http://www.mail.com/locations/22328-sri-lanka.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/22328-sri-lanka.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they dist... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html 2013-05-16T04:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067958-queen-elizabeth-ii-to-commonwealth-meeting.html LONDON (AP) — The 87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka this fall — the first time she's missed the biennial gathering since 1971. The queen has long been a major supporter of the 54-nation Commonwealth. Her decision, announced Tuesday, to send Prince Charles to the Nov. 15-17 meeting in Sri Lan... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:34:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067958-queen-elizabeth-ii-to-commonwealth-meeting.html 2013-05-07T15:34:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned clothing store. Last month's attack on the Fashion Bug chain near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, filmed by a local television station whose cameraman was attacked ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:47:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html 2013-04-07T10:47:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982806-sri-lankan-mass-grave-dates-25-years.html MATALE, Sri Lanka (AP) — A judge has announced that more than 150 human skulls and bones recovered from a mass grave in Sri Lanka were buried there about 25 years ago, strengthening suspicion that they belonged to suspected Marxist rebels killed at the time. Magistrate Chathurika de Silva told a court in the central town of Matale on Wednesday that tests ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:58:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982806-sri-lankan-mass-grave-dates-25-years.html 2013-03-28T04:58:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969672-un-rights-body-urges-thorough-sri-lanka-probe.html GENEVA (AP) — For the second time in as many years, the U.N.'s top human rights body approved a U.S.-backed resolution Thursday calling on Sri Lanka to more thoroughly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the country's quarter-century civil war with the Tamil Tiger rebels. By a 25-13 vote, the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council u... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:23:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969672-un-rights-body-urges-thorough-sri-lanka-probe.html 2013-03-21T21:23:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944230-top-contenders-to-pope.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up repeatedly as strong contenders. Here is a look at who they ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:17:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944230-top-contenders-to-pope.html 2013-03-10T12:17:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937740-sri-lanka-cardinal-hews-to-tradition-papal-race.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — 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. The choice of Malcolm Ranjith in 2005 rewarded a strong voice of tradition — so rigid that some critics regard it even as backward-looking. And it came as the chu... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:31:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937740-sri-lanka-cardinal-hews-to-tradition-papal-race.html 2013-03-07T12:31:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915930-rights-group-tamil-suspects-raped-government.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group alleges Sri Lankan security forces continue to use torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against suspected members of the Tamil Tiger rebels and their supporters, nearly four years after the end of the country's civil war. The military denied the allegations. In a report released Tue... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1915930-rights-group-tamil-suspects-raped-government.html 2013-02-26T10:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899922-32-myanmar-nationals-rescued-sea-sri-lanka.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's navy says it has rescued 32 Myanmar nationals whose wooden vessel began sinking while making a perilous journey to Australia. A navy statement says the rescue was made about 250 nautical miles off the island's eastern coast on Saturday. Those rescued are being treated for acute dehydration. The group comprising 31 adu... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1899922-32-myanmar-nationals-rescued-sea-sri-lanka.html 2013-02-19T00:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889164-un-faults-sri-lanka-probe-alleged-war-abuses.html GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' top human rights official on Wednesday faulted Sri Lanka for failing to investigate reports of widespread killings and other atrocities toward the end of its bloody quarter-century civil war. In her report to the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay also said opposition leade... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:07:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1889164-un-faults-sri-lanka-probe-alleged-war-abuses.html 2013-02-13T16:07:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813842-sri-lankas-lawmakers-impeach-chief-judge.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's Parliament voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach the chief justice in a case widely seen by jurists and rights activists as an attempt by the government to ensure a servile judiciary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa will now decide whether Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake should be dismissed. Last month, a parliame... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813842-sri-lankas-lawmakers-impeach-chief-judge.html 2013-01-11T16:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808780-saudi-executes-maid-despite-appeals-reprieve.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities say a Sri Lankan domestic worker has been executed for killing a Saudi baby in her care in 2005. The case spurred global appeals to call off the beheading of Rizana Nafeek because she was 17 at the time of the killing. Rights groups called the death sentence a violation of international codes governing the rig... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808780-saudi-executes-maid-despite-appeals-reprieve.html 2013-01-09T15:03:00Z