International Business News - Sri http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Anoma Rajakaruna has warm memories of her childhood in the diverse suburb of Panadura, where she went to the market and the pharmacy with her mother and chatted with neighbors in a mixture of English, Sinhalese and Tamil. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95687-sri-lanka-after-the-riot.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/sri-lankan-artists-address-anti-tamil-riots.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/sri-lankan-artists-address-anti-tamil-riots.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:26:45 EDT The Tamil Tiger rebels announced Tuesday they would observe a unilateral 10-day cease-fire as a goodwill gesture during a regional summit to be held in Sri Lanka later this month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/sri-lankan-rebels-declare-short-truce.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:58:53 EDT Sri Lankan rebels said Monday that a new round of peace talks on ending the country's 25-year-old civil war is impossible as long as the government presses ahead with a military offensive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/sri-lankan-rebels-say-peace-talks-impossible.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:17:29 EDT Sri Lankan rebels said Monday that a new round of peace talks on ending the country's 25-year-old civil war is impossible as long as the government presses ahead with a military offensive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/tamil-rebels-peace-talks-impossible.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:53:01 EDT Sri Lankan government forces captured a Tamil Tiger rebel base in the north Sunday after a 48-hour battle that left at least 15 rebels dead, while air force jets destroyed six rebel boats, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080720/17-killed-in-latest-sri-lanka-fighting.htm Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:32:51 EDT Sri Lankan government forces killed 19 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting along the front lines of the island nation's civil war, the military said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93971-sri-lanka.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/sri-lanka-19-rebels-killed-in-fighting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/sri-lanka-19-rebels-killed-in-fighting.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:51 EDT Angry protesters halted trains and clashed with policemen in Sri Lanka's capital Friday as authorities began demolishing their homes, saying they were unauthorized constructions that encroached on government lands. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/sri-lanka-protesters-stop-trains-to-halt-evictions.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:40:07 EDT A wave of battles along the front lines of the civil war in northern Sri Lanka killed 20 ethnic Tamil rebels and five soldiers, the military said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93390-sri-lanka.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/military-fighting-in-sri-lanka-kills-27.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/military-fighting-in-sri-lanka-kills-27.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:59:38 EDT Sri Lankan air force jets bombed a group of ethnic Tamil rebels Thursday, a day after new fighting in the north killed 27 people, the military said. The jets attacked a gathering of Tamil Tiger naval fighters in the Mannar region Thursday afternoon, a day after troops seized control of a nearby base used by the rebel's naval wing, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/sri-lankan-air-force-bombs-rebels.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:09:29 EDT Sri Lankan soldiers captured a key naval base used by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern part of the country, the military said Wednesday, a day after fighting in the region reportedly killed 51 rebels and a soldier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sri-lanka-says-key-rebel-base-captured.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:28:39 EDT Iyathigewewa is a classic company town. But the youth don't head off to work in the local mine or factory--they go to war. With no other job prospects in this impoverished, remote northern village about 27 miles south of the front lines, roughly half the men of fighting age have enlisted in the army, navy, police or other security branches. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/war-is-only-job-available-in-sri-lankan-village.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:32:35 EDT New fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war killed 31 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Sunday. In the worst clash Saturday, 18 rebels and a soldier were killed in Mannar district, a military official said on condition of anonymity, citing government rules. Seven rebels and a soldier were killed in Vavuniya while six guerrillas died in Welioya, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/sri-lanka-33-killed-in-new-fighting.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:41:55 EDT Scattered fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled north and an attack on a passenger bus in the south killed 17 Tamil Tiger rebels and four civilians, the military said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89952-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/sri-lanka-says-17-rebels-killed-in-fighting.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/sri-lanka-says-17-rebels-killed-in-fighting.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:52:54 EDT Suspected rebel gunmen ambushed a crowded passenger bus Friday as it traveled down a small rural road in southern Sri Lanka, killing a 9-year-old boy and three women, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89789-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/military-gunmen-kill-3-on-sri-lanka-bus.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/military-gunmen-kill-3-on-sri-lanka-bus.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:00:16 EDT Sri Lanka's government says opposition plans for a nationwide strike have failed. But union leader K.D. Lal Kantha says the strike was successful, with more than 70 percent of teachers and hospital workers staying home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/sri-lanka-opposition-strike-has-failed.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:01:51 EDT Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/sri-lanka-says-20-killed-in-new-fighting.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:13:43 EDT Government forces attacked Tamil Tiger rebels along Sri Lanka's northern front lines, triggering a series of gunbattles that killed 35 rebels and one soldier, the military said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/35-rebels-1-soldier-killed-in-sri-lanka.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:08:37 EDT Sri Lankan troops captured a key Tamil Tiger rebel base in the island's north Friday, a day after a wave of battles in the same region killed 32 rebels and two soldiers, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/sri-lanka-fighting-kills-34.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:23:21 EDT The military says a series of battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger fighters on the front lines of the civil war killed 26 rebels. The fighting took place throughout the day Wednesday, killing two rebels in the Vavuniya area, 12 in Mannar and 12 in Welioya, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/military-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-26.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:04:35 EDT New fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along Sri Lanka's northern front lines killed 27 rebels and two soldiers, the military said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/29-killed-in-sri-lanka-fighting.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:57:53 EDT