Tamil rebels say they are silencing their gunsCOLOMBO - 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. TULF greets Manmohan, Sonia GandhiCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’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. LTTE ’silences’ guns, says war has reached ‘bitter end’COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’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. LTTE decides to end its bloody armed struggleCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced Sunday that they had decided to ’silence’ their guns amid intense rumours that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was dead. LTTE decides to end armed struggleCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers announced Sunday that their ‘battle has reached its bitter end’ and that they have decided to ’silence’ their guns. Tamil Tigers’ attack foiled, president claims victoryCOLOMBO - 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. Rebel attack foiled, president returns claiming victoryCOLOMBO - 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. Over 10,000 civilians held hostage by LTTE rescued: Sri LankaCOLOMBO - 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’s north, the defence ministry said Sunday. Sri Lankan President says Tamil rebels defeatedCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday declared that the Tamil rebels have been defeated militarily. Civilians flee last LTTE-held area in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - 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. Sri Lankan military takes last stretch of LTTE-held coastCOLOMBO - 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. Sri Lanka captures last stretch of rebel-held coastCOLOMBO - 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. Sri Lankan troops take last stretch of LTTE-held coastCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s military have taken the final strip of coast held by Tamil Tigers, the defence ministry said Saturday. Civilians in war zone will be rescued: RajapaksaCOLOMBO - 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. Civilians in war zone to be rescued in 48 hours: Sri Lankan presidentCOLOMBO - 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. Civilians flee war zone as Sri Lanka rejects UN pressureCOLOMBO - More than 1,000 civilians have fled Tamil Tigers-held areas in north-eastern Sri Lanka Thursday, a military spokesman said. Sri Lanka plans special tour packages for IndiansCOLOMBO - 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. Aid workers killed in Sri Lanka war zoneCOLOMBO - 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. Troops enter ’safety zone’ in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Troops have entered a ’safety zone’ 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. Troops enter ’safety zone’ in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Troops have entered a ’safety zone’ 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. UN calls Sri Lanka fighting ‘bloodbath’ for civiliansCOLOMBO - The UN Monday described heavy shelling in northeastern Sri Lanka as a ‘bloodbath’ after over 400 people were killed and more than 1,200 injured in fighting between the government and Tamil rebels. Civilians clear debris, assist wounded in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Civilian volunteers cleared debris and assisted the wounded in the northern coastal strip of Sri Lanka, where scores of people were killed and injured in fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels, a doctor in the rebel-held area said Monday. Senior LTTE leader killed, says Sri Lankan militaryCOLOMBO - A senior leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sea wing was killed in fighting in the northeast Sri Lanka, defence officials said Sunday. 2,000 civilians killed in Sri Lanka war zone: Pro-LTTE websiteCOLOMBO/NEW DELHI - Over 2,000 Tamil civilians were killed in a single night during ‘indiscriminate barrage of shelling by the Sri Lanka Army on the safety zone’ in the island’s north, a website sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers said Sunday. Police told to protect belongings of Sri Lankan war-displacedCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan police have been ordered to protect the belongings of thousands of war-displaced civilians who escaped fighting between the troops and Tamil Tigers in the island’s north and are now housed in refugee camps, a media report said here Sunday. 49 Tamil Tigers killed in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least 49 Tamil rebels, including 14 Sea Tigers, were killed in two clashes with Sri Lankan forces, the defence ministry said Saturday. Four killed, 25 injured in Sri Lanka road accidentCOLOMBO - At least four people were killed and 25 injured in an accident involving a bus, a tractor trailer and a motorcycle in Sri Lanka’s Dambulla district, police said Saturday. The island nation witnesses nearly 60,000 road accidents every year. 35 killed as troops break through LTTE defence line: Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least 35 Tamil Tigers were killed when Sri Lankan troops successfully smashed through an earth bund built by the rebels in their last stronghold after days of fierce fighting, the island nation’s defence ministry said Saturday. Sri Lankan military shrinks ’safety zone’ for civiliansCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan military has shrunk a ’safety zone’ for civilians in the northeastern part of the island where government troops are continuing their operations to rescue thousands of civilians, the defence ministry said Friday. Sri Lanka troops find rebels’ underwater hideoutCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan troops have discovered a metal structure believed to be an underwater home for the Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeastern part of the country. |
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