COLOMBO: The 15th SAARC Summit concluded here on Sunday, expressing deep concern over the serious threat posed by terrorism to the peace, stability and security of the region and emphasising the need for the "strongest possible cooperation" in fighting terror and trans-national organised crime, espe...
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Madurai : Three LTTE supporters, includingtwo Sri Lankan nationals, have been arrested by the "Q" branchof the Tamil Nadu police and an amount of Rs 4.59 lakh and 44walkie talkies seized from them, police said on Monday. The 'Q' branch is the intelligence wing of t...
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Kozhikode : The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard are maintaining heightened vigil as the country's enemies could use coastal areas to launch anti-national activities, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here Monday. "Many forces are trying to create problems in the country, like in Jaipur...
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COLOMBO : The Government's policy is to steer the country to the correct path by adhering to the Dhamma, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. The President in a message to mark Vesak said: "It is with much devotion and faith that I join all Sri Lankan Buddhists in celebrating the Great Ve...
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Foreign Employment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella who arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, is expected to hold talks with Interior Minister Prince Naif, Labour Minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi and Riyadh Governor Prince Salman. He will also visit the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) where ...
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Muslim ministers warned last week that they would resign theirportfolios and desert the Government if the President didn’t makeM.L.A.M. Hisbullah Chief Minister of the Eastern Province - but themove flopped after one Minister changed his mind at the eleventh hour. At the last moment, Minister A.L.M....
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COLOMBO : Ten people including seven police personnel were killed and over 95 others injured as a LTTE suicide bomber on a motorcycle laden with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Police officers around 12.05 p.m, in front of Sambodhi Viharaya at Colombo Fort yesterday. Military spokesman...
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Addressing the National Media Awards Ceremony 2008, atthe Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, organized by the Ministry of MassMedia and Information Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayake saidthat with the development of modern information technology, masscommunication and media has become a vital par...
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COLOMBO : At least 36 Tamil Tigers and three security force personnelwere killed in running gunbattles while a rebel stronghold was poundedby Air Force jets in embattled northern Sri Lanka, the military said onFriday.    The Sri Lankan Airforce attacked a sea tiger base at Mullaithivu...
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Colombo : The LTTE has once again intensified its forcible recruitment drive this time depriving the education rights of those who sat for the Ordinary Level exam, Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said yesterday. "Intelligence reports from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts ...
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UK: If Sri Lanka failed in the war against the LTTE, the world will fail in its fight against terrorism and democracy will be the victim, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Tuesday. "The LTTE is the most brutal terror outfit the world has ever seen and defeating them requires global support...
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka : Air force jets pounded a Tamil Tigerrebel training base deep in the jungles of northern Sri Lanka earlyWednesday and troops killed 11 guerrillas in other fighting, themilitary said.The airstrike took place about 7:15 a.m. inside the separatistrebels' de facto state in the no...
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Amidst the bombs, the war, the white vans, and thecheckpoints, I look back with fond memories of the ceasefire. Itbrought four glorious years of peace and prosperity, and also did whatthe naysayers said could never happen?it split the LTTE in two. Karuna,the LTTE's fiercest combat commander, and...
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Maheswary Valayutham was murdered by the LTTE on 13th May 2008, whenshe went to see her ailing mother in Jaffna. She was a well known andwas an involved person in the socio-political activities in Sri Lanka.She identified herself with the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP) -a party that is most h...
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Sri Lankan jets bombed suspected Tamil Tiger training base inKilinochchi district in the island's north Wednesday, military sourceshere said.The air force bombed a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)training facility at Kollanvillu, four kilometres south of Mulankavil,between 7.15 and 7....
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