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Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes hit Tamil Tiger targets Tuesday, a day after a suicide bombing killed more than 100 people and derailed efforts to save a collapsing peace process.The rebels and the government had agreed to hold October 28-29 peace talks in Switzerland before Sri Lanka’s worst-ever suicide attack on […]

Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – The Tamil Tigers’ latest suicide bomb attack, the deadliest in the island’s history, has illustrated that the rebel army still ranks as a master of the tactic.The elite band of “Black Tigers” is regarded by guerrilla supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran as a “protective armour” and one of the most effective weapons […]

Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan peace broker Norway launched a bid Tuesday to salvage planned talks after the rebels’ worst-ever suicide bombing that killed more than 100 people and prompted government retaliatory strikes.Special envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer arrived in Colombo to try to finalise arrangements with government leaders for talks scheduled later this month […]

Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lankan war planes Tuesday bombed and destroyed the main transmitting tower of the Tamil Tiger’s radio station, the guerrillas said.The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said Kfir jets attacked their “Voice of Tigers” transmitting facility in the northern town of Kokkavil. “The VOT is the only radio broadcasting […]

HABARANA, Sri Lanka, Oct 17, 2006 (AFP) – The mobile phones, stowed in bags still on board shattered, blackened buses, rang until dawn as frantic relatives sought news of their sons, Sri Lankan sailors about to come home on leave.“It’s a very terrible situation — more than 100 deaths and now so much to do. […]

Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) – A Japanese peace envoy opened talks with Sri Lankan leaders Monday as the international community stepped up pressure to salvage peace talks many fear have been doomed by an upsurge in violence.More than 60,000 people have been killed in the three-decades-old conflict for a Tamil homeland on the Sinhalese-majority island.Yasushi […]

Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka suffered its worst ever suicide attack on Monday when suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated a truck packed with explosives next to a convoy of sailors, killing at least 102 people and wounding 150 more.More than 60,000 people have been killed in the three-decades-old conflict for a Tamil homeland […]

Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) – A Sri Lankan war plane crashed Monday shortly after take off on a mission to attack Tamil Tiger rebels, official sources said adding that pilot ejected and there were no casualties on the ground.The Israeli-built Kfir jet crashed shortly after take off from the main Katunayake airbase which is located […]

Oct 15, 2006 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s navy sank a suspected Tamil Tiger trawler Sunday along the island’s northwest coast, killing at least four people, after the ship opened fire on patrol craft, military sources said.Naval patrols had ordered the trawler to stop before it fired on the government boats, a source said, adding that […]

Oct 15, 2006 (AFP) – The Tamil Tigers’ pummeling of Sri Lankan troops has proved that, despite apparent battlefield setbacks, they are still a force to be reckoned with ahead of peace talks later this month, analysts say. In just six hours last Wednesday, the Tigers turned back a government push into their territory, deftly […]

Oct 15, 2006 (AFP) – Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akashi was expected in Sri Lanka Sunday for talks with government and rebel leaders amid fears that the island is veering dangerously close to all-out war.His arrival follows reports of overnight shelling and other bloodshed that capped off one of Sri Lanka’s most violent weeks since […]

Oct 14, 2006 (AFP) – The bodies of 15 aid workers massacred in Sri Lanka will be exhumed next week in a fresh bid to determine who killed them, their French employer said Saturday as sporadic fighting continued in the troubled north of the island.The aid victims were among 17 mostly Tamil workers with the […]