Sri Lanka: February 13, 2000

Archives

Fighting in the north left at least ten LTTE rebels and one policeman dead today. Police have caught many more terrorists in the south lately, and interrogations of the captives indicates that the LTTE it is raising the level of terrorism to influence a delegation of Norwegian diplomats visiting the country to try and set up peace talks.  The government plans to raise it's defense budget 11.5 percent, to $728 million, mainly to increase efforts against the LTTE rebels..

 

Article Archive

Sri Lanka: Current 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close