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Satellite shows Sri Lanka shelling, says rights group
Satellite images of Sri Lanka’s war zone indicate the government has shelled the area in recent days, a rights group said on Wednesday.
UN decries Sri Lanka ‘bloodbath’
The UN condemned a ”bloodbath” in Sri Lanka on Monday after two days of shelling that a government doctor said killed 1 000 civilians.
Sri Lanka to open safe passages for civilians to flee
The government appealed on Friday for civilians to flee the war zone and said it would open two safe passages in the area for the exodus.
Rights group appeals for release of Sri Lankan civilians
Human Rights Watch called on Thursday on the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigerss to allow civilians trapped in the war zone to flee to safety.
Official: 40 civilians die daily in Sri Lanka war
Fighting between government forces and rebels are killing about 40 civilians every day, the top health official in the region said on Friday.
Sri Lanka urges rebels to let civilians flee war zone
Sri Lanka’s president urged the Tiger rebels on Friday to allow about 250 000 civilians trapped in the northern war zone to flee to safety.
Thousands of civilians flee Tigers-held territory
Thousands have fled Sri Lanka’s northern war zone in recent days, crossing the front lines amid fierce fighting, the military said on Friday.
Israel vows to press ahead with offensive
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday he would push ahead with the army’s widescale offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop…
Ariel Sharon fights for his life
A hospital official said early on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in serious condition and will be in a medically induced coma the immediate future after…
Palestinians launch rocket attacks
Palestinians fired a barrage of homemade rockets and mortar shells at Gaza Strip settlements and towns inside Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz…
‘It’s a real nightmare’
A suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least 10 bystanders and wounding about 30 in an attack outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s…
‘It’s a nightmare, you can smell the blood’
A suicide bomber blew up on a bus in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least 10 bystanders and wounding about 30 in an attack outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s official…
A continent mired in Aids catastrophe
When US President George Bush visits Africa this week, he will find a continent crippled by catastrophe. Millions upon millions are already dead, orphaned or sick from Aids.
Bono loses his voice, then finds it in Soweto
Irish rock star Bono’s voice cracked on Friday as he tried to explain the emotions he felt talking to a group of mothers infected with the Aids virus.
Millions still dying from preventable diseases
Aids killed 3-million people last year. The year before, tuberculosis killed 1,7-million and malaria more than a million others.