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The top envoys of two of the United Nations Security Council permanent members are the latest diplomats to apply pressure on Sri Lanka, amid fears of a humanitarian crisis as a 25-year civil war on the island appears near its end. The British and Fr
Anjana Pasricha In Sri Lanka, President Chandrika Kumaratunga's party is trying to get support from smaller allies after her party won the most seats in Friday's parliamentary elections, but fell shor
By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 June 2008 At least 21 people died and more than 50 were wounded when a blast tore through a suburban Colombo commuter bus during the Friday morning rush hour. An explosion on another bus in central Sri Lanka later in the
By Patricia Nunan Kantale, Sri Lanka 02 October 2006 watch Sri Lanka refugee report The United Nations says as many as 200,000 people in northern and eastern Sri Lanka have been displaced in recent weeks by fighting between the Tamil Tiger rebels an
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 23 August 2006 An upcoming film called the Gridiron Gang takes viewers behind the walls of a juvenile prison to highlight the role of sports in providing direction for troubled youth. The movie was based on a documenta
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 March 2006 Sri Lanka has held local government elections that are being widely seen as a referendum on President Mahinda Rajapakse's handling of a peace process with th
By Patricia Nunan Trincomalee 28 June 2006 Hundreds of people have died in Sri Lanka this year as the government and rebels of the Tamil Tiger guerrilla group slip back into what some are calling an undeclared civil war. Leaders from both sides say
By Patricia Nunan Trincomalee 29 June 2006 As Sri Lanka threatens to slide back into all-out civil war, much talk is focused on paramilitaries - armed groups accused of carrying out attacks on civilians. Both the government and the Tamil Tiger separ
Voters, including Tamils displaced by the civil war, decided whether to extend the tenure of the incumbent president or replace him with his former top military chief. Steve Herman | Colombo 25 January 2010 Policeman giving instruction to voters at p
Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels, on the verge of total military defeat, have declared a cease-fire. But the military immediately rejected it, saying surrender to Sri Lankan forces is the only option. The development comes as the top U.N. humanitarian offic
Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war. Joyous outbursts that are mixed with some lingering anxiety, especially among the minority T
The defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the rebel group's leader, seemed to deepen the sense of confusion felt by many in Sri Lanka's Tamil population. What's next for them? Sri Lankans celebrate the military victory
By David Gollust Washington 22 October 2009 The first aerial view of the coastal strip, a former war zone where the Tamil rebels made their last stand, videotaped by VOA The United States is calling on the Sri Lankan government to thoroughly investi
Todd: So, Buddihini, today we're going to talk about roles and family: traditional roles or what people do. Now in Sri Lanka, is it common for usually the women to do all the cooking? Buddhi: It was so. It was so, but still the mentality is such that
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 January 2008 At least four people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in a bombing by suspected Tamil rebels in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. The bomb attack came a day after a prominent Tamil lawmaker was s
By Raymond Thibodeaux Batticolao, Sri Lanka 02 April 2008 As violence surges in Sri Lanka, so does the number of abductions and disappearance of mostly Tamil men. That is the assessment of human rights activists and international aid groups operating
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2007 Sri Lanka's military says it has captured the last stronghold of Tamil Tiger rebels in the east of the country. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the military is claiming a major victory in its fight
A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk looks on as others sit on a protest outside the United Nation's office in Colombo, 7 July 2010 In Sri Lanka, there is continuing friction between the government and the United Nations over alleged human rights abuses during
By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 November 2009 Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming
An explosion ripped apart a bus carrying school children in rural Sri Lanka and authorities say it appears to have been a Tamil Tiger attack. The blast killed at least 23 people and injured nearly 70 others. 斯里兰卡农村地区一辆载有学龄儿