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Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – The number of people killed in a suicide bombing at Sri Lanka’s main railway station rose to 14 on Monday after two of the wounded died of their injuries, a hospital spokeswoman said.The twin blasts came despite heightened security across the island on Monday as Sri Lanka prepared to mark […]

Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president marked the island’s 60th anniversary of independence from Britain on Monday with a vow to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels, despite warnings the worsening conflict could lead to an aid cut. President Mahinda Rajapakse said the “challenge bestowed upon us by history is the defeat of terrorism.” “We […]

Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence. Kicking off a display of military hardware along Colombo’s sea front promenade ringed by stiff security, President Mahinda Rajapakse also […]

Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – A powerful roadside bomb killed at least one soldier and wounded three others in a town in southern Sri Lanka Monday as the country marked 60 years of independence, police said. The attack came as the country was on red alert for possible attacks by separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas, who […]

Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – A powerful roadside bomb killed at least 10 civilians and wounded several others Monday in northeastern Sri Lanka, the day’s second attack against a bus on the island, a military official said.Hours earlier, a similar mine attack against a military vehicle in the south left one soldier dead and three […]

Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse kicked off independence celebrations at a sea-front promenade in the capital Monday under tight security following a string of Tamil Tiger attacks. The president hoisted the national flag to signal the start of official ceremonies marking the island’s independence from Britain 60 years ago. Officials […]

Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo’s main railway station Sunday, killing at least 12 and injuring 100 others on the eve of Sri Lanka’s independence day celebrations, officials said. The blast near a suburban train as it arrived at the Fort terminal came just hours after six people […]

Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s police Sunday sought public help to track down two men believed to have planted a powerful bomb on a crowded bus that killed 20 passengers and wounded more than 60.The parcel bomb, left on an overhead rack of a long-distance bus in northern Sri Lanka, was set off […]

Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo’s main rail station Sunday, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 100 others on the eve of Sri Lanka’s independence day celebrations, officials said. The government in January pulled out of a tattered peace pact with the rebels, who have been […]

Feb 03, 2008 (LBO) – An explosion ripped through a suburb of the Sri Lanka capital Colombo, residents and the military said, a day after a bus bombing killed 20 civillians in the central province of the island. Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said they were investigating the blast in the suburb of Dehiwala to the […]

Feb 3, 2008 (AFP) – At least seven people were killed and 97 hurt Sunday when a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up aboard a crowded train at the main rail station in Colombo, Sri Lankan officials said. The woman set off the explosives as a train from the suburb of Ambepussa pulled […]

Feb 2, 2008 (AFP) – Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb on a crowded bus in north-central Sri Lanka Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding another 61, the military and hospital sources said.The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for an independent Tamil homeland in the majority Sinhalese nation since 1972 […]