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December 4th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Dec 4 (IANS) The break-away group of the Tamil Tiger rebels has entered into "an action plan" with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to completely end the enrollment and use ...
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December 4th, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Dec 4 (IANS) Fierce fighting broke out between the troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels as Sri Lankan soldiers made a fresh bid Thursday to advance towards a well-fortified Sea Tiger ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 3:34 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 28 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan Air Force jets Thursday evening bombed a communication facility of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern part of the country, the military said in a ...
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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 24th, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 24 (IANS) At least 120 Tamil Tiger rebels and 27 government soldiers were killed and several more wounded on both sides as a fierce battle continued to rage on the ...
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November 23rd, 2008 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 23 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in a fierce gun battle as the army attempted to pierce through the rebel defences in the north, ...
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November 21st, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 21 (IANS) Sri Lankan ground troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels Friday fought pitched battles on the 'outskirts' of the rebel's key stronghold of Kilinochchi in the north, the defence ...
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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 19th, 2008 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) The war of words between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha over last week's clash between two groups of law students reached ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 18 (IANS) At least two Sea Tiger boats were destroyed and six rebels were killed in a major clash between the Sri Lankan Navy and the Tamil Tiger rebels in ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday announced a week-long felicitation to mark island-wide the victories of the security forces, who captured the last major naval bastion of Tamil Tiger rebels in ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the Tamil Tiger rebels to lay down weapons and come for talks, hours after his troops declared they had captured 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 15th, 2008 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 15 (IANS) Sri Lanka Saturday claimed that its advancing troops had entered the Tamil Tiger rebels' naval bastion of Pooneryn in the island's north."Troops of the Army Task Force 1 ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A special tribunal Monday upheld the government's notification of banning the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years.The notification, declaring the LTTE as an ...
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November 9th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 9 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels, facing a fierce military thrust in the borders of their 'administrative capital' of Kilinochchi in the north, have reiterated their consent for a cessation ...
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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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November 3rd, 2008 - 3:02 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 3 (Xinhua) At least 93 people were arrested Sunday for their alleged links with Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's northwest, the police said.They were arrested during an operation against ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 31 (IANS) "Silencing the Indian factor" was a "tower of strength" for advancing troops to accomplish their task of marching into the Tamil Tiger rebels' "politico-administrative capital" of Kilinochchi in ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 29 (IANS) Tamil Tiger rebels carried out air strikes Tuesday night targeting a power plant in the Sri Lankan capital and military detachments in northwestern Mannar district, defence sources here ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 4:43 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 29 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels carried out air raids Tuesday night targeting a power plant in the capital and military detachments in Mannar district in the northwest, military sources ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 26 (IANS) Holding a protest rally in the east against the perceived efforts by some political parties in Tamil Nadu to stop the military campaign against the Tamil Tigers in ...
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October 24th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 24 (IANS) Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday held talks with leader of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) Ranil Wickremesinghe and briefed him on the situation in the ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 23 (IANS) Life came to a standstill in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula Thursday in response to a shutdown called to protest a suicide attack by the Tamil Tiger rebels ...
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October 23rd, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 23 (IANS) A shutdown to protest a suicide boat-attack by Tamil Tiger rebels on two cargo vessels brought normal life to a standstill Thursday in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula. ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 22 (IANS) A Sri Lankan cargo vessel was damaged when the Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday carried out a pre-dawn suicide-boat attack targeting two government merchant vessels off the Kankesanthurai harbour ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 22 (IANS) A Sri Lankan cargo vessel was "badly damaged" when the Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday carried a pre-dawn-suicide attack targeting two government merchant vessels off the Kankesanthurai harbour in ...
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October 22nd, 2008 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 22 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday morning attacked two merchant vessels of the Sri Lankan government off the Kankesanthurai harbour in northern Jaffna peninsula, defence officials here said."LTTE terrorists ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Oct 21 (IANS) As India was mounting pressure on Sri Lanka to ensure the safety of Tamil civilians caught in the war zone, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the victory ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was Tuesday adjourned till 12 noon following chaos in the house over the attack on north Indians in Maharashtra leading to the arrest of ...
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