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A suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a bus carrying riot police in Sri Lanka’s capital Friday, killing 10 people, including eight policemen, and wounding 85 others.

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18 hr. ago by AP0 Comments

A bomb blast blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed six policemen and wounded 50 people, including civilians, in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo Friday, the military said.

 
 
19 hr. ago by AP0 Comments

The military says a bomb explosion has wounded dozens of people in Sri Lanka’s capital.

 
 
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Sri Lankan fighter jets pounded two Tamil Tiger rebel bases deep in the northern jungles, and infantry clashes killed 27 rebels and two government soldiers, the military said Friday.

 
 
May 11 2008 by AP0 Comments

Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka’s east Saturday despite the government’s claims they would be a celebration of democracy for the region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels.

 
 
May 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

Eastern Sri Lanka voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead.

 
 
May 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

A bomb blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels ripped through a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka Friday, killing 11 people and casting a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for Saturday.

 
 
May 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

Sri Lanka’s military announced the capture of a small town in the north after fighting Friday that killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers, calling it an important step in dismantling guerrilla strongholds in the area.

 
 
May 4 2008 by AP0 Comments

Heavy weekend fighting between government troops and Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged northern region left 35 rebels and eight soldiers dead, the military said Sunday.

 
 
May 2 2008 by AP0 Comments

A fresh wave of fighting across northern Sri Lanka killed 29 ethnic Tamil rebels and one government soldier, the military said Friday.

 
 
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Mar 7 2008 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

It has been quite evident to the international community that the Sri Lankan government headed by President Mahinda Rajapakse gives two hoots to what the other nations say about it. In the latest development, a panel of international experts...

 
 
Feb 5 2008 by Ravneet0 Comments

Sri Lanka welcomed its 60th Independence Day with a bomb explosion that claimed 14 lives, adding to the thousands of innocent lives lost in the conflict between the Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or the LTTE as the...

 
 
Jan 11 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

In an unprecedented move, Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday have announced their intentions to strictly follow a Norway-brokered ceasefire that the Sri Lankan government withdrew from last week. Serious violence has erupted since the collapse of the 2002...

 
 
Dec 17 2007 by Rhapsodysinger0 Comments

Haitian underage girls are now paying for taking help from the UN. They have been sexually exploited by Sri Lankan UN peace-keepers for less than $1. Haitian feminists have now woken up to the problem and are demanding inquires by the UN. Olga...

 
 
Dec 2 2007 by attitude0 Comments

Finally Muttiah Muralitharan has reached the landmark which the entire cricketing fraternity has been waiting for since the last few months. The genius off spinner has equaled Shane Warne’s record of 708 wickets in Test Cricket, to stand jointly as...

 
 
Oct 19 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

According to Sri Lankan Defense Ministry sources, atleast 34 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in fierce clashes with government troops in the country’s north over the past two days.

It seems various peace attempts, brokered mainly by Norway,...

 
 
Oct 16 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

Last week, the UN High Commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, was on a 5-day visit to Sri Lankan in an attempt to assess the human rights situation in the country and try to temper the flow of violence that has attached itself to the country...

 
 
Oct 13 2007 by Vinod0 Comments

In Asia there are great upheavals taking place and the whole continent is in making. The major upheavals are taking place in Burma, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In this week there are some major incidents in Asia that are reported hereunder.

October...

 
 
Oct 11 2007 by Sarita0 Comments

Despite winning a one-day series against India recently, when England landed in Sri Lanka no body expected them to win the one-day series against them. In the first one day international, England was beaten comprehensively but from that moment onward...

 
 
Oct 11 2007 by Subhankar0 Comments

One of the world’s most dangerous and the most successful guerrilla outfit also a declared terrorist organization has always alarmed observers around the world with its tactics that has many firsts attached to its name…be it the suicide squads or the...

 
 
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SRI LANKA-Two local journalists working for foreign media were detained at the Valachchenai military check point and sent back to Colombo saying that they need special...
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SRI LANKA-Troops on offensive operation in Vavuniya front on Wanni theatre of battle have gained control over an LTTE’s stronghold in general area Palampiddi this...
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SRI LANKA-The Defence Ministry announced that the army had taken control of the Madhu this morning(25).
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SRI LANKA-A disaster situation has been declared in Ratnapura to day(28) Extensive flood effecting rthnapura and Seven deaths have already been reported from the...
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SRI LANKA-The Scotland Yard Police in British arrested three men, connection with the LTTE, in London and Wales,reported by popular news on line site daily mirror.
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SRI LANKA-Leptospirosis (Rat fever) is increase with 41 deaths being reported this year up to the third week of April. New case have been reported for...
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SRI LANKA-A 7 kg time bomb has been found from Galgamuwa bus stand to day morning.
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SRI LANKA-The Government has relaxed restrictions on fishing imposed along the Muttur and Kinniya coastal belt in the Trincomalee district. This follows a discussion...
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SRI LANKA-Twenty four (24) passengers were killed and 40 others injured in the Piliyandala blast yrster day, the Police said. The injured are being treated at...
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SRI LANKA-The Patroctic National Movement has alleged that one of it s member Dr sumith Vaniarachchi had been attacked by some member of JVP in vanniarachchi resident...
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Vinit, Mangalore
Karuna Amman, the Sri Lankan warlord jailed for entering Britain on a falsified visa and diplomatic passport, will not be prosecuted for war crimes and is likely to be...
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Brajesh, Banglore
Smoke rose into the sky above Colombo in July 1983 as Sinhalese men burned the homes and businesses of Tamils, and killed some, while others hid or fled. Twenty-five...
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Tommy, Manchester
Detectives have been granted extra time to quiz three men arrested as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers. Officers can now hold the men until next Tuesday....
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K.Ramesh Babu, Chennai
Tamil Tiger light aircraft bombed a Sri Lankan military position in the north of the island on Sunday in the rebels’ first air raid in nearly six months, the...
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SRI LANKA-An expectant mother gave birth to quadruplets at the Castle Street hospital late last night(21). The four girls are reportedly in healthy condition Hospital...
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COLOMBO, April 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s trade deficit widened to $317.2 million in February from $147 million in the same month last year, as imports of...
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Sujeeshwa, Colombo
Arrested for killing his father late one night in 1958, James was ruled mentally ill by a judge, sent to an asylum for the criminally insane - and forgotten.
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Sujeeshwa, Colombo
Sri Lanka: 83-year-old Thantriye Emis Singho has been released after being held in remand for 55 years. Singho was arrested in 1953 for carrying a sword. He was...
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Souransu, Calicut
Sri Lanka — As gray-bellied clouds started to blot out the scorching sun, Sara Waeathi, 46, and her sister Kannaga, 30, called their seven children inside just as...
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Hemant, Varanasi
With nowhere to run the Tamil Tiger terrorists have had the affront to approach Norway, no more a peace-broker than Machiavelli and Mata Hari combined towards the...
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Batticaloa:

Piliyan, leader of Tamil rebel break-away faction TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), speaks to the Associated Press in Batticaloa, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday May 9, 2008. The government has hailed...