The United Nations Humanitarian Chief says he is concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northern Sri Lanka, where thousands of civilians are trapped in a rebel-controlled area, unable to flee combat between the fighters and the

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 March 2006 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, March 31, 2006 Sri Lanka's ruling party is heading for a sweeping victory in local elections,

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 September 2006 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is stepping up humanitarian assistance to thousands of civilians in eastern and northern Sri Lanka, as fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebe

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 January 2006 Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have agreed to hold new talks in Switzerland aimed at shoring up their deteriorating peace agreement. Norwegia

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Sri Lankan military officials say Tamil rebels carried out an aerial bombing raid in the capital of Colombo late Friday. A military spokesman said that shortly after the bombing, Sri Lanka's air force chased two rebel light aircraft and shot down on

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The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will leave Friday for a two-day visit to Sri Lanka to see first-hand the damage done by the fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. Mr. Ban, who spoke to reporters at the U.N. Europea

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Sri Lanka is seeking to close a bloody era of civil war by declaring total victory over rebels who split the island nation along an ethnic and geographical divide. Just after the country's President pledged to achieve equal rights for all, the natio

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Tamil Tiger rebels say Sri Lanka's military has renewed shelling Tuesday of the only remaining combat zone. The top government doctor in the rebel-controlled territory says at least 45 patients died when a mortar hit the admissions ward of the only

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Top brass of Sri Lanka's Army say they are astonished by the amount of weapons and ammunition they have seized, as soldiers retake territory from the Tamil Tiger rebels. A Sri Lankan soldier uncovers weapons which according to the army were captured

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 13 November 2009 General Sarath Fonseka (file photo) Sri Lanka's president Friday gave the country's top military figure permission to leave his post immediately, a day after the army general submitted retirement papers to

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 02 August 2006 A civilian wounded in shelling by Tamil Tiger rebels receives treatment in a hospital in Trincomalee, about 230 kilometers (144 miles) northeast of Colombo In Eastern Sri Lanka, government forces are exchan

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 June 2007 Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has halted evictions of ethnic Tamils from the country's capital - after police suddenly deported members of the minority group to the island's war-torn north and east. VOA's Steve Herm

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 09 June 2006 Norwegian mediators say they are pondering their future role in Sri Lanka's peace process, and have asked the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to clarify if they remain committed to a four-year truce that h

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 05 May 2006 The Sri Lankan Navy says it has sunk a boat belonging to the rebel Tamil Tiger group after the rebels opened fire. The incident is the latest blow to a 2002 cea

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By Catherine Maddux Washingtion 12 December 2006 In the latest edition of its magazine, the human rights group Amnesty International focuses attention on the status of human rights in three countries: Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and S

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 17 October 2006 Head of Tamil Tiger political wing, S. P. Thamilselvan (2R) inspects damage to their radio transmitting station in Kokkavil, October 17, 2006 The Sri Lankan government has launched air stikes on Tamil rebe

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By Steve Herman Washington 17 January 2007 Hopes for a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict appear to have suffered a new setback. Media in the region report that Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected an appeal by former p

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Pakistani officials say at least six people are dead after 12 gunmen attacked the police-escorted convoy transporting the Sri Lankan cricket team. Officials report five police officers and one driver were killed and six players and their British ass

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In Sri Lanka, aid agencies say a crowded hospital in the northern war zone has been shelled, killing at least nine people. The attack on the hospital comes amid growing concerns for an estimated 250,000 civilians caught in the fighting between the g

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Pakistani police say they have detained several people suspected of possible links to Tuesday's attack against Sri Lanka's cricket team, but so far have announced no arrests in the manhunt. A Pakistani policeman stands next to bullet-riddled windows

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