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Sri Lankas jailed ex army chief closer to freedom

in International - Sat May 19, 2012

COLOMBO A Sri Lankan court granted jailed ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka bail on Friday, paving the way for the implementation of a presidential pardon.

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Sri Lanka rejects call to pull troops in ex-war zone

in International - Sat May 19, 2012

COLOMBO Sri Lanka\'s president on Saturday rejected international calls to withdraw troops from the island\'s former war zone as he marked the third anniversary of crush

Sri Lanka president offers to share power with Tamils

in International - Sat January 15, 2011

COLOMBO  : Sri Lanka s president offered to share power with minority Tamils Friday, nearly two years after his troops put down a separatist war by ethnic Tamil Tiger r

Security, trade and tourism

in National - Wed December 01, 2010

Security, trade and tourism: Pakistan and Sri Lanka agree on multi-faceted partnership

COLOMBO   : Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Tuesday agreed on establishing

Sri Lankan minister resigns

in International - Sat July 10, 2010

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan minister quit his post on Friday and vowed to pursue an anti-UN hunger strike, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon recalled his top envoy in Colombo and closed the

Rajapakse defiant over war probe

in International - Tue June 29, 2010

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka s president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country s civil war in an interview published o

S Lanka to block visits by UN panel probing war allegatio

in International - Fri June 25, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will ban visits by the United Nations panel investigating alleged human rights abuses in the final months of the island s civil war, a senior minister sai

SL marks war victory

in International - Sat June 19, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s president denied on Friday that his troops fired at a single civilian during the bloody climax a year ago to the country s long civil war, dismissing mo

International envoys arrive as SL defends war

in International - Wed June 16, 2010

COLOMBO: A host of international figures, including a US war crimes investigator, landed in Sri Lanka on Tuesday for visits expected to focus on alleged atrocities committed

Rajapakse s visit to India marred by Tamil protests

in International - Thu June 10, 2010

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka s President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday began his first foreign trip to influential neighbour India since being re-elected, in a visit that has drawn

Fonseka s hanging linked to cooperation in probe into war

in International - Tue June 08, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s top defence official has threatened to hang the country s former army chief if he cooperates with any investigation into war crimes during the civil war

Tamils protest as Bollywood goes to SL

in International - Wed June 02, 2010

MUMBAIL: Bollywood goes to Sri Lanka later this week for its glitzy annual awards ceremony, but the decision to hold the event in the capital Colombo has sparked a backlash

Sri Lanka needs international probe

in International - Tue June 01, 2010

GENEVA: The United Nations human rights chief called on Sri Lanka to allow an international probe into the government s final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year.

Mahinda rejects war crimes probe

in International - Sat May 29, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has rejected international calls for a war crimes probe into the final offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels last year. &n

New evidence of SL war crimes revealed

in International - Sat May 22, 2010

COLOMBO: A global human rights monitor said on Friday it had fresh evidence of possible war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final phase of the government s war agai

Fonseka vows to expose war crimes

in International - Fri May 07, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s ex-army chief on Thursday vowed to expose any war crimes committed at the end of the country s civil war, raising pressure on the government, which has

Fonseka to be convicted next week

in International - Sat April 17, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s detained ex-army chief and opposition leader Sarath Fonseka is likely to be convicted early next week to prevent him appearing in parliament, his party

US urges respect for HR in Lanka

in International - Fri April 16, 2010

COLOMBO: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Sri Lanka to respect human rights and heal its communal divisions as the island emerges from decades of ethnic blood

Fonseka could die in custody

in International - Tue March 30, 2010

COLOMBO: The wife of Sri Lanka s detained ex-army chief on Monday accused authorities of preventing her husband from receiving vital medical treatment and said he could die

Lankan opposition protest for Fonseka s release

in International - Wed March 24, 2010

COLOMBO: Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday to demand the immediate release of the country s opposition leader, an ex-army chief facing a cour

Family fears for missing Sri Lankan cartoonist

in International - Fri March 12, 2010

COLOMBO: Six weeks ago Sri Lankan political writer and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda went missing, and his fate has raised further concerns about the island s culture of vi

Lawyers criticise govt over crackdown SL police

in International - Tue February 16, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police said on Monday they had raided a bank and seized more than half a million dollars allegedly belonging to relatives of the arrested former army chi

SC takes up Fonseka s arrest

in International - Sat February 13, 2010

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka s Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a challenge to the arrest of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, as opposition parties stepped up a c

Arrested Sri Lankan leader urges calm as violent

in International - Fri February 12, 2010

COLOMBO: The United States and Norway rejected on Thursday fresh allegations that they financed the jailed Sri Lankan opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in his bid to unsea

SL erupts in violence over Fonseka s arrest

in International - Thu February 11, 2010

COLOMBO: Tensions escalated on Wednesday over the arrest of Sri Lanka s former army chief Sarath Fonseka, with violent clashes outside the Supreme Court, where his wife peti