Sri Lanka

  • Feb 8, 2005
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SRI LANKA: Assassination increases tensions

The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today accused the military of assassinating...

Sri Lanka
  • Jan 17, 2005
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CHINA: Chinese leadership does not yet extend to aid

In its tsunami relief efforts, China has sought to meet immediate humanitarian needs and extend...

China
  • Jan 6, 2005
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ASIA: Security issues rise amid tsunami conference

Delegates from 26 nations and groups concluded a one-day tsunami aid conference in Jakarta today,...

  • Jan 6, 2005
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RUSSIA/SOUTH ASIA: India is not taking up relief aid

President Vladimir Putin yesterday telephoned the leaders of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and...

South Asia
  • Dec 31, 2004
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SRI LANKA: Tsunami crisis may revitalise peace process

Some 25,000 people have been killed and a million displaced by the December 26 tsunami....

Sri Lanka
  • Dec 29, 2004
  • 7 min read

SOUTH ASIA/SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Economic impact limited

An earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on December 26 triggered tsunamis in the Indian Ocean...

  • Dec 29, 2004
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SRI LANKA/INDONESIA: Disaster relief may galvanise

The death toll from the December 26 earthquake off Indonesia and subsequent tsunamis in the...

Sri Lanka
  • Nov 29, 2004
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SRI LANKA: Ethnic tensions underline war fears

Sinhala and Tamil groups clashed today in the eastern town of Trincomalee after a grenade attack...

Sri Lanka