NEWS
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LTTE's
first bunker line falls as Army foray terror defences in Jaffna
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Wanni
liberation in progress; terrorists on the run in Vavuniya and
Mannar - Jan31
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Indian
defence boats sent to Palk bay to stop LTTE - Jan31
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Defence
spokesman denies army involvement in Madhu bomb blast
- Jan31
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Lankan Maid Dies Aboard Flight
Home - Jan31
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Two
foresters found hacked to death at Wasgamuwa -
Jan30
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SLA
overruns LTTE bunker defence - Mannar -
Jan30
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Over
dozen killed in a bomb blast at LTTE dominated Wanni area -
Jan30
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22
terrorists killed, 05 LTTE bodies recovered - Mannar -
Jan30
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Stop
Israel's Nazi practices against Palestinians! – Somawansa
tells Arbour
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‘Rupavahini' director manhandled
by Minister Mervin Silva removed! -
Jan30
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Thugs attack
another journalist in Sri Lanka
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Informatics
reaches quarter century milestone with excellence in
IT - Jan30
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Police
Recovers C-4 Explosive Hidden in Lorry -
Jan29
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LTTE
Fire Artillery -
Jan29
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Fighter
jets and army-gunners pound LTTE gun positions in Jaffna -
Jan29
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42
terrorists killed, 12 injured in clashes at Wanni and Northern
battle fronts -
Jan29
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“Innovation
to Engage”
The Medal Awarding ceremony of the Mechanized Infantry
Regiment - Jan29
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Eight
terrorists killed in clashes at Welioya defences -
Jan28
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Troops
advance into LTTE defences: 03 bunkers destroyed-Mannar -
Jan28
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Legendary
Screen Actress Malini Fonseka Honoured in Los Angeles
Sri Lankans gathered in large numbers in Los Angeles
to honor legendary actress Malini Fonseka at a special
dinner hosted by the Consular General of Sri Lanka Jaliya
Wickramasuriya and Mrs. Wickramasuriya and the Consulate
staff - Jan28
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Prabhakaran
and His Cohorts will be Destroyed - Army Commander -
Jan28
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Health
official pressurizing police to release ‘high protein'
food stock! -
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Lorry
with 39,000 packets of high protein food stooped at
road block -
Jan28
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JVP rejects solution based on
Indian model -
Jan28
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Scores
of LTTE flee battle lines: 16 killed in fresh clashes- Wanni
- Jan27
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Air
Force bangs at LTTE's Sea Tiger nerve centre - Mullaithivu -
Jan27
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Commander
Flies to Mannar & Wanni - Jan27
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Hemantha Mawalage's
car was stopped in Athurugiriya at about 23:00 SLT by
two assailants and started stabbing....
International human rights watchdogs have condemend
the stabbing of a leading journalist in the state-run
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) - Jan27
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LTTE
continues to recruit children – Ban Ki-Moon -
Jan27
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Terrorism must be
eliminated - Jan27
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Indian
Congress urges banning of parties supporting LTTE
- Jan27
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Karuna
moves from the East to prison in London - Jan27
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Farewell
call
Dr.Greg
French High Commissioner of Australia farewell
call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa
at Temple Trees on 25th of January.
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Troops
attack LTTE defences; seven bunkers destroyed - Mannar -
Jan26
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Navy
destroys LTTE Hide-out in Peraru Jungles and recovers a large
Cache of Arms and Ammunitions - Jan26
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SLAF
pounds LTTE transport base - Kilinochchi -
Jan26
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Tamil
Nadu Police tracking 50 more Tigers -
Jan26
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'Karuna'
given 9 month sentence in UK
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Eastern
mini poll on March 10; seven parties and 831 candidates - Jan26
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JVP
not contesting in eastern local elections - Jan26
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Minister
Devananda welcomes the devolution proposals - Jan26
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India
welcomes APRC proposals - Jan26
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Interim Advisory Council for the
North - Jan26
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Group
of youth hacked to death by LTTE terrorists -
Jan25
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22
LTTE terrorists killed in yesterday's clashes - Jaffna and Wanni
- Jan25
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Sri
Lanka's latest peace proposals push for the Indo-Lanka
pact, wants polls in East - Jan25
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Prabhakaran's
fate not known
after decapitation air strike
Deadly bunker busters used to inflict maximum damage
Tigers maintain radio silence, order closure of shops
Tip-off rattles LTTEintelligence unit
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Army
claims 23 LTTE terrorists killed in clashes - Jaffna and Wanni
defences - Jan24
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Sri
Lanka air force fighter jets have raided the terror
hub in Kilinochchi, known as "X-ray base" around 11.15am,
on January 23. Air Force fighter jets in a low flying
mission have targeted the base located East of Iranamadu
Tank in the Kalmadukulama area, with the pin point accuracy.
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Group
of 21 assures collective commitment on Disarmament -
Jan24
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Pilleyaan
group & UPFA sign MoU
- Jan24
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Sixteen
terrorists killed - Jan23
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LTTE
fronts intensifying extortion in Tamil Nadu over phone messages
- Jan23
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Two
soldiers injured in LTTE attack- Thanamalwila - Jan23
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All CTB
depots to be networked soon - Jan23
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If
the government is getting ready to introduce devolution
proposals ... - Jan23
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Sri
Lankan Cricket legends will be the spotlight at the
welcome dinner - His Excellency K Balapatabendi
- Jan 22
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15
terrorists killed, over 30 wounded- Jaffna -
Jan22
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Three
Police personnel killed in LTTE attack- Thanamalwila -
Jan22
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Troops
force into LTTE defences: 33 killed in clashes at Wanni and
Northern fronts -
Jan22
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Dr Dayan Jayathileka elected Chairperson of UN Anti-Racism
Conference - Jan22
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Supreme
Court gives green light to LG elections in Batticaloa
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Jan22
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LTTE
area leader killed - Jan21
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Heavy
Clashes Erupt in Wanni; terrorists beaten off from Pallaikuli
- Jan21
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Army
claims 22 terrorists killed in yesterday's clashes in North
- Jan21
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His Excellency pays last respects
to civilians killed by terrorists - Jan21
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LTTE
on the Run with Heavy Casualties: Government Warns People:
Rumours Mongers trying to Instill Fear - Jan21
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Nineteen
terrorist killed in Vauniya and Mannar confrontations -
Jan20
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LTTE
flee with soaring casualties in fighting at Wanni and Northern
defences - Jan20
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Simon
Hughes insists that Sri Lanka reinstate the Ceasefire
Agreement violated (98%) by the Tamil Tigers
- Jan20
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Sashikala
was brought from Deniyaya to the Unuwatuna Beach Resort
in Galle to have afternoon tea with the medical team.
Maggie Pathirana - the estate welfare officer- and Sashikala
travelled in a three wheeler that took almost five hours
to reach UBR.
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11
terrorists, 02 soldiers killed in clashes ahead of Wanni and
Northern defences - Jan19
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Justice..............................
When I was sent to prison a loaf
of bread was only 15 cents and most of our food we obtained
in our own village from our rice fields and lands. I
feel I have come to some other country as all things
and people around me have changed almost beyond recognition.
Jan19
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 A
group of LTTE terrorists have carried out a cowardly
attack at the civilians at Kalawalgala, a remote village
in the Thanamalwila area around 10pm on Jan 17. According
to the available information 10 innocent civilians have
been butchered during the night raid carried out by
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British
Minister hopes President will take bold step via APRC
- Jan19
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LTTE attempt
to kidnap EPRLF Leader foiled - Eight suspects remanded
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Clashes
continue in the North; 17 terrorists killed in yesterday's clashes
- Jan18
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SLAF
Pounds on LTTE gathering - Killinochchi - Jan18
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Troops
confront with LTTE group - Buttala - Jan18
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SLMM
concludes activities in Sri Lanka
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Human
Rights Minister rebuts Louise Arbour's Statement on
CFA abrogation - Jan18
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TULF
condemns 'LTTE's brutal and cowardly act'
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Air
force destroys LTTE weapon factory and storage - South of Puthukkudiyiruppu
- Jan17
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Army
gives heavy beating to LTTE; 18 terrorists killed in yesterday's
clashes - Jan17
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Army
guns down LTTE intelligence leader for Southern Trincomalee
region - Jan17
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LTTE
terrorists run amok; five Chena farmers killed in Monaragala
- Jan17
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LTTE
terrorists attack civilians, killing 26 and injuring
over 60 - Jan17
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United States Condemns Attack
on Bus in Uva Province -Press release -
Jan17
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"There
is a definite distinction between Terrorists and Tamils"
– Defence Spokesman - Jan17
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British
Tamils urge boycott of Sri Lankan Airlines -Jan17
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05
terrorists killed, 04 wounded in skirmishes- Welioya - Jan16
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40
terrorists killed: clashes intensify at Wanni and Northern fronts
- Jan16
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SLA
overruns LTTE bunker defences: 22 terrorists killed - Mannar
- Jan16
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C-4
high explosives recovered near Hindu Kovil- Modara - Jan16
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SLFP
probe team sleeping on Mervyn’s case - Jan16
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UK urged to ban LTTE 'charity'
front - Jan16
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LTTE
TV channel tries to hoodwink French telecom -
Jan16
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LTTE
heavy artillery gun damaged in air raid- Mannar - Jan15
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LTTE
takes heavy beating at Wanni and Northern fronts:26 terrorists
killed - Jan15
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SLAF
pounds LTTE intelligence hideout - Mullaittivu - Jan15
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LTTE
claymore attack targeting vehicle: three people killed- Vavuniya
- Jan15
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TRO Organized
mega musical show in Paris to fund construction of lunatic
asylum was cancelled indefinitely - Jan15
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Lanka
can act against terrorism - India - Jan15
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Nine
terrorists killed, 13 claymore mines recovered -
Jan14
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Troops
avert LTTE infiltration attempt: terrorist commits suicide-
Jaffna - Jan14
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LTTE
vehicle destroyed in heavy gunfire attack- Vavuniya -
Jan14
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The
role of co-chairs ends with the abrogation of the CFA
– Wimal Weerawansa - Jan14
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Yashushi
Akashi back in Sri Lanka - Jan14
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If
apprehended, LTTE Chief Prabaharan would be handed over
to India - Jan14
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Maheswaran
killing: more details surface - Jan14
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LTTE
takes heavy beating in yesterday's clashes in North - Jan13
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Over
dozen LTTE terrorists killed in skirmishes - Mannar - Jan13
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Sri
Lanka’s Tamil Tiger Arms Purchase Agent Sentenced
to Prison in U.S. - Jan13
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Without
CFA Negotiated Settlement and Lasting Peace Harder to
Achieve in Sri Lanka - U S Ambassador Robert Blake -
Jan13
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Fleeing
Tigers will not be allowed shelter in India says Defence
Minister A.K.Antony - Jan13
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SLAF
pounds Sea Tiger base - Mullaithivu - Jan12
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India
arrests seven Tiger suspects - Jan12
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Four
LTTE bunkers destroyed, 13 terrorists killed- Mannar - Jan12
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Wanni
Commanders Brief Visiting Army Chief - Jan12
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FBI
warns not to donate for bogus LTTE charities
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The
United States' top intelligence agency, Federal Bureau
of Investigations (FBI) says that the Liberation Tigers
of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the most dangerous and deadly
extremist organization in the world.
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Sri
Lankan government rejects Tamil rebel call to revive 2002 cease-fire
- Jan12
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Minor
Bomb explosion in Colombo Fort Railway station - Jan12
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa who paid his last
respect to late Minsiter D.M.Dassanayaka
at his Anamaduwa residence on 11th morning. The Minister
was killed in an LTTE claymore blast. Mrs.Indrani
Dissanayaka wife of the Minister also in the
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'White
Pigeon' to raise funds for LTTE in musical event - London
- Jan12
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LTTE
infiltration attempt averted - Jaffna - Jan11
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Continuous
losses to LTTE; 14 terrorists killed - Mannar - Jan11
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 World
bowling champion cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan
and the Sri Lanka team were yesterday (Jan10) felicitated
by Sri Lanka Parliament.
Cricket Sri Lanka CEO Dulip Mendis & former Sri
Lanka test captain Aravinda De Silva also in the picture.
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Immediately
remove the ban - LTTE appeals to the international community
- Jan11
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Slain
Minister Dassanayake’s Funeral in his Native Place with
State Honours - Jan11
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Four
burnt bodies found from Yala Wildlife Park -
Jan11
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The
daily mirror & the journalism of falsification - Jan11
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Australian
star Alston Koch storms the charts with the Murali Song
- Jan11
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Clashes
erupt in Jaffna defence; army claims five terrorists killed
- Jan10
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An
LTTE cadre surrenders - Kalmunai - Jan10
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19
LTTE terrorists killed, over 30 wounded - Mannar - Jan10
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SPUR
rejects the Statement made by Nordic Ministers
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Senior
LTTE leader Shankar gunned down by STF- Batticaloa
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Government
to take over the management of SriLankan - Jan10
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Ten
terrorists killed in clashes: LTTE nerve centre destroyed- Wanni
- Jan9
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Bomb
blast in Colombo Fort; no harm to civilians
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Former
Norwegian PM, Jagland, blames Norway for the failure
of peace in Sri Lanka - Jan9
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Assassination
of Minister Dassanayaka is a further call for unity
against terror - President Rajapaksa - Jan9
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According
to the police sources, the blast has taken place at
a location close to the famous Rukmani Devi statue on
the Negombo- Colombo main road. The terrorists have
targeted the Minster's vehicle which was plying towards
Colombo - Jan9
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Troops
Recover heavy mortar gun in Thoppigala - Jan8
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Clashes
continue in the North; army says nine terrorists killed - Jan8
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Army
claims 16 terrorists killed yesterday's clashes in North - Jan8
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Minister
D.M Dassanayake and his body guard succumb to injuries-
Ragama - Jan8
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Posters
against LTTE's evacuation of NGOs
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Abrogation
of CFA brings no benefits to country! – UNP - Jan8
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Intention
of international community is to give Elam to tiger
terrorists! – Vijithe Herath
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Australia
concerned at recent developments in Sri Lanka - Jan8
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Ceasefire
Agreement with the LTTE is a Joke – Dr Palitha Kohona
- Jan8
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Peace
Secretariat regrets historical statement of Nordic Ministers
- Jan8
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LTTE's
'military' intelligence head killed in ambush - Mannar
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Four
terrorist and two soldiers killed in clashes - Jaffna - Jan7
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Suspect
arrested on charges of smuggling fuel for LTTE - Tamil Nadu
- Jan7
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LTTE
suffers heavy losses at Wanni fronts, 10 terrorists killed -
Jan7
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TULF
leader welcomes CFA abrogation - Jan7
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Sri
Lanka president's peace advisor quits as truce ends -
Jan7
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Anura
to re-join ‘Carnival of
Clowns’, gets enhanced security - Jan7
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Large
haul of claymore and AP mines recovered - Thoppigala - Jan6
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Security
forces dismantle LTTE offensive: 10 terrorists killed-Mannar
- Jan6
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Nominations
for Eastern Polls from Jan. 18-25
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Tiger
sentenced to five years jail in US
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Burying
the Ceasefire Agreement killed by Velu & Solheim
- Jan6
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Wounded
assassin key to MP’s killing: Hulugalle - Jan6
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Six
LTTE bunkers overran, warlike items uncovered - Mannar - Jan5
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Five
terrorists killed in clashes - Wanni - Jan5
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Death
toll rises to five in LTTE bomb blast -Slave Island - Jan5
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Abrogation,
though late in implementing, is a victory for the people!
– JVP - Jan5
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UN,
US, Canada, and Norway blast Sri Lanka on CFA withdrawal
- Jan5
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Termination
of the CFA does not hamper the process of moving towards
a negotiated political settlement- FM - Jan5
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Government
takes a policy decision to abrogate failed CFA - Jan4
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Army
overruns LTTE bunker defence at Pallaikuli, Mannar - Jan4
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Military
reports claim 14 terrorists killed in yesterday's clashes in
North - Jan4
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Two
soldiers killed, four wounded in pressure mine explosion- Welioya
- Jan4
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Eleven
suspects arrested into assassination of MP Maheswaran - Jan4
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Erik
Solheim cautions Sri Lanka for its decision to withdraw
from the Ceasefire Agreement with Tamil Tigers - Jan4
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SLFP
CC appoints committee to probe Mervyn
The Central Committee of the Sri
Lanka Freedom Party this evening decided to appoint
a top level committee comprising Ministers Nimal Siripala
de Silva, John Seneviratne and Governor Alavi Moulana
to inquire into the incident at Rupavahini Corporation
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New
Delhi’s Asian Age commented editorially that in
the 25 year old sepratist war in Sri Lanka , for the
first ime the hunter has become hunted and Tamil Tiger
supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is on the run.
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Government
takes a policy decision to abrogate failed CFA - Jan3
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US
condemns terror bomb blast in Colombo and murder of UNP MP -
Jan3
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Air
Force pounds terror targets in North; two terrorists leaders
killed - Jan3
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LTTE
terrorist carryout indiscriminate bomb explosion in
Colombo; four people killed - Jan2
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12
terrorists killed, 05 wounded in clashes at Wanni and Northern
defences - Jan2
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 "the
time has now come at another year. The thrust and goal
in 2008 should be to further build on these achievements.
Our President H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa mentioned in a
speech on 26 December '07 that "military victories
will surely pave the way to push the LTTE to seek a
political solution to the problem" - Minister
Rohitha Bogollagama - Jan2
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Alleged
Tamil gunman arrested on killing of UNP parliamentarian
- Jan2
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Rajabdeen
to fill the vacancy of slain MP Maheswaran? - Jan2
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Terrorists
target security forces personnel going on leave - Mannar- Jan1
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Fighting
continues in North; 25 terrorists killed in yesterday's clashes
- Jan1
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Air
Force pounds LTTE training camp- Mulaithiuvu - Jan1
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UNP
parliamentarian T. Maheswaran shot dead -
Jan1
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The Tri-Forces Commanders expressed confidence that
2008 would be a decisive year in their effort of eliminating
terrorism from Sri Lanka since they were already on
course towards accomplishing this task by next year.
- Jan1
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former
Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga will take charge
as the new Chairman of the Cricket Interim Committee
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