Jan 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops marched into the Tamil Tigers de facto capital of Kilinochchi and the town is about to fall into government hands, an official said on Friday. [nSP417902] More than ...
Forty years ago, in the last days of July 1983, Sinhala chauvinist thugs backed by the United National Party (UNP) government and security forces unleashed a pogrom against Tamils in Colombo and other ...
(For related story see SRILANKA-VIOLENCE (ANALYSIS) or [ID:nCOL138295] and SRILANKA/VIOLENCE (FACTBOX) or [ID:nSP130292]) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's advance into the rebel Tamil Tigers' heartland ...