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/ 19 November 2011
Sarath Fonseka has been handed a three-year sentence for ‘false statements’ he made about a state order to kill separatist Tamil fighters.
Sri Lanka on Thursday ruled out giving visas to members of a United Nations panel looking into possible war crimes.
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/ 27 November 2009
Sri Lanka will hold early presidential elections on January 26, officials said on Friday.
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/ 26 October 2009
Sri Lanka’s president will appoint a committee to probe a US report of possible war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s war against the Tamil Tigers.
Sri Lanka’s successful manhunt for the new head of the Tamil Tigers began with the phone of the dead man he succeeded, Vellupillai Prabhakaran.
Sri Lanka’s army chief said Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran’s body was found on Tuesday.
As Sri Lanka declared victory in one of the world’s most intractable wars, the EU and US urged its government to reach out to its Tamil population.
Sri Lankan troops won the final battle in one of the world’s most intractable separatist wars, and put the island nation under government control.
Tamil Tiger rebels launched suicide attacks against Sri Lankan troops fighting on Sunday to deliver a death blow to the separatists.
Thousands of Sri Lankans under fire waded across a lagoon to escape the island’s war zone, where the military has surrounded Tiger rebels.