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Rights group criticizes Sri Lanka's rights record

In March, the U.N. Human Rights Council approved a U.S.-backed resolution calling on Sri Lanka to more thoroughly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the war.

Dalai Lama lashes Myanmar, Lanka Buddhist violence

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries.

Amnesty: Sri Lanka gov't acting harsher on critics

Sri Lanka's government has been criticized as failing to conduct proper investigations on attacks and arrest the culprits.

UN Sri Lanka vote threatens India's government

A United Nations resolution criticizing the actions of Sri Lanka's government during its war against the Tamil Tigers has threatened India's shaky coalition government.

Relatives seek justice for Sri Lanka war missing

The United States plans to introduce a resolution calling on Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of war crimes committed by government troops as well the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels.

Sri Lanka cardinal hews to tradition in papal race

In one of his first appointments as pope, Benedict XVI picked a Sri Lankan archbishop to return to the Vatican for a top post overseeing the church's liturgy and rites.

Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government

The report comes as the United Nations Human Rights Council is set to discuss Sri Lanka's alleged wartime abuses at its annual meeting in Geneva this week.

Sri Lanka opposes UN screening of critical film

Its backers include the non-profit Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Britain's Channel 4 television, which aired two previous documentaries on the Sri Lanka's civil war.

Sri Lanka under pressure to probe war crimes

The United States has said it will introduce a new resolution on Sri Lanka - urging a full accounting of what happened at the end of the war - when the U.N. Human Rights Council meets next week.

Myanmar survivors say floated at sea for 25 days

The survivors were suffering from serious dehydration when they were rescued about 400 kilometers (250 miles) off Sri Lanka's east coast.

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exactly, like Sri Lanka is almost part of India, or Norway is almost part of the UK.

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China to lend $580 mln for Sri Lanka development projects

The loan will bring CDB's total lending to Sri Lanka to more than $1.4 billion.

Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers

Sri Lanka opposition says government threatened to sack strikers

Photos of the Day: May 21

In today's pictures, a tailor cuts material for a Buddhist flag in Sri Lanka, men sit...