November 23rd, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 23 (IANS) The long drawn out civil war in Sri Lanka has reached a crucial phase with reports of the fighting spirit of the Tamil Tigers said to be at ...
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October 2nd, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 2 (IANS) Supersonic ground attack fighters of the Sri Lankan Air Force Thursday bombed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north as government troops advanced further towards ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 30 (IANS) At least eight Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed and two of their boats destroyed in a confrontation between the Sri Lankan Navy and the Sea Tigers in ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) The Sri Lankan military Tuesday claimed that it had thwarted a pre-dawn assault by the Tamil Tigers on a army and air force joint base in the country's ...
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August 31st, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 31 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers said Sunday that military shelling in the rebel-held Kilinochchi district in Sri Lanka had killed five Tamil civilians, including two children, displaced by fighting.The Liberation ...
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August 18th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 51 Tamil Tigers and 17 soldiers were killed and over 120 wounded in weekend clashes in Sri Lanka's northeast, military authorities said Monday. According to the ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan jets Thursday bombed four suspected Tamil Tiger targets in rebel-held Mullaitivu district where troops are locked in heavy fighting, military officials here said. The jets bombed ...
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August 14th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets Thursday bombed four suspected LTTE targets in the rebel-held Mullaitivu district where the advancing troops have been locked in heavy fighting with ...
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August 11th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 49 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed when confronted by advancing government troops in Sri Lanka's Wanni battlefront, the military claimed Monday. A soldier was also killed ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 22 (IANS) At least 22 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide cadres, known as Black Tigers, were killed Tuesday in an air raid by the Sri Lankan Air Force ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka Air Force Friday claimed that its supersonic fighter jets have carried out two consecutive early morning air raids targeting suspected heavy weapon deployment and logistic boats ...
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July 13th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 13 (IANS) At least 30 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and two soldiers have been killed and 33 wounded on both sides during clashes in the northern theatre of battle in Sri ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 7 (IANS) At least 15 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and two soldiers were killed and over 20 wounded as troops fought the rebels in Sri Lanka's northeast, the military here said ...
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July 1st, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 1 (IANS) Eight Sri Lankan jets Tuesday bombed a Tamil Tiger training base in the northern Wanni region, the defence ministry said. A defence ministry statement said the target at ...
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July 1st, 2008 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, July 1 (IANS) Sri Lanka's defence ministry claimed Tuesday that eight supersonic fighter jets had carried out air raids on a suspected training base of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the ...
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June 30th, 2008 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas have "lost their capability of fighting as a conventional army" because of the offensive the military is waging against them, army ...
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June 25th, 2008 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 25 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Air Force, supporting advancing troops, Wednesday bombed the Tamil Tigers' suspected artillery gun positions and forward bunker lines in the north, the government said. "Sri ...
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June 11th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 11 (IANS) Sri Lankan jets Wednesday pounded a suspected Tamil Tiger base in the island's north, barely hours after the rebels launched a sea-borne attack on a ...
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June 9th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 9 (IANS) At least 28 Tamil Tigers and eight soldiers were killed and over 60 injured in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region, the defence ministry said Monday. ...
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June 4th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 4 (IANS) Supersonic ground attack fighter jets of the Sri Lankan Air Force have bombed two artillery gun positions and a Sea Tiger base of the Tamil Tigers in the ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 12:00 am ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 30 (IANS) Sri Lanka Friday claimed that its fighter jets have bombed "artillery and mortar launching platforms" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Kalmunai point ...
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May 26th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 26 (IANS) At least 21 Tamil Tiger rebels and three army soldiers were killed and over 25 wounded in sporadic gun-battles between the two sides in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni ...
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May 19th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 19 (IANS) At least 60 combatants, including 40 Tamil Tiger guerrillas, were killed and scores wounded in fierce fighting between advancing government troops and the rebels in Sri ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 16 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 19 Indian fishermen on charges of poaching in Sri Lanka's territorial waters. The authorities here suspect the fishermen have also ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 13 (IANS) A top member of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) and human rights lawyer Maheswari Velauthan was shot dead in her native northern Jaffna peninsula Tuesday evening, party ...
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April 26th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) Two seriously wounded passengers of a bus bombing Friday evening on the outskirts of the Sri Lanka capital succumbed to their injuries in hospital Saturday, taking ...
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April 20th, 2008 - 5:15 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, April 20 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday disputed Sri Lankan Air Force claims that it has bombed and destroyed three arms boats of the Sea Tigers south of Mullaitivu in ...
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April 13th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka, celebrating the traditional Tamil-Sinhala New Year, claimed Sunday that at least 77 Tamil Tiger rebels and 12 army personnel were killed in clashes in ...
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April 13th, 2008 - 12:41 am ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 12 (IANS) Fierce fighting erupted in Sri Lanka's northwestern Mannar district on the eve of the Tamil-Sinhala New Year, with both the government troops and the Liberation Tigers ...
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March 23rd, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, Mar 23 (ANI): At least sixty militants belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were killed and six army soldiers were killed in separate incidents since Saturday, claims ...
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