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Pope travels to war-torn north Sri Lanka, urges forgiveness

News 11 January 14, 2015

11 January 14, 2015

Pope travels to war-torn north Sri Lanka, urges forgiveness

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JAYAMPATHI PALIPANE Pope Francis traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday for a deeply symbolic show of solidarity with the victims of…

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Pope brings message of religious, ethnic dialogue to Asia

News 2 January 12, 2015

2 January 12, 2015

Pope brings message of religious, ethnic dialogue to Asia

By NICOLE WINFIELD and KRISHAN FRANCIS Pope Francis is bringing a message of interreligious and interethnic harmony to a Sri Lanka still recovering from the wounds of a brutal, quarter-century…

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Friction over Sri Lanka shows at Commonwealth meet

News 9 November 14, 2013

9 November 14, 2013

Friction over Sri Lanka shows at Commonwealth meet

By KATY DAIGLE Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures as he answers a question during a media briefing a day ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting in Colombo, Sri…

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News 6 September 22, 2013

6 September 22, 2013

SRI LANKA’S WAR-HIT TAMILS VOTE FOR WIDER AUTONOMY

By KRISHAN FRANCIS A Sri Lankan man cycles with a boy a day after the northern provincial council election in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A former political…

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