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One killed and 12 wounded in Sri lanka bomb blast
A bomb blast in northwestern Sri Lanka on Friday killed a 12-year-old school girl while wounding 12 others including schoolchildren. " (AP) — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan police arrested an army bomb expert on Saturday who admitted to planting a bomb in a school van that... No cyanide capsule found on Prabhakaran when captured
Although the Sri lankan soldiers found cyanide capsules on the LTTE cadres and leaders, the troops did not find a cyanide pill on Prabhakaran. " Sri Lankan troops did not find any cyanide capsule on the LTTE leader's body after he was killed during the final phase of the... Child victims of the Sri Lanka civil war
A number of children who were victims of the fighting between the Sri lanka government and the LTTE are hospitalized at the Lady Ridgeway hospital in Colombo.The Guardian spoke to the staff at the hospital to try to assess the true picture.There were small children with... Prabhakaran's son killed says Sri Lanka military
UPDATE 1: A Sri lankan website Ada Derana reports the army has confirmed that the body found in Vellamullivaikkal, is that of LTTE chief’s son Charles Anthony"Army has confirmed that the body found in Vellamullivaikkal, is that of LTTE chief’s son Charles... Tamil expatriates turn to internet for Sri Lanka war news
Websites such as the Euro Television, War Without Witness and IBC Tamil are just some of the internet sites that the Tamil expatriates turn to for news about their loved ones in Sri Lanka's war zone. " COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — With mainstream journalists barred from Sri... Human Rights Watch accuse Sri Lanka of shelling hospitals
Human Rights Watch has accused the Sri lanka military of killing people in the northern war zone by repeatedly striking hospitals with indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks. The group based in New York... Death Trap to Sri Lankans who flee from Sri lanka in boat
UPDATE 1:The Human Rights Watch has urged both the United Nations Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council to intervene and stop further loss of civilian life.Meenakshi Ganguly, senior Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch says the Sri Lankan government is doing... Doctors say injuries in Sri Lanka war horrific
Doctors teating the sick and injured who are fleeing the war zone say that some people are dying in buses as they make their way to hospitals. " THOUSANDS of people fleeing Sri Lanka's war zone are arriving at hospitals with horrific injuries, doctors said yesterday. ... Sri Lanka authorities struggling to cope with refugees
Aid agencies confirmed on Thursday that the Sri lanka authorities are struggling to cope with more than 100,000 people who have fled Sri Lanka's war zone. Because of the fighting, The Red Cross was blocked from... Mr. Santow's dialogue with S. Walgampaya on the Tamil civilians
Simon Santow of The World Today discussed the treatment of the Tamil civilians by the Sri lanka military with Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Australia, Senaka Walgampaya while on an official visit to Fiji. ... Sri Lanka opens aerial surveillance centre to journalists
The aerial surveillance centre was opened to journalists for the first time by The Sri lanka military. The centre gave a glimpse into a real-time footage from a battlefield usually off-limits to independent observers. " COLOMBO, April 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military on... Civilians face disease threat in Sri Lanka camps
Camps set up by the Sri lankan government to house the Tamil civilians are not only cramped but include overflowing drains, water shortages and the threat of disease looming large in the sweltering, unsanitary conditions. " Thousands of civilians fleeing fighting in Sri Lanka... Killing of Vanni Civilians
The University Teachers for Human Rights in Jaffna Sri Lanka gives a detailed account of the atrocities committed on the civilians by both the LTTE and the Sri lanka government in their Information Bulletin No. 47 which was released on 17th April 2009. " We seldom receive... ‘LTTE may still have an aircraft left in its arsenal’
The Sri Lanka miliary declared that they have "overrun most of the Tiger air bases" but last month the LTTE sent "two aircraft on suicide mission launching them from makeshift roads" and now this report states that the LTTE may have another aircraft. Has the Sri lankan... Sri Lanka troops enter rebel Tiger Political HQ
Is there a peace in sight in Sri Lanka?. It looks imminent with the recent successes of Sri Lankan government forces. With the beginning of new year Sri Lankan Army has gained a major area of Kilinochchi,...
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