<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[MeriNews: Sri Lanka Update, latest on Sri Lanka Update]]></title> <description>sri-lanka-update - Browse news, reviews, articles and photos in sri-lanka-update. Updated daily.</description> <language>en-us</language> <link>http://www.merinews.com/topic/sri-lanka-update.shtml</link><item><title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Liberating east and north]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=130984&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1205384252162_Map-Sri-Lanka-WR.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Any military movement to bring about peace is characterized by a set of clearly defined..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 10:27:59 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sri Lankan army claims Tamil tigers end is near ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15769533&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1242374092922_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Sri Lankan army has claimed that it has reached the final phase of the war against Tamil..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Friday, 15 May 2009 13:27:19 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sri Lankan journalist honoured in US]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15708937&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1233301465380_Lasantha Wickermetunge, The Slain Journalist_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Congressman Adam Schiff on the floor of the United States House of Representatives..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sunday, 01 Feb 2009 10:11:22 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb blast kills Sri Lanka minister, 11 others]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131929&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1207498709269_LTTE1.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Sri Lankans highways minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle including 11others were killed in a..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sunday, 06 Apr 2008 21:48:36 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism and unionism: Different from terrorism]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=131611&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1207137758321_images1.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Sri Lankan security forces arrested three Sinhalese men, who claimed to be journalists..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wednesday, 02 Apr 2008 17:34:31 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US, press groups condemn SL over scribe's jail..]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/article/us-press-groups-condemn-sl-over-scribes-jail/15783241.shtml]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/js-tissainayagam-15783241.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[JS Tissainayagam, 45, convicted for writing two articles in the now defunct North Eastern..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Wednesday, 02 Sep 2009 10:00:16 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka after LTTE]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15770567&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1243149828607_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has won the war against the LTTE with unflinching resolve. The 26 years of..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sunday, 24 May 2009 12:56:01 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some lessons from Sri Lanka victory]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15770182&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1242987923726_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Following a huge victory over militancy after three decades of struggle,  Sri Lanka has..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Friday, 22 May 2009 15:58:32 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation rife: LTTE chief Prabhakaran is dead]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15769744&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1242582127213_untitled_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Speculation is rife that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Sunday, 17 May 2009 23:13:18 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prabhakaran may pose a problem if captured alive]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15768997&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[<img width='80' height='52' src='http://www.merinews.com/upload/thumbimage/1242127895413_t.jpg'>]]><![CDATA[Any exodus of the Tamils from the north of Sri Lanka, voluntary or otherwise, would be..]]></description><pubDate><![CDATA[Tuesday, 12 May 2009 17:05:32 GMT]]></pubDate></item></channel></rss>
