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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 16 (UPI) -- A Sri Lankan commission says it could not find evidence the country's military was involved in the deaths of 17 French charity workers in 2006.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 10 (UPI) -- The weekly death toll at the Manik Farm prison camp in Sri Lanka holding Tamil refugees averages 1,400, international aid officials said.
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.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 6 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka will fight attempts in the United Nations to investigate it for alleged war crimes against civilians, the country's foreign minister said.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 1 (UPI) -- China, India and Pakistan are competing to win the favor of Sri Lanka and gain better access to the Indian Ocean, The Times of London reported Monday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 28 (UPI) -- The United Nations has offered support to Sri Lanka's efforts to deal with large numbers of refugees following the end of the Tamil Tiger war, officials say.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 22 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed Friday in Sri Lanka to get an in-person look at what needs to be done after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 21 (UPI) -- Following the declared end to hostilities in Sri Lanka, the International Committee of the Red Cross has called for access to aid civilians in need.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 21 (UPI) -- Some children in camps for people displaced by Sri Lanka's Tamil rebel conflict have been abducted, international human rights groups say.
TORONTO, May 14 (UPI) -- Ontario's premier called on Ottawa and the United Nations Thursday to pressure all sides to end the Sri Lanka war between the government and the Tamil Tigers.