Debut Fiction From Asia Hits Mark
Aug 14th, 2008 · Tan Twan Eng's debut novel is The Gift of Rain which is set in his home country Malaysia. Mosquito by Roma Tearne is set in Sri Lanka during the ongoing civil war.
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'Space Odyssey' Author Clarke Dies at 90
Mar 19th, 2008 · Writer Arthur C. Clarke has died in Sri Lanka. He was 90. He's best known for writing 2001: A Space Odyssey, but he wrote many dozens of science fiction novels. Clarke, a trained scientist who united intellectual rigor with imagination, inspired generations of writers and scientists with his powerfully humane vision of the future.
Science Fiction Novelist Clarke Dies at 90 ****
Mar 18th, 2008 · Trailblazing science fiction novelist Arthur C. Clarke has died Tuesday in Sri Lanka. He was 90 years old. Having written some 100 books, Clarke is perhaps best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Russell Galen, Clarke's longtime agent, talks with Melissa Block.
Sri Lanka Hails Victory; Refugees Unsure of Future
Mar 5th, 2007 · In Sri Lanka, government forces say they've won crucial victories, allowing them to cut off the rebel Tamil Tigers' supply line and secure terrain used to shell a naval base. But for 40,000 Tamil refugees displaced by civil war and a tsunami, the question is when -- and how -- they'll be able to return home.
Sri Lanka Fighting Traps Thousands in Jaffna
Feb 27th, 2007 · Thousands of people trying to leave Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula are trapped by ethnic conflict. The peninsula is held by the Sri Lankan government. The territory just to the south is in the hands of Tamil Tiger rebels.
In New York, 'Horror Stories' and Halloween ****
Oct 27th, 2006 · When Juliet Jegasothy immigrated from Sri Lanka, she had already heard about life in America. "I was so terrified to even open the door," she says, "because I had heard all these horror stories about crooks, and gangsters, and guns, in New York." But when Halloween came, Jegasothy had to learn the hard way.
Deadly Bomb Shakes Peace Hopes in Sri Lanka *
Oct 17th, 2006 · More than 90 people were killed Monday by a suicide bomb in Sri Lanka. It was blamed on the Tamil Tigers, who've began fighting for independence for years. Just two weeks from now, peace talks were supposed to resume between the rebels and the Sri Lankan government.
The 'Disappeared' in Sri Lanka *
Sep 25th, 2006 · In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers have a reputation of killing rivals, and kidnapping children to serve in their ranks. Now, there are growing allegations that government security forces, or their proxies, are operating deaths squads with impunity.
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