05/10/2011
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Sydney Morning Herald
After the war, one of the few jobs available is clearing explosives.
THE women are taking back war-torn northern Sri Lanka, one square metre at a time.
02/18/2011
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Associated Press, New York Times
A senior United Nations official said Friday that 5,000 former combatants remained in Sri Lankan camps 21 months after the civil war ended.
01/15/2011
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AFP
Unexploded mines planted during Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist war may have shifted during recent floods, officials said Sunday, as residents started to return to their badly-damaged homes and farms.
11/06/2010
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : More than 300,000 land mines defused in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
10/28/2010
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IRIN
COLOMBO, 28 October 2010 (IRIN) - Landmine injuries have been minimal in northern Sri Lanka, thanks in part to mine risk education (MRE) aimed at the tens of thousands of civilians returning home to the former combat zone, experts say.
10/05/2010
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AFP
MANNAR, Sri Lanka — Valmathi Jegadas is a different sort of mine clearer to the testosterone-fuelled explosives specialists portrayed in the 2008 Oscar-winning Hollywood hit, The Hurt Locker.
08/09/2010
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Defence.lk
Demining in the Jaffna peninsula has been accelerated and the peninsula will be a mine-free zone within the next month, the Army said.
08/02/2010
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has barred some 3,000 villagers who fled the bloody final months of the country's civil war from returning to their homes in the north, possibly so the military can set up camps in the area, ethnic Tamil lawmakers charged Monday.
07/30/2010
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Priu.lk
The United Kingdom stated that it is no longer advising its citizens against travel to Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullaittivu and Vavuniya.
02/06/2010
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Sydney Morning Herald
The guns fell silent more than eight months ago but the brutal conclusion to Sri Lanka's civil war is still being felt by Tamils caught up in the conflict.