27th 2008
• November 27th 2008 – September 17th 2008
• September 17th 2008 – July 10th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – April 23rd 2008
• April 20th 2008 – February 23rd 2008
• February 22nd 2008 – January 8th 2008
• January 7th 2008 – November 28th 2007
• November 27th 2007 – October 15th 2007
• October 13th 2007 – June 20th 2007
• June 19th 2007 – April 26th 2007
• April 26th 2007 – March 21st 2007
• March 20th 2007 – January 11th 2007
• January 6th 2007 – November 10th 2006
• November 10th 2006 – September 15th 2006
• September 13th 2006 – August 13th 2006
• August 13th 2006 – July 21st 2006
• July 19th 2006 – June 5th 2006
• June 4th 2006 – April 27th 2006
• April 26th 2006 – March 8th 2006
• March 4th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 27th 2005 – November 29th 2005
• November 28th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

Sri Lanka cricketers arrive home

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 9:56

The Sri Lankan team return home following the terror attacks on their bus in Lahore.
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Sri Lanka cricketers arrive home

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 8:13
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka's cricket team arrives back in Colombo after leaving Pakistan following the attacks by gunmen.
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Sri Lanka faces war 'catastrophe'

Wednesday, March 4th 2009, 0:36

The International Committee of the Red Cross warns of a humanitarian catastrophe in north-east Sri Lanka.
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Hunt for Lahore cricket attackers

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 22:26
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Pakistani police are hunting gunmen who attacked a convoy carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in Lahore, killing seven people.
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Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka cricketers

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 14:09
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Gunmen attack Sri Lanka's cricket team in Pakistani city of Lahore, wounding several players and killing at least seven other people.
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What next for Pakistan?

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 12:39
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Several Sri Lankan cricketers are injured by gunmen in the Pakistani city of Lahore. What now for the country?
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Lahore Test scrapped after attack

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 10:29
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

The second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been called off following the attack on the bus carrying the tourists' team in Lahore.
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Pakistan attack on cricket convoy

Tuesday, March 3rd 2009, 4:25
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Gunmen fire on a convoy carrying Pakistani and Sri Lankan cricketers in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.
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Sri Lanka in new truce rejection

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 8:12

Sri Lanka's foreign minister tells the BBC that a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels would only allow them to regroup.
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Pakistan v Sri Lanka scorecard

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 12:35
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Lahore

Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in the second Test in Lahore.
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Troops 'at last Tamil Tiger town'

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 16:21

Sri Lanka's army says its troops are now at the last main town still held by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east.
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Younus targets Lara Test record

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 12:20

Younus Khan eyes Brian Lara's Test record score of 400 after hitting 306 not out in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
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S Lanka rebels 'ready for truce'

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 14:41

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels tell the UN they are ready to comply with ceasefire calls but will not lay down arms.
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Tamil Tiger planes raid Colombo

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 9:52
related places: Colombo

Two planes from Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels attack the capital, killing two people and injuring 45, despite recent rebel losses.
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Civilian 'slaughter' in Sri Lanka

Friday, February 20th 2009, 11:00

Human Rights Watch accuses the Sri Lankan army of "slaughter" and rebels of "brutality" towards civilians in the north-east.
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UN chief in S Lanka civilian plea

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 18:22

Visiting UN humanitarian chief John Holmes urges Sri Lanka's army and rebels to do all they can to avoid civilian casualties.
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India offers Sri Lanka evacuation

Wednesday, February 18th 2009, 11:21
related countries: India

India says it ready to help in the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians caught up in fighting in Sri Lanka.
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New plea for Sri Lanka civilians

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 14:55

The UN and the Red Cross renew appeals to both sides in Sri Lanka's conflict to spare civilians trapped in the war zone.
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Tamil Tiger UN charges rejected

Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 12:34

Aid workers linked to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers criticise the UN over reports the rebels are stopping people from fleeing fighting.
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Tamil Tigers 'target civilians'

Monday, February 16th 2009, 16:14

Tamil Tiger rebels are reported to be firing at civilians trying to leave Sri Lanka's conflict zone, the UN says.
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Sri Lanka rejects UK's new envoy

Friday, February 13th 2009, 17:42
related countries: United Kingdom

Sri Lanka says the UK's nomination of Des Browne as a special envoy to the country is a "disrespectful intrusion".
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Sri Lankan kidnapped in Philippines

Friday, February 13th 2009, 4:01
related countries: Philippines

A Sri Lankan peace advocate is the latest victim of a wave of kidnapping in the southern Philippines.
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More Sri Lanka wounded evacuated

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 19:53

The Red Cross evacuates a further 160 sick and wounded people trapped by fighting in northern Sri Lanka.
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S Lanka civilian attacks denied

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 10:39

The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels both deny inflicting civilian casualties in recent fighting in the north-east.
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Jayawardene quits Sri Lanka role

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 8:24
related countries: Pakistan

Batsman Mahela Jayawardene is to step down as Sri Lanka captain after the forthcoming tour to Pakistan.
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Boat rescue for S Lanka wounded

Tuesday, February 10th 2009, 20:13

The Red Cross evacuates 240 sick and wounded civilians who had been trapped by fighting in north-east Sri Lanka.
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BBC suspends Sri Lanka FM reports

Monday, February 9th 2009, 17:44

The BBC World Service is to stop providing radio news to Sri Lanka's state broadcaster due to "deliberate interference".
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Sri Lanka bomber 'kills dozens'

Monday, February 9th 2009, 13:18

A female Tamil Tiger rebel blows herself up in north-east Sri Lanka, killing 28 people and injuring dozens, the military says.
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'Thousands' flee Tamil Tiger area

Sunday, February 8th 2009, 13:42

More than 10,000 Sri Lankan civilians have fled the last area held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north, the government says.
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Red Cross 'incites S Lanka panic'

Friday, February 6th 2009, 16:00

Sri Lanka's government accuses the Red Cross of inciting panic over the military operation against Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Key Tamil Tiger sea base 'falls'

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 17:57

The Sri Lankan army says it has captured the last major Tamil Tiger naval base in the north-east of the island.
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