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December 3rd, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The distribution of nearly 1,700 tonnes of food and other relief material sent by India for civilians caught up in Sri Lanka's war zone is set to ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 28 (IANS) Tamil film director Ameer said Friday that allegations that he and a friend hosted a party to celebrate Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's birthday were "baseless"."Both Seeman and ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka Friday expressed the hope that the request to India by Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to lift the ban on his group would not be entertained ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) India has no intention of lifting the ban on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, official sources said Friday.The sources were responding to a plea to this effect that ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran urged India Thursday to lift the ban on his group even as he pledged to continue his war against Sri Lanka "till alien ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS)Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Thursday vowed to continue his war against Sri Lanka "till alien Sinhala occupation of our land is removed" and urged India to lift the ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 27 (IANS) A magistrate Thursday ordered two lawyers jailed for publicly celebrating the birthday of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, Chennai Police Commissioner K. Radhakrishnan said.The lawyers were sent to ...
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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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November 20th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 20 (IANS) India Thursday formally handed over to the international Red Cross nearly 1,700 tonnes of relief material meant for civilians displaced by war in Sri Lanka's north, but a ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 20 (IANS) India's envoy to Sri Lanka Thursday formally handed over to the international Red Cross New Delhi's first lot of relief material for civilians displaced by war in the ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 19 (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka has said the government may ban the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) even before the people ask for it.According to reports ...
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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 17th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops Monday captured another strategic town held by the Tamil Tigers in the island's north, inflicting heavy losses on the rebels, the defence ministry announced Monday. ...
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November 17th, 2008 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops Monday captured another strategic bastion of the Tamil Tigers in the island's north, the defence ministry said Monday.It said that the troops backed by artillery ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 16 (IANS) A prominent Tamil politician Sunday criticised a resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu legislature seeking a ceasefire in Sri Lanka "as shocking and totally unacceptable".V. Anandasangaree of the ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Nov.15 (ANI): Sri Lankan soldiers have entered the strategically important Tamil Tiger stronghold of Pooneryn, according to the ministry of defence.
The move follows months of fighting and the BBC ...
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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 14th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) A top member of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP), a breakaway group of the Tamil Tigers, was shot dead along with his driver Friday by unidentified gunmen in ...
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November 14th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 14 (IANS) A top member of the breakaway Tamil Tigers group was shot dead Friday along with his driver by unidentified men on the outskirts of Colombo, military sources said.According ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka Thursday said it was ready to receive a consignment of relief material from India to help civilians caught in the military conflict in the island ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Tamil Tigers cannot be crushed, two Sri Lankan Tamil MPs said Thursday, reacting to claims that the rebels were on the verge of losing the dragging ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov.13 (ANI): Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapakse today said that there was no question of ordering a cease-fire against the rebel Liberation Tigers for Tamil Ealam (LTTE), and ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 13 (IANS) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has temporarily suspended operations at the main entry/exit point in Sri Lanka's rebel-held north, seeking security guarantee for civilian movement ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu assembly Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging India to press for talks between the Tamil Tigers and Colombo and also an immediate ceasefire in the ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu assembly Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution asking the central government to press for negotiations between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan government as well ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Two Sri Lankan Tamil MPs sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers are here to meet political leaders as part of their efforts to bring about a ceasefire in ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 10 (IANS) Central minister E.V.K.S. Elangovan of the Congress, which is aligned to Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, Monday endorsed Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha's stand against the Tamil Tigers - ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 10 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government Monday dismissed the Tamil Tigers' readiness to agree to a fresh ceasefire, insisting that the rebels needed to first give up their weapons.Senior minister ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, Nov 10 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has dismissed the Tamil Tigers' reiteration of their readiness to observe a cessation of hostilities as a "trap", saying that any truce would be ...
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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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