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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Srilanka</title>
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		<title>UN to offer Sri Lanka more assistance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-to-offer-sri-lanka-more-assistance-65206/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 16:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is to offer further assistance to people displaced by Sri Lanka&#8217;s war, a senior UN official in Colombo said Friday as the government for the first time released updated military casualty figures.



Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa released details of military casualties in the final phase of the operations against Tamil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka calls Pakistan &#8216;true friend&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-calls-pakistan-true-friend-65065/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 23:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has described Pakistan &#8216;as a true friend&#8217; after Islamabad congratulated Colombo following the decimation of the Tamil Tigers.



Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hussein A. Bhaila made the observation after receiving a message from Pakistan&#8217;s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan Wednesday.


&#8216;The government and the people of Sri [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka to open key highway in north</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-to-open-key-highway-in-north-64847/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The A9 highway linking Jaffna peninsula in north Sri Lanka and the town of Kandy in the centre of the country is likely to be opened to the general public by next week, the government said.



A government statement said Wednesday that the highway, which was closed to the public in 2006 after escalation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Prabhakaran: Will Sri Lanka finally have peace? (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-prabhakaran-will-sri-lanka-finally-have-peace-comment-64819/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C. Uday Bhaskar</dc:creator>
		
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The dramatic albeit gory footage of a dead Velupillai Prabhakaran with a bullet hole through his forehead marks the end of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a feared terrorist organisation.



The triumphal mood of the Rajapaksa government is understandable, but the fervent hope that this marks the beginning of a new dawn of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee status in Sri Lanka very critical, says Red Cross</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/refugee-status-in-sri-lanka-very-critical-says-red-cross-64760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 23:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - More than 200,000 refugees are facing &#8216;very critical&#8217; circumstances in northern Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the recent war, the Red Cross said.



Andreas Lindner, head of the German Red Cross team in the region, said the situation facing Sri Lankan refugees presently was &#8216;one of the most complicated and dramatic&#8217; worldwide.


&#8216;This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran was with 18 men when he was killed: Karuna</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M.R. Narayan Swamy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI&#8217; - Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was with 18 of his most loyal bodyguards when he was trapped and killed by the Sri Lankan military&#8217; one of his former rebel associates told IANS Wednesday.



Vinayagamurthy Muralitharan alias Karuna&#8217; whose 2004 revolt played a vital role in the weakening of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of war in Sri Lanka welcomed amid concerns about human cost</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/end-of-war-in-sri-lanka-welcomed-amid-concerns-about-human-cost-64600/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Celebrations to mark the end of Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war were planned on a national holiday Wednesday as the international community welcomed the end to fighting. But some countries expressed concerns about the human cost of the conflict&#8217;s end phase.



Most of the events planned Wednesday were to praise the security forces involved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran: the man is dead, the myth destroyed (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakaran-the-man-is-dead-the-myth-destroyed-comment-64553/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mayank Chhaya</dc:creator>
		
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Velupillai Prabhakaran may not have visualised his own macabre end as a mud-covered and practically naked corpse on a makeshift stretcher, but that is how it turned out to be. Despite the inherently cruel voyeurism of officially publishing the pictures of his body, Sri Lanka had to do so if only to prevent mythologies from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran&#8217;s body found, Rajapaksa says LTTE vanquished</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakarans-body-found-rajapaksa-says-ltte-vanquished-64442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 21:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government Tuesday displayed the battered body of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, shortly after the rebels claimed he was still alive, while President Mahinda Rajapaksa formally announced the end of the dragging  ethnic conflict and offered a political settlement acceptable to all communities.



Even as Tamils angered by Prabhakaran&#8217;s dramatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan president announces end of civil war, Prabhakaran&#8217;s body found</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-president-announces-end-of-civil-war-prabhakarans-body-found-64377/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday officially announced the end of the over 25-year-old civil war against Tamil rebels as the army&#8217;s commander said the body of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been positively identified.



General Sarath Fonseka&#8217;s official announcement came hours after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claimed its rebel leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran&#8217;s body found: military chief</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakarans-body-found-military-chief-64372/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakarans-body-found-military-chief-64372/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The body of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been found, the Sri Lankan defence ministry said Tuesday. The state-run TV showed the body kept on a stretcher.



Army chief General Sarath Fonseka said the body was found a short while ago, a statement on the defence ministry website said.


According to the website, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory over LTTE is for whole country: Sri Lankan president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/victory-over-ltte-is-for-whole-country-sri-lankan-president-64291/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The victory &#8216;achieved by defeating the LTTE&#8217; is the victory of the entire country, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said while addressing parliament here Tuesday. He did not mention that death of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in his speech.



&#8216;Our aim was to protect the Tamils from the clutch of LTTE. In order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE vanquished, victory for our country: Sri Lankan president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ltte-vanquished-victory-for-our-country-sri-lankan-president-64286/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The victory &#8216;achieved by defeating the LTTE&#8217; is the victory of the country, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said while addressing parliament here Tuesday, adding the Tamil Tigers had killed statesmen like former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.



&#8216;Our aim was to protect the Tamils from the clutch of LTTE. In order to protect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE&#8217;s defeat is victory for country: Sri Lankan president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lttes-defeat-is-victory-for-country-sri-lankan-president-64275/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The victory &#8216;achieved by defeating the LTTE&#8217; is the victory of the country, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said while addressing parliament Tuesday.



&#8216;Our aim was to protect the Tamils from the clutch of LTTE. In order to protect the innocent Tamilian civilians our soldiers sacrificed their lives,&#8217; said Rajapaksa.


&#8216;The victory we have achieved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran alive, claims pro-LTTE website</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakaran-alive-claims-pro-ltte-website-64272/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is &#8216;alive and safe&#8217;, a website sympathetic to the rebels claimed Tuesday.



The Sri Lankan military Monday said that Prabhakaran was shot dead while fleeing the battle zone in the island&#8217;s north.


Prabhakaran, the feared leader of Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruthless Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday with two top aides, ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief to visit Sri Lanka Friday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-chief-to-visit-sri-lanka-friday-64248/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 01:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to visit Sri Lanka Friday to assess the humanitarian situation after an estimated 250,000 civilians fled the Tamil rebel controlled areas in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said Monday.



Ban is due to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa and is expected to tour refugee camps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s 26-year war ends as LTTE leader Prabhakaran killed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-26-year-war-ends-as-ltte-leader-prabhakaran-killed-64223/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 23:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s 26-year-long insurgency ended with a blaze of bullets as Velupillai Prabhakaran, the dreaded chief of the Tamil Tigers that was responsible for assassinating Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and several leaders of the island nation, was killed Monday while trying to flee the battle zone.



Wild celebrations erupted in large parts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death blow for LTTE as Prabhakaran, aides killed in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the feared leader of Sri Lanka&#8217;s ruthless Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to flee the battle zone in the island&#8217;s north with two top aides, ending one of the world&#8217;s longest running insurgencies that bled the island nation for over a quarter century.



Wild celebrations erupted in large parts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrations in Sri Lanka as news of Prabhakaran&#8217;s death spreads</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/celebrations-in-sri-lanka-as-news-of-prabhakarans-death-spreads-64171/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 20:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran&#8217;s death, bringing down the curtains on his 25-year-old armed struggle for a separate Tamil state, sparked off celebrations in the island nation Monday.



People poured out into the streets in many towns, setting off firecrackers, waving the national flag and distributing milk rice to mark the military victory.


In Colombo, soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE defeated, Sri Lanka free from terror: army chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan armed forces have &#8216;militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror&#8217;, army chief  Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said Monday after Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in the island&#8217;s north.



All top leaders had now been killed and the process of identifying the bodies was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran, top aides killed in Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakaran-top-aides-killed-in-sri-lankas-war-zone-64107/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive leader of Sri Lanka&#8217;s feared Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to escape the battlezone in the island&#8217;s north along with two of his top aides, the military announced.



Prabhakaran, 54, was in a convoy of a van and an ambulance with Pottu Amman, head of the intelligence wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prabhakaran: From catapult killer to ruthless insurgent (Obituary)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/prabhakaran-from-catapult-killer-to-ruthless-insurgent-obituary-64105/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - His first victims were squirrels and birds, and his first weapon a humble catapult. From such beginnings, Velupillai Prabhakaran &#8212; who died ignonominiously Monday &#8212; grew to be the world&#8217;s most shadowy and ruthless insurgent who at one time lorded over vast areas in Sri Lanka&#8217;s northeast.



The over 35 years Prabhakaran spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE chief Prabhakaran is dead: reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ltte-chief-prabhakaran-is-dead-reports-64097/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed Monday while trying to escape the war zone in the island&#8217;s north, reports said quoting military officials.



An ambulance ferrying Prabhakaran and some of his associates took a direct hit as Sri Lankan troops continued their mopping up operations for the last of the guerrillas in Mullaitivu [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ltte-chief-prabhakaran-is-dead-64095/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive leader of Sri Lanka&#8217;s feared Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to escape the war zone in the island&#8217;s north, military sources said.



Prabhakaran, 54, was in a convoy of a van and an ambulance with some of his trusted aides when the military opened fire in an isolated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodies of Prabhakaran&#8217;s son, six LTTE leaders found</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - In a macabre end to one of the world&#8217;s longest running insurgencies, the bodies of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran&#8217;s son and six key rebel leaders have been found in a war-battered strip of Sri Lanka&#8217;s northern coast, the government said Monday.



The defence ministry said soldiers combing the small area where the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodies of Prabhakaran&#8217;s son, three LTTE leaders found</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - A  body suspected to be of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran&#8217;s elder son Charles Anthony and the bodies of three senior rebel leaders, including the outfit&#8217;s political head B. Nadesan, were found by the Sri Lankan troops Monday during operations in the island&#8217;s north, the defence ministry said.



&#8216;Sri Lanka army soldiers have found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body of Prabhakaran&#8217;s son found</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops Monday found a body suspected to be of Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran&#8217;s son Charles Anthony, a media report said.
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		<title>Body of Prabhakaran&#8217;s son found: Defence ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 11:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - A body believed to be of Charles Anthony, the son of Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been recovered by the army during clearing operations in northeastern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said Monday.



Charles Anthony was known to be fighting alongside his father in the conflict.


Clearing operations in the areas were continuing after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE: A Chronology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 23:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The following is the chronology of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which Sunday announced an end to its armed struggle for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka.



1972: Velupillai Prabhakaran forms Tamil New Tigers (TNT)


1976: Prabhakaran sets up LTTE


1978: Issues its first press statement


1983: Kills 13 soldiers in Jaffna; anti-Tamil violence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE ends armed struggle; questions remain about Prabhakaran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 23:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced dramatically Sunday they were calling off their quarter-century long armed struggle citing the deaths of thousands of civilians as speculation gripped the country that the elusive Velupillai Prabhakaran may be dead.



Announcing an end to the campaign to carve out a Tamil state in the island&#8217;s northeast, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tamil rebels say they are silencing their guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The embattled Tamil rebels have declared that they have decided to silence their guns in north-eastern Sri Lanka where the military says the rebels have been cornered into an area of less than one sq km.



Tamil rebel International Relations spokesman Selvarasa Pathmanathan told the pro-rebel TamilNet website that they had given up their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TULF greets Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s main Tamil political party Sunday congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the victory of the ruling coalition in Indian elections.



&#8216;The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) rejoices with the people of India over the tremendous performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the (Lok Sabha) elections,&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE &#8217;silences&#8217; guns, says war has reached &#8216;bitter end&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas Sunday dramatically announced that they were silencing their guns, ending a dragging armed struggle for a Tamil state that has killed thousands since 1983 and left the island nation battered and bruised.



As the military continued its advance to overwhelm the last pockets of guerrilla resistance, the Liberation Tigers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE decides to end its bloody armed struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 18:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced Sunday that they had decided to &#8217;silence&#8217; their guns amid intense rumours that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was dead.



In a statement posted on the TamilNet website, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said its decades long struggle for a Tamil homeland &#8216;has reached its bitter end&#8217;.


&#8216;This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE decides to end armed struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 18:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s Tamil Tigers announced Sunday that their &#8216;battle has reached its bitter end&#8217; and that they have decided to &#8217;silence&#8217; their guns.
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		<title>Tamil Tigers&#8217; attack foiled, president claims victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan army foiled a last-ditch, pre-dawn attempt by the Tamil Tigers to breach military defences Sunday, killing at least 70 fighters and destroying six vessels, a military spokesman said.



Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the rebels, initially posing as civilians, had come across a lagoon and made an attempt to breach the defences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebel attack foiled, president returns claiming victory</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rebel-attack-foiled-president-returns-claiming-victory-63772/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 13:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The army foiled a last-ditch, predawn attempt by Tamil rebels using boats to breach military defences Sunday, killing at least 70 fighters and destroying a six boats, a military spokesman said.



Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said rebels initially posing as civilians had come across a lagoon and made an attempt to breach the defences around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 10,000 civilians held hostage by LTTE rescued: Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-10000-civilians-held-hostage-by-ltte-rescued-sri-lanka-63770/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 13:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops have rescued more than 10,000 civilians held hostage by the Tamil Tigers in a small strip of land on the island&#8217;s north, the defence ministry said Sunday.



&#8216;The hostages breached through the LTTE inner cordon leaving terrorists in total disarray,&#8217; the ministry said on its website.


The rescue operation was carried out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan President says Tamil rebels defeated</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-president-says-tamil-rebels-defeated-63707/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-president-says-tamil-rebels-defeated-63707/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday declared that the Tamil rebels have been defeated militarily.



&#8216;I am proud to announce that my government with the total commitment of our armed forces has, in an unprecedented humanitarian operation, finally defeated the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) militarily,&#8217; Rajapaksa said.


He made the claim while in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civilians flee last LTTE-held area in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-flee-last-ltte-held-area-in-sri-lanka-63620/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 20:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Civilians continued Saturday to pour out of the last rebel-held area in northeastern Sri Lanka after security forces Saturday took the final strip of coast held by Tamil Tigers in the final phase of their offensive to defeat the guerrillas and end the more than 25-year conflict, military officials said.



An estimated 5,000 civilians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan military takes last stretch of LTTE-held coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-military-takes-last-stretch-of-ltte-held-coast-63367/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 13:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan military Saturday took the final strip of coast held by Tamil Tigers during their offensive to defeat the guerrillas and end the more than 25-year conflict, military officials said.



The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have now been driven back to an area of less than 1 sq km in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka captures last stretch of rebel-held coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-captures-last-stretch-of-rebel-held-coast-63347/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan security forces Saturday took the final strip of coast held by Tamil Tigers during the final phase of their offensive to defeat the guerrillas, a military official said.



The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have now been driven back to an area of less than one sq km in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan troops take last stretch of LTTE-held coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-troops-take-last-stretch-of-ltte-held-coast-63341/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-troops-take-last-stretch-of-ltte-held-coast-63341/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s military have taken the final strip of coast held by Tamil Tigers, the defence ministry said Saturday.



The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have now been driven back to an area of less than 1 sq km in the north-east and for the first time have no access to the sea, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civilians in war zone will be rescued: Rajapaksa</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-in-war-zone-will-be-rescued-rajapaksa-63252/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-in-war-zone-will-be-rescued-rajapaksa-63252/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has declared that all civilians caught in fighting in a shrinking strip of land held by Tamil Tigers in northeastern Sri Lanka would be rescued in the next 48 hours.



The government had estimated that 20,000 civilians were trapped in the area as government troops conduct their final push to defeat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civilians in war zone to be rescued in 48 hours: Sri Lankan president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-in-war-zone-to-be-rescued-in-48-hours-sri-lankan-president-63055/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-in-war-zone-to-be-rescued-in-48-hours-sri-lankan-president-63055/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that all civilians caught in fighting in a shrinking strip of land held by Tamil separatist rebels in northeast Sri Lanka would be rescued in the next 48 hours, the Government Information Department said Friday.



Rajapaksa made the declaration Thursday night while speaking to Sri Lankans living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civilians flee war zone as Sri Lanka rejects UN pressure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/civilians-flee-war-zone-as-sri-lanka-rejects-un-pressure-62707/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - More than 1,000 civilians have fled Tamil Tigers-held areas in north-eastern Sri Lanka Thursday, a military spokesman said.



At least 1,000 civilians escaped the combat zone by crossing a lagoon, and more people were fleeing from the narrow coastal strip of land held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Mullaitivu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka plans special tour packages for Indians</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-plans-special-tour-packages-for-indians-62416/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-plans-special-tour-packages-for-indians-62416/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 15:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka, hoping soon to tide over its troubles that has been plaguing the island nation for decades, will launch initiatives to lure Indian travellers with tours like the Ramayana Trail, a senior  official here said.



&#8216;We will offer new and more enchanting tourism products to showcase Sri Lanka as a land that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aid workers killed in Sri Lanka war zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - A volunteer doctor and a Red Cross worker were killed Wednesday in fighting in northeastern Sri Lanka as civilian casualties mounted in the region where government troops are fighting to end a 25-year insurgency by Tamil rebels, medical sources in the area said.



The doctor and the Red Cross worker were killed in shelling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troops enter &#8217;safety zone&#8217; in Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/troops-enter-safety-zone-in-sri-lanka-60375/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Troops have entered a &#8217;safety zone&#8217; which has been demarcated for civilians fleeing the Tamil Tigers-held area in north-eastern Sri Lanka, a move aimed at rescuing civilians trapped in the fighting, a minister said Tuesday.



Defence spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters that troops have entered the safety zone amid resistance from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troops enter &#8217;safety zone&#8217; in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Troops have entered a &#8217;safety zone&#8217; which has been demarcated for civilians fleeing the Tamil Tigers-held area in north-eastern Sri Lanka, a move aimed at rescuing civilians trapped in the fighting, a minister said Tuesday.



Defence spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters that troops have entered the safety zone amid resistance from the [...]]]></description>
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