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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 years later, violence is again tearing Sri Lanka apart.
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The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers’ defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate and stirring predictions of an...
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Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan shared six wickets as Sri Lanka thrashed India in the first one-day international in Dambulla.
New sensation Mendis (3-21) and...
made popular Aug 19 2008
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Sri Lanka, joining thousands of others displaced by a government push into Tamil rebel-held...
made popular Aug 19 2008
The ICC Champions trophy, next only to the ICC World Cup and which is to be held in Pakistan from September 12 to 28, might recieve a jolt if major teams decides not to...
made popular Aug 17 2008
AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan troops captured a massive Tamil Tiger training base with underground bunkers, lecture halls and a cemetery as government forces pushed ahead with their...
made popular Aug 17 2008
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The warm up match with Sri Lankan XI before the five-match one day series was all joy for Yuvaraj Singh who scored a cracking ton to ensure the Indians a...
made popular Aug 16 2008
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Tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes in northern Sri Lanka in recent weeks as the military ramped up its offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels’...
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A wave of battles across the front lines in Sri Lanka’s 25-year-old civil war killed 14 ethnic Tamil rebels and two government soldiers, the military said...
made popular Aug 14 2008
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to his lowest ranking since 1992 in the International Cricket Council’s test standings for batsmen after a...
made popular Aug 13 2008
The last time India went to Sri Lanka to play a test series, it was in 2001 and even that year, they were beaten by a similar score line of 2-1. That series was a...
made popular Aug 12 2008
Journalist union leaders accused the government of interfering with police investigations over continuous threats to media by Minister Mervyn Silva.
Five media...
made popular Aug 11 2008
AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan soldiers launched a pre-dawn attack on Tamil separatists in the embattled north Sunday, killing 15 rebels, while other battles in the region left 24 rebels...
made popular Aug 10 2008
by Kartik Kannan
Anil Kumble has been India’s long serving hero, who has bowled India to many of its famous wins since its resurgence in the 90’s under...
made popular Aug 9 2008
AP, Colombo
Sri Lanka’s air force bombed and destroyed a Tamil Tiger rebel base in the country’s embattled north on Saturday, while infantry clashes in the same region...
made popular Aug 9 2008
Dammika Prasad’s raw pace pulled India back after an explosive start, whereupon the spinners took charge of the game, as has been their wont over the course of...
made popular Aug 8 2008
AP, Colombo
Fresh fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists across Sri Lanka’s embattled north killed 17 rebels and four soldiers, the military said...
made popular Aug 8 2008
It has so far been a scintillating contest between the turning ball and the flashing blade and with the final hurdle in front of both teams imminent; the whole series...
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Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom signed and adopted a new constitution Thursday that allows multiparty elections and other democratic reforms after decades of...
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Premier batsman Sachin Tendulkar, spinner Harbhajan Singh and fast bowler Zaheer Khan were recalled into India’s 16-player squad on Thursday for the one-day...
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The violence triggered by the LTTE in Sri Lanka shows no sign to cease. Three persons were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near a civilian truck that was passing...
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