The Sinhalese are a predominant ethnic group in the multicultural society of Sri Lanka, an island that is located in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India. The Sinhalese constitute approximately 74 percent of Sri Lanka's 19.4 million...

The Sinhalese people are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. They originated in the north-east section of India and later settled to Sri Lanka. They speak Sinhala, an Indo-European language and number approximately 15 million people with the vast...

The young man's body lay in front of the main railroad station exactly where he fell when the bullet hit him in the forehead. Around him the crowd surged in panic at the crackle of gunfire and the pop of tear gas grenades from...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Tamil guerrillas killed at least 18 Sinhalese yesterday at a jungle hamlet not far from the spot where Tamils slaughtered 127 civilians Friday, the government reported. Many political observers said the two massacres demonstrate that Tamil radicals are unwilling...

Day and night, warplanes roar over this rebel-held town as the steady thump of artillery echoes from afar _ a preview, many fear, of a military showdown in Sri Lanka that could leave thousands dead."All we hear is war," says Tavakumar, a 43-year-old rebel who...