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Sri Lanka signals shift in war on Tamil Tigers
Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s President Tuesday signalled a shift in the war against the Tamil Tigers, saying he did not want to push his troops into rebel-held territory to defeat the guerrillas.Since the start of this month, the Sri Lanka defence ministry has claimed it has killed 592 rebels against just 26 […]
Sri Lanka military says at least 29 killed in fresh fighting
Jan 21, 2008 (AFP) – Heavy fighting raged across Sri Lanka’s north with the military destroying rebel bunkers and killing at least 29 guerrillas, the defence ministry said Monday.The ministry said 16 rebels were killed in Vavuniya district while 13 were killed in clashes across Mannar district in the northwest on Sunday. The latest fighting […]
Sri Lanka says independence celebrations on despite Tiger threat
Jan 20, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka will hold large-scale civilian and military independence day celebrations in the capital next month despite fears of Tamil rebel attacks, officials said Sunday. Security will be increased further ahead of the 60th Freedom Day on February 4, with 4,100 extra security personnel bolstering thousands of police and soldiers […]
Sri Lanka says 32 killed in fresh violence
Jan 19, 2008 (AFP) – At least 31 Sri Lankan guerrillas and one soldier were killed in heavy fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels across the embattled north, the defence ministry said on Saturday. The rebels died in clashes Friday and early Saturday in the Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna districts bordering the de […]
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers murder nine civilians: military
Jan 18, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s military on Friday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of murdering nine civilians in the island’s south as violence between the two sides escalated after the formal end of a ceasefire. The army said nine villagers died in separate attacks in the south, suggesting the rebels were again extending their […]
Fleecing Ethics
Jan 18, 2007 (LBO) — Sri Lanka’s opposition has added fuel to the growing fire over petroleum firms fleecing petrol users to give subsidies to diesel consumers especially in commercial sectors.Sri Lanka’s government also taxes petrol users heavily but now the two main fuel distributors, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Lanka IOC, a unit of Indian […]
Bigger One
Jan 18, 2008 (LBO) — Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) refinery expansion may be doubled to a 100,000 barrels-per-day project and its cost may go up to a billion dollars, a top official said.“An Iranian team has already started a feasibility project and now we are looking at a bigger project, which may […]
Sri Lanka jets bomb Tiger hideout: military
Jan 17, 2007 (LBO) — Sri Lanka Air Force jets have bombed a meeting place of Tiger leaders in the northern guerilla stronghold of Kilinochchi Thursday, the military said. The defence ministry said the target was a gathering of “senior leaders’ at Jayapoor near Kilinochchi at 09.30 am. Yesterday the guerillas blasted a bus and […]
Diesel Move
Jan 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has struck a deal with Trafigura, a petro firm in Singapore, to get up to 500 million dollars of supplier’s credit for diesel, a top official said. Trafigura will give CPC 6-months of supplier’s credit at London Interbank Offered Rate plus 1.6 percent, […]
Departing Sri Lanka peace monitors say military solution not possible
Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) – Nordic peace monitors pulled out of Sri Lanka on Wednesday following the collapse of a ceasefire, and warned that the war between the island’s government and Tamil rebels cannot be won by either side.The Norwegian-led Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was to shut down its operations late Wednesday, after Colombo […]
UN chief slams Tamil Tiger terror attacks
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) – UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the “indiscriminate attacks” which left dozens of people dead or injured in southern Sri Lanka and urged the rival sides to strive for a peaceful negotiated settlement. “The Secretary General strongly condemns the indiscriminate attacks in the southeast of Sri Lanka today […]
Hi Tech
Jan 16, 2008 (LBO) — Sri Lanka’s downstream petroleum sector is moving to SAP enterprise resources planning software, which will be implemented by the Indian Oil Corporation, officials said.The 350 million Sri Lanka rupee project will see Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd (CPSTL), a common user facility, running the software, with Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) […]