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December 3rd, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) After MPs from Tamil Nadu, it will be the turn of legislators from the state to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. ...
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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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October 27th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's adviser said Monday after talks with Indian leaders that New Delhi and Colombo were “genuine friends” and that his country would keep ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Oct.6 (ANI): At least 27 people, including a former senior general, were killed on Monday in a suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura.
According to army sources, Major ...
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October 3rd, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 3 (IANS) The office of a top leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tiger Eelam's (LTTE) in Kilinochchi was Friday bombed by Sri Lankan fighter jets, a military spokesperson said.The ...
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October 1st, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops have captured a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) airstrip in the northern district of Mullaitivu, the military said Wednesday.According to the Media Centre for ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 29 (IANS) At least 21 civilians were wounded in a grenade explosion in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district Monday evening, defence sources said. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said an ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday alleged that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's decision to purchase nuclear technology and reactors from the US was meant ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Two Indian radar technicians were wounded when Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major pre-dawn assault "coordinated with artillery fire and an air raid" on a key military base ...
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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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September 9th, 2008 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Two light-wing aircraft of the Tamil Tigers carried out a pre-dawn air raid Tuesday on the Sri Lankan Air Force base in the country's north, but the air ...
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September 9th, 2008 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Light-wing aircraft of the Tamil Tigers carried out a pre-dawn raid Tuesday on a Sri Lankan Air Force base in the country's north, but the air force retaliated ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Colombo, Aug 12 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday that his government would ensure the people in the northern part of the country should have the right to own land. ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Aug 12 (IANS) Fresh clashes between advancing Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas have left at least 26 rebels and six soldiers dead and 47 wounded on both sides, military ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
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On Board PM’s Special Flight, Aug 1 (IANS) India favours “maximum devolution” for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka and feels that Colombo is slowly moving towards a federal power structure, a ...
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June 15th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan military claimed Sunday that air force supersonic fighter jets have bombed and destroyed "a key combat-logistic facility" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 12 (IANS) Supersonic ground attack jets of the Sri Lankan Air Force have bombed an "arms and ammunition manufacturing yard" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the ...
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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 16th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 16 (IANS) A former hardened Tamil Tiger guerrilla who fought the Sri Lankan military for years was Friday sworn in as chief minister of the island's troubled eastern ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, May 16 (IANS) At least eight people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of ...
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March 11th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, March 11 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday "strongly" condemned Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka as an "anti-Tamil move" and said Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka would prove to ...
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March 9th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Colombo, March 8 (Xinhua) Ten Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in a fierce battle in the north Saturday, Sri Lankan military said. Army officials said troops who mobilised artillery ...
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February 29th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by admin
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By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 29 (IANS) An independent Sri Lankan election monitoring body has gone to court seeking an order to disarm all political parties ahead of the March 10 local body ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Colombo, Feb 27 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan military claimed Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels are in a state of disarray due to continued government military offensive in the island's north and northeast. ...
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February 28th, 2008 - 11:22 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Colombo, Feb 28 (DPA) At least eight civilians were killed Thursday in two claymore mine blast carried out by government troops in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels claimed. The attacks came as ...
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February 27th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Colombo, Feb 27 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan military claimed Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels are in a state of disarray due to continued government military offensive in the island's north and northeast. ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 8:22 am ICT by admin
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November 14th, 2007 - 8:18 am ICT by admin
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