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Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) – Heavy fighting raged in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the defence ministry said, reporting that 49 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in weekend battles. Fresh clashes erupted along the frontlines in the north of the country on Monday, the ministry said, after a surge of violence on […]

Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan journalists who expose government corruption are being subject to harassment and intimidation, the Free Media Movement said. The latest incident was an attempt to intimidate Susil Kedelpitiya, the news director of the popular Sinhala TV channel Sirasa, it said in a statement. Kedelpitiya has complained to police that […]

Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan forces killed at least 20 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in clashes in the north of the island at the weekend, defence officials said Sunday.Government forces backed by war planes attacked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) along the front lines in the north on Saturday, an official said. He […]

Feb 16, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s airforce kept up air strikes on suspected Tamil Tiger rebel targets in the island’s north for the third day in a row on Saturday, the defence ministry said.It did not give details of casualties or damage but said a rebel coordination centre in Mannar on the northwest coast […]

Feb 15, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes carried out bombing raids Friday inside territory held by Tamil Tiger guerrillas, the defence ministry said.A training camp of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was targeted in Friday’s attack, which followed a similar raid on Thursday, the ministry said. The air attacks are part […]

NEW DELHI, (AFP) – India called for an alliance of navies to boost security at sea at its first naval summit Thursday with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean.The summit will wind up on Friday with a closed-door conclave of the naval chiefs in the Indian seaside […]

Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) – A United Nations agency Thursday appealed for 44 million dollars to feed thousands of people displaced by fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. The World Food Programme (WFP) currently feeds more than a million Sri Lankans, of whom 400,000 have been internally displaced. “For now, we urgently […]

Feb 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday accused international human rights groups of being silent in the wake of a string of bomb attacks blamed on the Tamil Tigers that killed scores of civilians including 14 school children. “None of the international human rights organizations have even raised a voice or given a statement […]

Feb 12, 2008 (AFP) – Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a key military base in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said, as the defence ministry said dozens of rebels were killed in new fighting.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked the Thallady military camp in the district of Mannar early Tuesday, drawing retaliatory fire […]

Feb 11, 2008 (AFP) – Two policemen were killed in a land mine blast in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, military officials said as the defence ministry said it had killed at least 68 Tiger rebels in weekend clashes. An inspector and a constable were blown up in the district of Vavuniya while on a […]

Feb 10, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s army chief again vowed to defeat Tamil separatists but refused to set a deadline for the end of the decades-old conflict, saying the rebels remain a potent force, a report said Sunday. Army general Sarath Fonseka said in an interview with the Lakbima weekly newspaper that a military […]