November 26th, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 26 (IANS) Everyone here is keenly awaiting the annual speech of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Thursday as the Sri Lankan Army says it has laid ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 20 (IANS) The Sri Lankan army has captured the forward defensive positions of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's north Thursday after fierce fighting, the defence ministry said. The ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops backed by artillery bombardment had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn in the island's north. Pitched battles ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 13 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Army announced Thursday that it had captured a strategically important coastal village along the western coast from Tamil Tiger guerrillas after overcoming fierce resistance.The army ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 6 (ANI): Relief material comprising clothes, food and life saving drugs is ready to leave from Chennai for civilian population in conflict-hit northern Sri Lanka .
Nearly 80,000 relief packets ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
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New York, Nov 6 (IANS) A top US military official Wednesday commended the Sri Lankan military for its recent successes against the Tamil Tigers, whom Washington has designated as a terrorist group."We ...
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November 4th, 2008 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 3 (IANS) Sri Lankan Army Chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said "80 percent of the fighting ability" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been "eliminated" and his ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that his party's MPs will not insist on quitting parliament following the talks between New ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Sunday that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had promised that his DMK MPs will not insist on quitting parliament in the ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu), Oct 26 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday asserted that India has always helped the Tamil minority's struggle for more powers in Sri Lanka and denied arming the ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Unidentified people Friday damaged a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the northern suburbs of this city. In a separate incident, the office of the Janata ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Unidentified people damaged a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the northern suburbs of this city Friday. In a separate incident, the office of the Janata ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Unidentified people damaged a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the northern suburbs of this city Friday. In a separate incident, the office of the Janata ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) Miscreants damaged a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the city Friday while in a separate incident the office of the Janata Party was attacked in ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) India is concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka and believes there is no military solution to the raging ethnic conflict in the island country, the parliament ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo , Oct 21 (ANI): JVP (Peoples Liberation Front) General Secretary Tilvin Silva has reportedly accused the Indian government of throwing a fresh lifeline to the LTTE as the army stepped ...
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October 20th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 20 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Monday said that high-level talks might take place between India and Sri Lanka to resolve the issue of ethnic Tamils in ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 17 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon today summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner C R Jayasinghe to convey India''s concerns over Sri Lankan armys offensive against ethnic Tamils in ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 4 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Army has earmarked two "no fire zones" in the restive north for the safe assembly of thousands of civilians fleeing amidst fierce fighting between government ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 4 (IANS) Fierce fighting broke out Saturday between the government troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's restive north as the military claimed to be closing in on ...
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October 4th, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 3 (IANS) Hunting for top Tamil Tiger leaders, Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets carried out yet another air raid Friday, targeting "a secret passage" of the LTTE's intelligence wing ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 27 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan troops have killed some 65 Tamil rebels in the country's embattled northern region, military officials said Saturday. Government troops, who are expected to capture the Liberation ...
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September 25th, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 25 (IANS) Sri Lankan Army chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka Thursday said soldiers were steadily approaching Kilinochchi, the "political capital" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and that ...
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September 25th, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 25 (IANS) The Sri Lankan army Thursday said soldiers were approaching the "political capital" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the troopers would attack it next week.“Killinochchi ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 18 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Army "is fully equipped and well geared to face any unacceptable chemical or gas attacks of the enemy", the army headquarters said.The army statement has ...
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September 8th, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi , Sept 8 (ANI): The 27 member team of IndoSri Lankan mountaineering expedition reached High Altitude Warfare School at Sona Marg near Ladakh. Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant ...
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September 2nd, 2008 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka's military court Tuesday jailed 305 army deserters for failing to respond to the general amnesty offered by the military since May. "Sri Lankan Army's Courts Martial, ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 8 (IANS) At least 15 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and three government soldiers were killed and 45 wounded Thursday in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's north, the defence ministry said Friday. ...
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August 2nd, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 2 (IANS) At least 13 Sri Lankan soldiers and 18 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed and over 50 wounded in clashes in the northern Wanni region as South ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday flew into the Sri Lankan capital from the country’s international airport outside Colombo in an Mi-17 Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter. Scores ...
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