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November 26th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 26 (IANS) The fall of the key rebel town of Kilinochchi was "imminent" with government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) engaged in fierce fighting on its ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has renewed his pullout threat from the UPA Government over the ongoing military offensive in Sri Lanka.
He said his party members ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 9 (ANI): Television artists of Tamil Nadu observed hunger strike on Sunday to demonstrate solidarity with the Sri Lankan Tamils being allegedly killed by the island ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): A US intelligence official has said that the series of homicide bombings in Somalia on Wednesday were probably the work of a local group that was likely ...
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October 27th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Oct 27 (DPA) One soldier and 14 Muslim rebels were killed Monday in a clash in southern Philippines, a military spokesman said.Major Randolph Cabangbang said the fighting erupted when soldiers encountered ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 26 (DPA) At least four people have been killed and some 136,000 displaced in floods in Sri Lanka over the past five days, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Oct 21 (DPA) Five Russian soldiers were killed and six injured in an ambush in the Caucasus republic of Dagestan Tuesday, Russian news agencies reported.A three-vehicle column of interior ministry troops ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
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Khar (NWFP), Oct 21 (ANI): As many as 15 Taliban were killed when security forces used heavy artillery, fighter jets and helicopter gunships to target suspected hideouts in Bajaur Agency, last ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Oct.20 (ANI): Sri Lankan troops have reportedly taken control of the strategic Tamil Tiger village of Vannerikulam, which lies west of the rebel capital Kilinochchi.
Reports reaching the Sri Lankan capital ...
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October 12th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, Oct 12 (Xinhua) At least 64 Taliban militants were killed in fighting Sunday between the insurgents and the government troops in Afghanistan's troubled southern province of Helmand bringing the total ...
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October 11th, 2008 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 11 (Xinhua) At least 20 Tamil tiger rebels and five soldiers were killed Friday in clashes in northern Sri Lanka, military officials said Saturday. Defence ministry officials said the clashes ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Sep 30 (Xinhua) Seven Philippine soldiers were killed and 12 wounded in fighting with members of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the country's southern Maguindanao province, an official ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 21 (Xinhua) At least 27 Tamil Tiger guerrillas were killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka Saturday, military officials said Sunday.Government troops killed nine rebels each in Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and ...
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September 17th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 17 (DPA) The Sri Lankan Air Force Wednesday said it had bombed a hideout frequented by elusive Tamil rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in northern Sri Lanka.The hideout, located at Vattakachchi, ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
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La Paz, Sep 15 (IANS) Army took control of Cobija, the capital of the northern Bolivian state of Pando, after at least 30 people died in clashes between rival groups, EFE reported ...
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September 15th, 2008 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
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La Paz, Sep 15 (DPA) The Bolivian government confirmed Sunday at least 16 deaths in clashes in the Amazonian province of Pando as the army attempted to impose martial law.Local leaders said ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (Xinhua) The UN would withdraw its humanitarian staff from Sri Lanka's northern Vanni district where government troops and the rebels are engaged in fierce fighting, the UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 3:35 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government Monday asked the international aid agencies to leave the country's Northern province as fighting between security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels has intensified, an ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Sep 3 (DPA) At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed by US special forces Wednesday during a raid on a border village in a Pakistani tribal region, local ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 29 (DPA) Government troops recaptured two areas controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels and killed at least 26 rebels during a military offensive in northern Sri Lanka, a military spokesman ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Aug 27 (Xinhua) At least 37 militants were killed Wednesday in a military offensive against the pro-Taliban insurgents in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, near the troubled Afghan border, security officials said.Government ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 27 (DPA) At least four sailors were killed and 13 injured in an airstrike by Tamil Tiger rebels on a north-east naval base adjoining a harbour, military officials said ...
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August 27th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) A light aircraft of the Tamil Tiger rebels carried out an air raid Tuesday night and dropped at least two bombs targeting a key naval base in Sri ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 26 (DPA) At least 15 Tamil rebels and seven soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka during a military offensive on rebel strongholds, military officials said Tuesday.Two soldiers ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, Aug 17 (Xinhua) At least 37 people - five security guards and 32 Taliban rebels - were killed in a fierce gun battle in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province Sunday, provincial administration ...
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August 17th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Aug 17 (DPA) Seven government troops were killed and 11 wounded Sunday in an ambush by unidentified assailants in the southern Philippines, an army spokesman said. The gunmen opened fire on ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 15 (DPA) At least 35 Tamil rebels and two soldiers were killed as troops advanced in northern Sri Lanka amidst heavy fighting, military officials said Friday. Troops are advancing from ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 14 (IANS) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Thursday said that tens of thousands of people have fled areas affected by fighting between the military and the Tamil ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Peshawar, Aug 13 (DPA) Hundreds of armed tribesmen Wednesday exchanged fire with about a dozen pro-Taliban militants as they tried to enter Pakistan's northwestern Buner district from the neighbouring Swat valley. "When ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 13 (IANS) Advancing government troops Wednesday captured fresh territories held by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka's north following a week of heavy fighting, the authorities said. Military spokesman Brigadier ...
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