Sri Lanka eliminates term limits for presidency; many fear it will pave way to dictatorship
Sri Lanka removes term limits for presidency Sri Lanka’s Parliament votes to eliminate 2-term limit for presidency
Sri Lanka removes 2-term limit for presidency Sri Lanka’s Parliament debates constitutional amendment ending term limits for president
Sri Lanka debates ending term limits for president Sri Lanka’s Parliament begins debating amendment to remove term limits for president
Sri Lanka debates ending president’s term limit Doctors remove nails from Sri Lankan maid who said she was tortured by Saudi couple
Nails, needles removed from abused Sri Lankan maid Doctors remove 19 nails from Sri Lankan maid who says she was tortured by Saudi couple
Nails extracted from abused Sri Lankan maid Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief rejects court martial verdict, calls government ‘total dictatorship’
Ex-army chief calls Sri Lanka a ‘dictatorship’ Tamil organization says migrant boat had burial at sea
Tamil group: Man died on migrant ship VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A man died and was buried at sea last month as hundreds of ethnic Tamils fleeing Sri Lanka spent a grueling several months at sea in a cramped, rusting cargo ship, officials said Sunday. Canada says Tamil migrants in fairly good condition after arriving in renovated ship
Canada: Tamil migrants in good condition VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka spent a grueling three months at sea in a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship but arrived in fairly good condition, Canadian officials said Saturday. Lawyer fears hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized
Tamils seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatized Sri Lankan president approves former army chief’s dishonorable discharge
Sri Lankan president OKs ex-army chief’s discharge Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka seek asylum in Canada; government fears some are terrorists
Tamils cram on ship, seeking asylum in Canada Tamil migrant ship docks off Canada’s West coast
Tamil migrant ship docks in Canada VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A rusting cargo ship crammed with hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from Sri Lanka docked at a Canadian navy base on Friday after a grueling three-month journey. Govt: Military court convicts former Sri Lanka army chief Fonseka, strips him of military rank
Sri Lankan military court convicts ex-army chief Migrant ship that could be carrying Tamil Tigers nears Canada, will be intercepted
Tamil migrant ship nears Canada TORONTO — Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they will intercept a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka before it reaches the coast because the passengers may include people Canada considers terrorists. Sri Lankan government-appointed commission to probe civil war begins public hearings
Sri Lanka war commission begins public hearings Canada briefed on migrant ship headed its way that could be carrying Tamil Tigers
Canada briefed about migrant ship TORONTO — Canada’s top security official said Monday he was getting regular briefings on a ship of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka that could be carrying terrorists. Disorder engulfing Maldives heats up after attorney-general resigns, Supreme Court in limbo
Maldives high court in limbo amid political spats Lawmakers say some 3,000 Sri Lanka war refugees evicted from villages by government
Sri Lanka evicts some war refugees from villages Sri Lankan Cabinet minister ends 3-day fast protesting UN war crimes probe
Sri Lanka Cabinet minister ends 3-day protest fast Sri Lankan minister continues hunger strike over UN probe after world body closes office
Sri Lankan minister continues fast over UN probe UN chief shuts Sri Lanka office, recalls head coordinator after protests
UN chief shuts Sri Lanka office, recalls official Sri Lankan minister begins hunger strike against UN probe on wartime abuses
Sri Lankan minister fasts against UN rights probe Sri Lankan protesters vow hunger strike to force UN to halt wartime abuses probe
Sri Lankan protesters vow hunger strike against UN Sri Lankan protesters press demands for UN to halt probe into alleged wartime abuses
Sri Lankan protesters continue sit-in against UN Sri Lankan protesters besiege UN compound demanding halt to probe of alleged wartime abuses
Sri Lankan protesters besiege UN compound COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Protesters still are demonstrating outside the U.N. offices in Sri Lanka to force the world body to cancel its probe into alleged rights violations during the civil war. Sri Lanka protesters lay siege to UN compound, trying to force body to abandon civil war probe
Sri Lanka protesters lay siege to UN compound Sri Lankan protesters resume blockade of UN compound after police tried to free trapped staff
Sri Lanka police abort attempt to free UN workers Sri Lanka police break protesters blockade of UN building, escort trapped workers out
Sri Lanka police break protesters’ blockade of UN Protesters force UN workers to stay in office in Sri Lanka, demand probe of wartime abuses end
Sri Lankans protest at UN office over abuse probe Protesters try to storm UN office in Sri Lanka, upset over probe of alleged wartime abuses
Sri Lankans try to storm UN office for abuse probe Sri Lankan president meets Tamil leaders, promises political solution to ethnic conflict
Sri Lanka president meets Tamil political leaders Russia, China and other G20 countries frustrating global human rights progress, Amnesty says
Amnesty: G20 frustrating human rights progress Human Rights Watch cites new evidence on Sri Lanka’s wartime abuses, wants international probe
Group presents new evidence on abuses in Sri Lanka Afghan militant representatives hold talks in the Maldives; gov’t says it’s not involved
Afghan militants holds talks in Maldives COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Representatives of an Afghan militant group are holding talks in the Maldives, officials said Thursday. Official says Afghan government and Taliban hold talks in the Maldives
Maldives: Afghan govt, Taliban hold talks COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Maldives government official says that the Afghan government and the Taliban are meeting in the Indian Ocean archipelago for talks. Rights group accuses Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels of war crimes at end of conflict
Rights group: Sri Lanka committed war crimes Dissanayake Mudiyansalage Jayaratne sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister
Sri Lanka’s new prime minister sworn in COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sworn in veteran politician Dissanayake Mudiyansalage Jayaratne as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister after his party’s landslide election victory. Sri Lanka’s ruling party increases gains after revote, falls short of two-thirds majority
Sri Lanka ruling party increases gains in revote Sri Lankan leader promises peace and development after election victory
Sri Lankan leader promises peace after poll win Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition wins parliamentary elections
Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition wins elections Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition wins parliamentary election
Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins election COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition has won Sri Lanka’s first post-war parliamentary election, the election department said Friday. State TV: Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition wins parliamentary election
State TV: Sri Lanka’s ruling party wins election Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition appears heading to crushing victory in parliamentary poll
Sri Lanka ruling coalition heads for election win Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition ahead in parliamentary elections, early results show
Ruling coalition leads in Sri Lankan elections |
