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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 14 August 2006 Soldier stands near site of an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, August 14, 2006 The United Nations has confirmed that at least 19 students were killed by a bomb in eastern Sri Lanka. Hours later, an
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 25 April 2006 Soldier stands guard at the entrance of the army headquarters after a suicide bomb attack in Colombo In Sri Lanka, a suicide bomb attack has critically injur
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
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 20 June 2006 People carry coffins of their relatives for burial during a mass burial ceremony for victims of landmine explosion by suspected Tiger rebels that killed at least 64 people, in Kabithigollewa village, June 16
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
With Sri Lanka's economy stifled by 25 years of war, many here are weighing the benefits of a peace dividend, as the conflict nears an end - just in time for the global economic slump. Rebels examine their weapons in this handout picture released by
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
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
Hearing-Impaired Students at Gallaudet Enjoy Top College Experience I think it's about family loyalty. In America, they don't have the same type of loyalty. Maybe loyalty is the wrong word. Maybe it's more like independence, said one student speaking
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 08 March 2006 UN special Envoy for tsunami recovery Eric Schwartz, talked with a tsunami victim during his visit to Banda Aceh Province, Indonesia, February 23, 2006 A Unit
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 October 2006 New fighting has erupted in Sri Lanka between government forces and the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels before peace talks scheduled for the end of the month. The decision to hold talks had raised hopes of
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
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 November 2006 A prominent Sri Lankan Tamil politician has been gunned down in Colombo, even as more clashes were reported at sea between the navy and ethnic Tamil rebels. The dead politician, a member of a party linke
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
By Steve Herman New Delhi 20 June 2007 Sri Lanka's military says land and sea clashes in the past day have left about 70 Tamil rebels dead. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that the fighting in the east of the country comes before a widely a
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 13 August 2006 The Sri Lankan government says the Tamil Tiger rebels have offered to resume peace talks, which could bring an end to nearly three weeks of fighting in the country's north and east. But international monito