Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
November 28, 2007 1440 GMT
The second bombing within 12 hours in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo killed 16 people. [more]
Sri Lankan Welfare Minister
November 28, 2007 0521 GMT
A female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber detonated near the office of Sri Lankan Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda, who also is a former militant, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Nov. 28. [more]
March 26, 2007 2202 GMT
Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam confirmed March 26 that its air force dropped... [more]
February 27, 2007 2200 GMT
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fired on Sri Lankan military helicopters carrying seven... [more]
December 2, 2006 0055 GMT
Gotabhaya Rajapakse, the Sri Lankan defense secretary and the brother of President Mahinda... [more]
October 20, 2006 0241 GMT
The U.S. Marine Corps will participate in unprecedented exercises with the Sri Lankan navy at the... [more]
October 18, 2006 1630 GMT
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bombers arriving in five boats filled with explosives... [more]
October 16, 2006 2235 GMT
Please Note: Starting this week, the Terrorism Brief will be delivered... [more]
September 14, 2006 0044 GMT
After initially denying that it had agreed to hold talks with Tamil separatists, the Sri Lankan... [more]
September 1, 2006 0059 GMT
A Sri Lankan army general said Aug. 31 that his forces will take back the town of Sampur from the... [more]
August 31, 2006 2250 GMT
The United Nations said Aug. 31 it will keep its aid workers in Sri Lanka, despite claims by an... [more]
August 26, 2006 0258 GMT
The periodic waves of violence that envelop Sri Lanka prevent it from realizing its full... [more]
August 23, 2006 2207 GMT
Fourteen people were in custody in the United States and Canada on Aug. 23 as a result of an FBI... [more]
August 15, 2006 2230 GMT
A roadside bomb stuck the motorcade of Pakistani Ambassador to Sri Lanka Bashir Wali Mohamed in... [more]
July 3, 2006 1813 GMT
The Sri Lankan rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam informed Norwegian negotiators July 3... [more]
June 29, 2006 0148 GMT
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam implicitly apologized to India on June 27 for the 1991... [more]
June 26, 2006 2242 GMT
The Sri Lankan army's third-highest-ranking officer, Maj. Gen. Parami Kulatunga, was killed June... [more]
June 26, 2006 1613 GMT
Maj. Gen. Parami Kulatunga, one of Sri Lanka's top military officers, was killed along with two... [more]
June 20, 2006 1642 GMT
Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist group said June 20 it is committed to the 2002 cease-fire and that... [more]
June 8, 2006 2031 GMT
The breakaway faction of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Col. Karuna launched an... [more]