S Lanka lets UN visit rebel area
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Sri Lankan authorities decide a visit by the UN food agency chief to rebel-held territory can go ahead after all.
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Sri Lanka&#039;s candidate for the UN secretary general post, Jayantha Dhanapala, is seeking the support of developing nations at this week&#039;s meeting of the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement.
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader told AFP.
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COLOMBO : Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas declared they will renew armed struggle unless the Colombo government immediately agrees to revive peace talks based on a rebel blueprint for self-rule.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami which battered Sri Lanka has opened up a window of opportunity for a renewal of dialogue between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels but has also exposed the tensions that exist between the two sides.
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The UN says it is "deeply concerned" that civilian areas are being shelled by both sides in Sri Lanka's conflict.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels say they have sent a fresh proposal to President Chandrika Kumaratunga aimed at reviving the country&#39;s deadlocked peace process.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has  voiced concern about the safety of aid workers in Sri Lanka  after the murder of two Red Cross volunteers, his office said,  as Japan&#39;s peace envoy began a visit to the war-battered  island.
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By SHIMALI SENANAYAKE Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka . Norwegian envoys held a key meeting Thursday with the reclusive Tamil Tiger chief to bring the rebels and Sri Lanka&#39;s government closer
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations said  on Friday it had received reports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were  recruiting children displaced by Asia's tsunami and had told  the rebels to leave under-age survivors alone.
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Sri Lankan officials said Wednesday they will send troops to Haiti to assist the UN peacekeeping mission there. Nearly 750 soldiers from the small island nation off the coast of India with join 8,000 UN troops
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern about the safety of aid workers in Sri Lanka after the murder of two Red Cross volunteers, his office said, as Japan's peace envoy began a visit to the war-battered island.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga urges the Tamil Tiger rebels to restart peace talks.
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Leaders offer to visit strife-torn region and renew call for UN resolution.
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union (EU) member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader has told AFP.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Secretary of State Colin  Powell toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-ravaged south on Friday,  surveyeing a crippled tourism hub and relief efforts just hours  ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Sri Lanka's President  Mahinda Rajapakse tells the BBC  the door is still open for peace talks with the Tamil Tigers.