CHENNAI, India, May 10 (UPI) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday the country will not send troops to Sri Lanka.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 28 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka said Tuesday it has taken two key positions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the northeast part of the country.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 26 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka Sunday rejected a cease-fire proposal and said it would continue its push for the Tamil Tiger rebels' unconditional surrender.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 24 (UPI) -- A Sri Lankan official said Friday his government has agreed in principle to allow U.N. staff inspectors to visit the country's "no-fire zone" in the northeast.

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, April 13 (UPI) -- Nine Sri Lankan villagers were hacked to death in a suspected attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels this weekend, authorities said.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 12 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka's president Sunday ordered his troops to withhold fire against Tamil Tiger rebels during a two-day celebration of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 3 (UPI) -- At least 47 rebels were killed Friday in Sri Lanka as government forces attacked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants, officials say.

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.