Published 15:33 07.04.11
By Anshel Pfeffer, Yanir Yagna and Haaretz Service
Two people were wounded Thursday after an anti-tank missile exploded into a bus traveling in one of the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘cease-fire’
GAZA: Two hurt in missile strike on bus carrying students near Gaza
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Air Strike, casualty, cease-fire, civilian, gaza, Hamas, IDF, Israel, targeted on April 11, 2011 |
LIBYA: UN relief chief warns of dire humanitarian situation inside Libyan city
Posted in Africa, Foreign Aid, Health Care, Internal Displaced Persons, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, NGOs, Protesters, United Nations, tagged aid workers, cease-fire, humanitarian situation, Libya, UN, UNHCR, UNICEF, United Nations, WHO on April 8, 2011 |
April 6, 2011
The top United Nations relief official today voiced serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation inside the north-western Libyan city of Misrata, where thousands of residents are short of food, water, medicines and other basic supplies after weeks of intense fighting.
Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on parties to the fighting in Libya to cease fire so that aid workers can rush supplies to those in need. (more…)
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Rejects ‘Lectures’ from Western Countries on Truce With Rebels
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Government, Ground Assault, Hostages, Journalists, Military, Mortars, NGOs, Refugee Camps, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged Britain, cease-fire, Civilian Casualties, EU, European Union, France, Government, human shields, IMF, innocent civilians, innocent victims, International Monetary Fund, Journalists, LTTE, NGOs, OHCHR, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tamil Tigers, Terrorists, UN, UNHCR, United Nations, United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees, United Nations Security Council, UNSC, war victims on April 30, 2009 |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — One of the highest-level European delegations to visit this war-torn country in years has failed to persuade the Sri Lankan government to declare a temporary truce with ethnic Tamil rebels.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphatically rejected the appeal Thursday and told Western governments to stop lecturing him, news agencies reported.
“The government is not ready to enter into any kind of cease-fire with the terrorists,” he said. “It is my duty to protect the people of this country. I don’t need lectures from Western representatives,” he said in a speech distributed by his office and quoted by the agencies.
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan army claims key rebel strongholds
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Health Care, Military, Mortars, NGOs, Refugee Camps, Rocket, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged cease-fire, Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Displacement, EU, European Union, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, healthcare, India, innocent civilians, innocent victims, LTTE, Military, Mortars, NGOs, rebels, rockets, Shells, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, Terrorists, UN, UNICEF, United Nations, United Nations Children's Fund, United States, us on April 28, 2009 |
By CNN News
The Sri Lankan army overran two Tamil Tiger rebel positions in the country’s north on Tuesday, the military reported on its Web site.
Recently captured rebel weapons stacked up in the former Tamil stronghold of Kilinochchi.
The rebels “suffered double blows, losing two heavily fortified defense positions as … troops made predawn incursions at identified terror strong points located south of Valayanmadam today,” the Ministry of Defense said.
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Denies Swedish Foreign Minister a Visa
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Diplomacy, Displacement, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Health Care, Military, Mortars, NGOs, Refugee Camps, Rocket, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Suicide Bomb, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged cease-fire, EU, European Union, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, healthcare, human shields, humanitarian mission, India, Journalists, LTTE, Military, Mortars, NGOs, rebels, Shells, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, suicide bombs, Sweden, Tamil Tigers, Terrorists on April 28, 2009 |
By Thomas Fuller, The New York Times
Increasingly impatient with foreign calls for a pause in its war against Tamil rebels, the Sri Lankan government denied entry to the Swedish foreign minister who had planned to take part in a European Union humanitarian mission, Sweden said Tuesday.
Sweden said it would recall its chief diplomat in Sri Lanka.
Carl Bildt, a former prime minister and now the country’s foreign minister, told reporters in Luxembourg that his visa application was turned down by Colombo and accused the Sri Lankan government of “exceedingly strange behavior.”
