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Sri Lanka Opens Landmark Inquiry Into 2012 Jail Massacre
Sri Lanka announced Thursday a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the...
Sri Lanka Switches Foreign, Finance Ministers In Shake Up
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced his first cabinet reshuffle Monday, switching his finance and...
Sri Lanka Offers Fresh Probes Into Missing Thousands
Sri Lanka's President announced Saturday new investigations into alleged secret detention centres as part of a drive to...
Hope Fades For Sri Lanka Missing, Garbage Toll Hits 21
Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded Sunday as the death...
Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six
At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...
Sri Lanka Stops Jumbo Flying To New Zealand
A Sri Lankan baby elephant gifted to New Zealand has been prevented from leaving the South Asian island after animal...
Sri Lanka Signals Arrests Over High-Profile Killings
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said Wednesday he would not protect anyone guilty of murder during the civil...
UN Rights Chief Blasts Sri Lanka Over War Probe
The UN rights chief on Wednesday condemned Sri Lanka's persistent failure to probe war-era atrocities, suggesting the...
Sri Lanka Risks Censure As President Falters On War Legacy
President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in Sri Lanka promising justice for war crimes, breaking from his hawkish...
Sri Lanka Rejects UN Call For Foreign Judges In War Probe
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has rejected a fresh appeal from the United Nations to allow international...
Sri Lanka Prison Bus Shooting Kills Seven
Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo on Monday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the...