Sun, Apr 26th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka rejected a cease-firecall by Tamil Tiger rebels as a “joke” as a Tamil group saidthe army must stop killing civilians trapped in the last rebel-held territory in the north. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ...Read More

Sri Lanka vows to free 130000 Tamil refugees

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | World |

Sri Lanka vows to free 130000 Tamil refugees Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the internment camps that are home to more than 130,000 people locked up since the end of the country's bitter civil war six months ago. Two days after the ...Read More

Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamil Refugees Leave Camps

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka plans to release the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they have been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top ...Read More

Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war. The government's announcement ...Read More

Sri Lanka agrees to release 130000 Tamils displaced by war

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | World |

Sri Lanka agrees to release 130000 Tamils displaced by war Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps. More than 300,000 people displaced by the fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger ...Read More

Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees'

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | World |

Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees' Sri Lanka's ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees, detained in government camps, will be freed by December 1, according to a senior official. Basil Rajapaksa, an adviser to his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, said on Saturday the detainees - numbering ...Read More

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. Some ...Read More

UN confirms Tamil camps exodus

Thu, Nov 19th, 2009 | World |

UN confirms Tamil camps exodus UN aid chief John Holmes says those who have returned are glad UN humanitarian chief John Holmes has confirmed that more than half the Tamils who were in refugee camps in northern Sri Lanka have now left them. The camps were ...Read More

Retiring Sri Lankan Gen. Contends Gov. Politicians Planted Coup Rumors

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | World |

Retiring Sri Lankan Gen. Contends Gov. Politicians Planted Coup Rumors Sri Lanka's president Friday gave the country's top military figurepermission to leave his post immediately, a day after the army generalsubmitted retirement papers to his commander-in-chief. In his2,200-word retirement request submitted Thursday General Sarath Fonsekasays he was misled about his promotion ...Read More

Ochocinco Fined Over Bribe Joke

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Sports |

Tim Donaghy, scourge of N.B.A. officiating, apparently hovers over the N.F.L., too. Cincinnati receiver Chad Ochocinco was fined $20,000 for a joking attempt to “bribe” an official by flashing a dollar bill during a replay challenge of a disputed catch. Ochocinco ...Read More

Chad Ochocinco Fined $20,000 For Bribe Joke

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Sports |

Chad Ochocinco Fined $20,000 For Bribe Joke CINCINNATI — Chad Ochocinco's pretend $1 bribe is going to cost him a lot more. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver was fined $20,000 and reprimanded by the NFL for taking a dollar bill onto the field during an officials' review of one ...Read More

Sri Lanka frees up top general to run for president

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | Top Stories |

COLOMBO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has accepted the retirement of a top general who oversaw the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels after 25 years of war, an official said on Friday, leaving him free to run for president. General ...Read More

Sri Lanka's top general resigns amid speculation he plans to make presidential bid

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Politics |

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island's 30-year civil war, resigned from his post Thursday but declined to discuss his future plans. Gen. Sarath Fonseka's resignation ...Read More

Sri Lanka's top general resigns amid speculation

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Politics |

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's top general, who led the battle to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels and ended the island's 30-year civil war, resigned from his post Thursday but declined to discuss his future plans. Gen. Sarath Fonseka's ...Read More

Sri Lanka Military Chief Resigns

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

Sri Lanka Military Chief Resigns Government officials in Colombo confirm the chief of Sri Lanka's armed forces has quit his post, but are not commenting on speculation he is poised to challenge the island nation's president in an upcoming election. The war hero would give ...Read More

Official says Sri Lanka's top general has resigned

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | World |

Gen. Sarath Fonseka's resignation comes amid growing media reports that he is planning to contest the next presidential election as an opposition candidate, challenging incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Fonseka has not confirmed the media reports. An official from the president's office ...Read More

Economic woes drive Lankan stx to 2-mo low; rupee firm

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | World |

COLOMBO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's shares hit a twomonth low on Tuesday, as investor appetite declined due toeconomic woes and protests ahead of polls, while the centralbank's cautious flexibility drove the rupee to a six-monthhigh. The All-Share Price Index ...Read More

Sri Lanka Says 164000 War Refugees Remain in Northern Camps

Mon, Nov 9th, 2009 | World |

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka said 164,000 civiliansdisplaced by the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels remain incamps in the north and the government intends to reduce thenumber to less than 50,000 by the end of January. “We are now ...Read More