Sri Lanka concedes avoiding civilian casualties was "impossible" (AlertNet)
Sri Lanka said on Monday it had been impossible to avoid all civilian casualties during a final offensive to wipe out th...
Read more >     :: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 :: 74 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lanka: UN says shelling 'killed civilians' (BBC)
The UN has said widespread shelling by the Sri Lankan government killed most of the tens of thousands of civilians it sa...
Read more >     :: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 :: 72 views :: 0 Comments ::

Attacks on Christians reported in Sri Lanka (Compass)
Attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka have surged noticeably in recent weeks, following the government’s defeat of Tamil se...
Read more >     :: Friday, August 13, 2010 :: 199 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lanka hardliners angrily protest UN war crimes probe (Reuters)
A Sri Lankan cabinet minister on Tuesday led protesters on a march on the U.N. office, demanding Secretary-General Ban K...
Read more >     :: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 :: 186 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lanka rejects UN's war crime advisory panel (Reuters)
Sri Lanka on Wednesday blasted the U.N. chief's naming of a panel to advise him on war crimes at the end of a quarter-ce...
Read more >     :: Thursday, June 24, 2010 :: 185 views :: 0 Comments ::

Disease looms over Sri Lanka's flood survivors (MNN)
Medical officials in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over the risk of a waterborne disease epidemic.
Read more >     :: Friday, June 11, 2010 :: 185 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lanka: Muslims and Tamils deal with the past (IRIN)
Among the groups needing to reconcile and move forward in post-war Sri Lanka are Muslims returning to homes in Tamil-dom...
Read more >     :: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 :: 190 views :: 0 Comments ::

Instability in Sri Lanka makes waves (MNN)
The latest tinder to the fire is the decision to have defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka stand in...
Read more >     :: Friday, February 26, 2010 :: 142 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lankan Gen Sarath Fonseka's arrest to be challenged (BBC)
Sri Lankan opposition parties have said they will mount a legal challenge to the detention of defeated presidential cand...
Read more >     :: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 :: 149 views :: 0 Comments ::

Sri Lanka's war-displaced begin to pick up pieces
Interview with one returnee - married to a husband she met in a displacement camp and now taking the first steps to a pe...
Read more >     :: Thursday, February 04, 2010 :: 171 views :: 0 Comments ::