COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. State Department report has appealed to Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegations by both its army and Tamil rebels during their final campaign.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he expects the resettlement of 265,000 displaced Tamil people to be completed by the end of the year.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.N. envoy B. Lynn Pascoe said he will raise the issue of resettling displaced Tamils in Sri Lankan camps on his visit to the island nation.
NEW DELHI, July 6 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka will receive $100 million from India to help rebuild parts of the nation after a long civil war, officials said.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The United States called on government and rebel forces in Sri Lanka Thursday to stop fighting until more than 140,000 civilians in the war zone are evacuated.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A major rebel base in the Sri Lankan town of Chalai was captured Thursday by government troops, the military says.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 4 (UPI) -- Fighting in Sri Lanka's northern region Friday left 32 rebels and two government soldiers dead, the Asian nation's military said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 10 (UPI) -- Thousands on the island nation of Sri Lanka are fleeing fighting between government forces and Tamil-Tiger rebels, the BBC reported Saturday. Reports said that more than 13,000 people left rebel-controlled territories on Friday and that more than 30,000 h
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave China a very substantial gift in the form of a 5-year-old elephant named Migara.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 5 (UPI) -- UNICEF officials say Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels have recruited 106 children into their ranks from camps set up to harbor tsunami refugees.
