Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sri Lanka News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sri Lankan News.Net http://www.srilankannews.net/ en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:39 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 18:12:39 -0400 30 New Delhi, May 17 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today conveyed his good wishes for speedy recovery of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who has been hospitalised in Chennai following illness. http://www.srilankannews.net/story/360347 Sat, 17 May 2008 05:00:25 -0400 Sri Lankan News.Net http://www.srilankannews.net/story/360347 COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops have killed 16 Tamil Tiger rebels and captured a rebel-held position in the island's north, officials said on Saturday. http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14897418&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 16:10:59 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14897418&cat=119937e494dd663e Romesh Kaluwitharana, who was in the Sri Lankan side which won the 1996 World Cup, has been appointed coach of the Malaysian squad on a short-term contract. http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14895946&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 14:57:00 -0400 Cricinfo http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14895946&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan air force jets bombed an air strip used by Tamil Tiger rebels, while 16 insurgents were killed in ground clashes in the north, the military said Saturday. The ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14892876&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 08:55:57 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14892876&cat=119937e494dd663e CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday warned hotels and restaurants that action would be taken against them if they did not immediately reduce the prices of food items. An official pre... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14890816&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 05:23:38 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14890816&cat=119937e494dd663e MUHARRAQ Cricket Club beat Sri Lanka Club by two wickets in the BCA Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at Bahrain Cricket Association (BCA) Ground 4. Mohammed Naeem hit seven sixes and four boundaries in th... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14888777&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 04:32:57 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14888777&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO: A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber crashed his motorbike into a police bus in the Sri Lankan capital yesterday, killing 10 people, the military and hospital authorities said. Doctors at ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14888776&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 17 May 2008 03:12:54 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14888776&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO: A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber crashed his motorbike into a police bus in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday, killing 10 people, the military and hospital authorities said. http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14885010&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 21:42:08 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14885010&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a bus carrying riot police in Sri Lanka's capital Friday, killing 10 people, including eight policemen, and wounding 85 others. ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14871407&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 10:48:27 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14871407&cat=119937e494dd663e Colombo - Ten people, including eight police, were killed and 90 others injured in a bomb explosion when a suicide bomber drove a motorbike into a bus carrying police personnel in central Colombo, the... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14868615&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 08:30:32 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14868615&cat=119937e494dd663e Blast At least seven persons have been killed and more than 75 others injured in a massive blast in Colombo a short while ago. The incident occurred at Fort area, commercial hub of Sri Lankan capital.... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14868616&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 07:36:02 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14868616&cat=119937e494dd663e At least nine people were killed and 90 wounded on Friday in a Tamil Tiger suicide attack against a police bus in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, officials said.Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayak... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865401&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:30 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865401&cat=119937e494dd663e Ban Extends India has extended ban on Sri Lankan rebels, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by two years. Declaring LTTE as an unlawful association, India's Union Home Ministry Wednesday issued t... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865150&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 04:44:47 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865150&cat=119937e494dd663e At least six people have been killed and 75 injured in a Tamil Tiger suicide attack in Sri Lanka. The attack targeted a bus carrying policemen in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. Initial reports have in... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865412&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 16 May 2008 04:43:08 -0400 RTE http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14865412&cat=119937e494dd663e Fonterra is spending $NZ14.6 million on doubling its yoghurt production in the island state. And it will go head-to-head with another multinational, Nestle, by boosting local raw milk supplies. The th... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14826827&cat=119937e494dd663e Wed, 14 May 2008 18:28:48 -0400 National Business Review http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14826827&cat=119937e494dd663e Col Karuna's faction has forced many children into its ranks Former Tamil Tiger fighters are hoping to win political power in eastern Sri Lanka in provincial elections this Saturday. The poll will... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14811002&cat=119937e494dd663e Wed, 14 May 2008 04:39:40 -0400 BBC http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14811002&cat=119937e494dd663e Colombo - Unidentified gunmen shot dead Tuesday an advisor to a minority Tamil cabinet minister at her residence in northern Sri Lanka, police said. The advisorMaheshwari Velauthan, was at her residen... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14792204&cat=119937e494dd663e Tue, 13 May 2008 12:32:15 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14792204&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - After provincial elections in Sri Lanka's Eastern region concluded on 10 May, some economic recovery and increased assistance from the humanitarian community is likely, a... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14788223&cat=119937e494dd663e Tue, 13 May 2008 09:22:02 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14788223&cat=119937e494dd663e + ] By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Spain plans to help five poor African countries fight hunger and climate change under a 60 million euro scheme to help the continent whose people fl... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14767353&cat=119937e494dd663e Mon, 12 May 2008 14:29:23 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14767353&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's opposition vowed Monday to mount a legal challenge against a key local election win by an alliance of the hawkish ruling party and defectors from the Tamil Tiger rebels. http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14766654&cat=119937e494dd663e Mon, 12 May 2008 12:22:56 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14766654&cat=119937e494dd663e The Sri Lankan president on Sunday hailed his party's election victory in the country's tense Eastern Province as a mandate to push ahead with his war against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14750168&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 11 May 2008 17:01:09 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14750168&cat=119937e494dd663e Sri Lanka's election commission says the country's ruling party has won local council elections in Eastern Province. However, monitors say the election was marred by fraud and voter intimidation. Res... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14748403&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 11 May 2008 14:23:21 -0400 VOA http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14748403&cat=119937e494dd663e The governing party of Sri Lanka won control of the country's tense Eastern Province on Sunday after an election that monitors said was marred by voter intimidation and fraud. The election commi... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14745031&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 11 May 2008 06:44:27 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14745031&cat=119937e494dd663e COLOMBO: Tamil Tiger rebels bombed and sank a navy cargo ship off eastern Sri Lanka yesterday with no casualties reported, and infantry clashes in the embattled north killed 24 rebels and two soldiers... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14742743&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 11 May 2008 03:30:54 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14742743&cat=119937e494dd663e Colombo - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's party won Saturday's provincial election in the eastern province, where the military previously ousted Tamil rebels in a series of operations, electi... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14742747&cat=119937e494dd663e Sun, 11 May 2008 03:22:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14742747&cat=119937e494dd663e TAMIL Tiger rebels sank a navy ammunition ship moored in the north-east of Sri Lanka yesterday in an attack coinciding with key elections in the tense eastern province. In an upsurge of violence ahead... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14739351&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 22:03:29 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14739351&cat=119937e494dd663e CHENNAI: Shattered by the news of the death of their sons in a bomb blast in Iraq on May 8, two families in Tamil Nadu are waiting for help from the state government and the Centre to bring back th... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14739097&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 20:51:18 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14739097&cat=119937e494dd663e VALAICHCHENAI, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A climate of fear hung over elections in Sri Lanka's tumultuous east Saturday following a series of attacks blamed on the rebels and accusations of intimidation agains... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14735753&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 15:03:37 -0400 The News Journal http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14735753&cat=119937e494dd663e The elections for the Eastern Provincial Council held on Saturday after 20 years ended peacefully despite the tensions in the region and the sinking of a Sri Lankan Naval ship this morning by the LTTE... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14734024&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 13:01:54 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14734024&cat=119937e494dd663e Fierce Fighting At least 63 people, including 33 Tamil Tiger rebels, were killed and over 50 wounded when Sri Lankan government troops launched a fresh offensive into the rebel stronghold in northwest... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14734021&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 11:47:24 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14734021&cat=119937e494dd663e GSP+ duty concession was offered to Sri Lanka by the EU in 2005 on the ratification of the required conventions. This will expire by the end of 2008. Sri Lanka has requested for an extension of this c... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14728719&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 04:45:37 -0400 KeralaNext http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14728719&cat=119937e494dd663e Colombo - A Navy merchant vessel was sunk by an underwater explosion in the early hours of Saturday, while moored in a harbour under high security, the Defence Ministry said. The explosion took place ... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14726635&cat=119937e494dd663e Sat, 10 May 2008 00:16:50 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14726635&cat=119937e494dd663e This, in theory, would ideologically undercut the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- who want nothing less than a separate state -- and provide a boost for the escalating military campai... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14726425&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 09 May 2008 23:51:06 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14726425&cat=119937e494dd663e At least eight people were killed in an explosion in Sri Lanka's eastern Ampara district Friday afternoon, officials said. Defense officials said the "large explosion" took place near the &q... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14723661&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 09 May 2008 21:17:16 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14723661&cat=119937e494dd663e Tamil Tiger rebels were suspected in the bombing of a café in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 11 people and casting a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for Saturday. The gov... http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14719473&cat=119937e494dd663e Fri, 09 May 2008 17:27:37 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.srilankannews.net/?rid=14719473&cat=119937e494dd663e