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Sri Lankan policemen inspect the wreckage of a truck after a suicide bomb explored in Habarana northeast of the capital Colombo, October 16, 2006.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Sri Lankan policemen and monks inspect the wreckage of a truck after a suicide bomb explored in Habarana northeast of the capital Colombo, October 16, 2006.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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COLOMBO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the attack against Sri Lankan Navy personnel blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels has risen to 99 with 116 others injured, a government minister said.

Blast casts cloud over Sri Lanka's peace process

COLOMBO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 Sri Lankan Navy personnel were killed or injured on Monday in a suicide attack blamed on the rebel Tamil Tigers, casting a cloud over the proposed peace talks between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

According to Keheliya Rambukwella, the minister of Policy Planning and the government's defense spokesman, about 99 Sri Navy personnel were killed and more than 116 were injured Monday afternoon in the attack in the north central district. Full story>>

UN chief calls for resumed negotiation after appalling suicide bombing in Sri Lanka

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan deplored on Monday the escalation of violence in Sri Lanka during the past several months, calling on all parties in the country to return to the negotiation table.

In a statement released by his spokesman, Annan said he is alarmed by the upsurge of violence in Sri Lanka in the past several months, including the latest appalling suicide bombing of a convoy of military buses. Full story>>