COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 9 (UPI) -- A former leader of a splinter rebel group took a post in the Sri Lankan government Monday, officials said.

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, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- At least 46 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers have been killed in heavy clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the Media Center for National Security said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Britain has exhorted the Sri Lankan government to push for peace, as violence threatened to worsen in the government's campaign against terror.