May 18 Watch Other News: Wall Street Rebounds; Sri Lanka Declares Victory Over Tamil Tigers In other news, Wall Street rebounded after a losing streak last week and the Sri Lankan government announced that it had defeated the rebel Tamil Tigers group after decades of conflict. Continue watching
May 18 Sri Lanka Declares Victory in War Against Rebels By PBS NewsHour Sri Lanka declared Monday that its 26-year war against the Tamil Tigers had ended in a climactic, bloody firefight that reportedly left rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran dead along with some 250 of his fighters. Continue reading
May 14 Watch Fighting Continues in Sri Lanka as Military, Tamil Rebels Face Off In Sri Lanka, government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels engaged in a new round of deadly fighting in a civil war conflict that has left thousands dead or displaced. Ravi Nessman, the Associated Press bureau chief in Colombo, offers insight… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Other News: U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Fellow Troops in Iraq An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on his comrades, killing five and injuring three others, and volunteers in Sri Lanka dug mass graves after two days of deadly shelling in which up to 1,000 civilians were killed. Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Other News: General Motors to Cut 21,000 Jobs In other news, General Motors announced plans to cut another 21,000 jobs and Chrysler reached a deal with United Auto Workers that may help the automaker avoid bankruptcy. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Other News: Taliban Leaves Key District in Pakistan In other news, Taliban militants in a strategically significant district of Pakistan left after the military threatened to use force against them and fighting continued between government troops and rebels in Sri Lanka's civil war. Continue watching
Apr 21 Clashes Continue Between Sri Lanka’s Military, Tamil Rebels By PBS NewsHour Clashes between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatist fighters and the Sri Lankan military have intensified in recent days, with new accusations of hundreds of civilian deaths surfacing in the long-running dispute. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Other News: Senate Debates Spending Bill, Obama Denies Russia Deal The Senate will keep thousands of "earmarks" in a spending bill, and President Barack Obama denied a report that he offered Russia a deal on a planned U.S. missile shield. Jim Lehrer recaps the day's other news headlines. Continue watching
Jan 02 Sri Lankan Army Captures De-facto Capital of Tamil Tigers By Admin, PBS NewsHour In a blow to the goals of the separatist Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan government troops captured the northern town of Kilinochchi Friday, which has served as a de facto headquarters for the rebels in their fight for an independent homeland. Continue reading
Jun 15 Renewed Violence in Sri Lanka Raises Fears of Return to Full-scale War By PBS NewsHour Landmines in northern Sri Lanka ripped through a crowded bus Thursday morning, killing 64 people, including 15 school children, and wounding 78. Continue reading