Tag Sri Lanka

Tsunami toll tops 50,000. Number of dead still rising. A friend who spent two years in Sri Lanka volunteering for a peace organization tells me that one of the worst hit areas is held by the Tamil Tigers, one of…

More on Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, has held talks in Washington with President Bush, as his country grapples with a deepening political crisis. The Sri Lanka PM is in a death battle with their President,…

Sri Lanka President suspends parliament, troops in streets A gloves-off political fight between Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister that threatens a fragile peace process with Tamil rebels sparked concern in Washington and neighboring Asian countries. Sri Lanka’s President Chandrika…

The politics of Sri Lanka makes Northern Ireland appear placid Sri Lanka in political crisis. President Kumaratunga sacks three senior ministers, throwing the peace process with Tamil Tigers into question. There been a civil war in Sri Lanka for several…

Guerrilla war: Israel and Sri Lanka This thoughtful piece is by a friend, DJ Mitchell. He’s spent considerable time in Sri Lanka volunteering with Sarvodaya, a peace organization working to end the vicious, bloody Sri Lanka civil war. Indeed, one…