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Sri Lankan Cabinet minister escapes suicide blast

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:00:14 +0000

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy carrying a senior Sri Lankan Cabinet minister on Thursday, wounding his deputy and at least six others, the military...

Sri Lankan minister escapes suicide blast unhurt

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:41:50 +0000

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew himself up near the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding two others, the military said.

Sri Lankan military: 20 rebels killed in fighting

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:20:58 +0000

Scattered battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka’s embattled north have killed 20 guerrillas, the military said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka: international probe called into killing

AP — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:30:53 +0000

Sri Lanka’s top opposition party called Tuesday for an international investigation into a bomb attack the previous day that killed a popular former army general and 26...

Military: Suicide bomber kills 27 in Sri Lanka

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:20:54 +0000

A suspected rebel suicide bomber blew himself up Monday inside a crowded opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, killing a former army general and 26 others.

Military: Suicide bomber kills 23 in Sri Lanka

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:13:07 +0000

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed 23 people, including a former army officer, and wounded dozens in a blast Monday at an opposition party office in northern Sri Lanka, the military...

Military: Suicide bomber kills 22 in Sri Lanka

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:03:35 +0000

A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew up an opposition party office Monday in a town in northern Sri Lanka killing about 20 people, including a former army officer, the military...

Roadside bomb kills 2 in Sri Lanka

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:43:32 +0000

Sri Lanka’s military says a roadside bomb explosion has killed two civilians and wounded another in the north.

Sri Lanka's civil war rages in the shadows

AP — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:27:57 +0000

There are no worshippers at Sri Lanka’s holiest Christian shrine.

Sri Lanka bombs rebel political chief's office

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:09:05 +0000

Sri Lankan air force jets bombed the offices of the Tamil Tiger political chief Friday as the military pressed forward with its resurgent offensive against the separatist guerrillas, the military...