Lanka president attacks 'cowards'
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The Sri Lankan president blames the Tamil Tigers for the killing of the senior official in the east of the island.
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Sri Lanka announces tough anti-terror laws amid worsening violence between troops and Tamil rebels.
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South Africa's African National Congress President Jacob Zuma has urged his supporters, angered by corruption charges brought against him, to avoid the kind of violence that has exploded in Kenya.
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Mr.Erik Solheim, Norwegian special peace envoy Thursday urged the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to exercise the maximum restraint and refrain from actions that could be interpreted as provocations, especially
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Sri Lanka's president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence.
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Sri Lankan rebels react angrily after the UN head is stopped from visiting tsunami-hit areas they control.
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A South African anti-rape campaigner hits back after President Mbeki accuses white writers of racism.
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Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapkse offered fresh peace talks and asked Tiger rebels to lay down weapons as he visited this former guerrilla-held town.
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Sri Lanka on Saturday asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan not to visit disaster-stricken areas controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, forcing the United Nations into a political situation it had hoped to avoid.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that violence in the country&#39;s south could get worse. Mr Thaksin said suspected Muslim separatists wanted to provoke the government into over-reacting.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has said that the government can no longer ignore the spate of killings by the Tamil Tiger rebels, a presidential statement available here on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the killing of Benazir Bhutto Thursday, saying she was "assassinated by cowards afraid of democracy".
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Calling militant attacks "cowardly work," President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday deplored a suicide bombing that killed 12 children and accused the fighters of running from battle by donning women's clothing.
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The United States condemned recent attacks by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers as an "assault" on the country's fragile peace process and welcomed this week's government overture to the separatist rebels.
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An airstrike last month wounded the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels' reclusive leader, the Sri Lankan military said Wednesday. The rebels made no immediate comment on the claim.
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Sri Lanka's military says Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was injured in a strike by the air force last month.
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Troops and Tamil Tigers fought fierce battles in northern Sri Lanka, leaving scores killed, officials said as the rebels accused Colombo of ignoring moves by Norway to end the latest bloodshed.