Civilians keep fleeing, army tightens noose around LTTECOLOMBO - Starving and wounded Tamil civilians Thursday continued to flee Sri Lanka’s war zone, taking the total escapees in four days to over 103,000, with the the last of the Tamil Tigers holed up in a small strip of land offering ‘dwindling but constant’ resistance. Two LTTE leaders surrender, over 100,000 flee war zoneCOLOMBO - Two Tamil Tiger leaders surrendered to the Sri Lankan military as the mass of distraught Tamil civilians fleeing the war zone crossed the 100,000 figure Wednesday, the authorities said. LTTE chief in shrunken war zone as 95,000 civilians fleeCOLOMBO - The elusive Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Sri Lankan government believes, is in the shrunken war zone in the island’s north from where over 95,000 civilians have fled. Two second-rung Tamil Tigers surrendered to the advancing army Wednesday, the military said. Two LTTE leaders surrender, over 95,000 flee war zoneCOLOMBO - Two second-rung leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surrendered to the Sri Lankan military as the civilians fleeing the no-fire-zone in the rebel-held area crossed the 95,000 figure, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Two LTTE leaders surrender, 95,000 flee war zoneCOLOMBO - Two second-rung leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have surrendered to the Sri Lankan military as the number of civilians fleeing the no-fire-zone in the rebel-held area rose to 95,000, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Two LTTE leaders surrenderCOLOMBO - Two second rung leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have surrendered to the Sri Lankan military, a military spokesman said Wednesday. Over 81,000 civilians flee Sri Lanka war-zoneCOLOMBO - Over 81,000 civilians have fled Sri Lanka’s war-zone since Monday with the advancing troops cornering the Tamil Tigers into a 14 square kilometre coastal land strip in north-eastern Mullaitivu district, authorities said here Wednesday. More civilians flee Tamil rebel zone in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Refugees streamed out of the shrinking Tamil rebel-held areas again Wednesday as government troops tightened a cordon around the zone in north-eastern Sri Lanka, military spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said. Thousands more flee Sri Lanka war zone, no trace of LTTE chiefCOLOMBO - Thousands of sick, injured and fatigued Tamil civilians fled Sri Lanka’s shrunken war zone Tuesday in a heart rending ‘human avalanche’, but there was no trace of the elusive Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. 52,000 flee rebel-held area as LTTE ignores surrender deadlineCOLOMBO - Men, women and children, some sick and some too old to even walk… It was a mass exodus from the Tamil Tigers held area in Sri Lanka’s north with an estimated 52,000 people fleeing with whatever they could carry as the rebels failed Tuesday to meet Colombo’s 24 hour deadline to surrender and troops forced their way into the no-fire-zone. Over 49,000 flee LTTE-held area as deadline to surrender endsCOLOMBO - Men, women and children, some sick and some too old to even walk… It was a mass exodus from the Tamil Tigers held area in Sri Lanka’s north with an estimated 50,000 people fleeing with whatever they could carry as the rebels failed Tuesday to meet the noon deadline to surrender. Sri Lankan rebels claim 1,000 civilians killed this weekCOLOMBO - Tamil rebels claimed Tuesday that as many as 1,000 civilians were killed and 2,300 injured in military operations carried out in northern Sri Lanka since Monday, prompting nearly 50,000 to flee the area. LTTE fails to meet Sri Lanka’s ultimatum to surrenderCOLOMBO - Tamil Tigers Tuesday failed to meet the noon deadline set by Colombo to surrender, as the terror outfit faces an unprecedented military thrust in its last stronghold in Sri Lanka’s north. Sri Lankan civilians flee rebel-held areas for second dayCOLOMBO - Civilians fled Tamil rebel-held areas in north-eastern Sri Lanka for a second consecutive day Tuesday, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. Sri Lanka asks Prabhakaran to surrender by Tuesday noonCOLOMBO - Closing in on the last Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka Monday ordered elusive rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his fighters to surrender by Tuesday noon or face death. Sri Lanka asks Prabhakaran to surrender by Tuesday noonCOLOMBO - Closing in on the last Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka Monday ordered elusive rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his fighters to surrender by Tuesday noon or face death. Sri Lanka asks Prabhakaran to surrender by Tuesday noonCOLOMBO - Closing in on the last Tamil Tiger stronghold, Sri Lanka Monday ordered elusive rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his fighters to surrender by Tuesday noon or face death. LTTE asked to surrender by Tuesday noonCOLOMBO - Closing in on the last Tamil Tiger base, Sri Lanka Monday ordered rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his fighters to surrender by Tuesday noon or face death. Over 13,000 civilians flee LTTE-held areas, 17 die in blastCOLOMBO - Over 13,000 civilians Monday fled Sri Lanka’s northern war-zone while 17 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack by the Tamil Tigers, authorities said. 30,000 civilians flee LTTE-held areas, 17 killed in blastsCOLOMBO - Over 30,000 civilians Monday fled Sri Lanka’s northern war-zone while 17 people were killed in three suicide bomb attacks by the Tamil Tigers as troops advanced deep into the last stronghold of the rebels, authorities said. 5,000 civilians flee Sri Lanka’s war-zone: MilitaryCOLOMBO - Over 5,000 civilians Monday fled Sri Lanka’s northern war-zone and entered the government-held areas as troops continued to advance towards the last stronghold of the Tamil Tigers as part of their ‘hostage rescue mission’, a military spokesman here said. 17 killed in Sri Lanka suicide blastCOLOMBO - At least 17 civilians were killed Monday morning in a suicide attack by the Tamil Tigers in the no fire zone (NFZ) in the island’s north, the military said. 17 die in Sri Lanka suicide bombingCOLOMBO - At least 17 people were killed in a suicide bomb blast in Sri Lanka Monday, the defence ministry said. Sri Lankan troops rescue 5,000 civilians from rebel areaCOLOMBO - Troops stormed a coastal village in north-eastern Sri Lanka Monday and rescued about 5,000 civilians who had been prevented by Tamil rebels from going to military-controlled areas, military spokesperson Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. After Kilinochchi, is Rajapaksa awaiting Kalinga? (Comment)Even the pictures could not have fully captured the immense joy President Mahinda Rajapaksa may have felt when he victoriously toured Kilinochchi, the once quaint Sri Lankan town the Tamil Tigers had made the hub of a de facto state they thought no one could vanquish. But dreams do sometimes turn into disasters. 17 Tigers killed as troops move closer to no fire zone: Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least 17 Tamil Tigers were killed and 22 wounded in fierce clashes when troops advanced towards the last stronghold of the rebels as part of their ‘hostage rescue mission’, the defence ministry said Sunday. Rajapaksa urges global community to pressurise LTTECOLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the international community to exert pressure on the Tamil Tigers to free civilians, rather than asking him to pause the military operation to defeat terrorism in the island nation. Rajapaksa appeals to world community to exert pressure on LTTECOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday urged the international community to exert pressure on the Tamil Tigers to free civilians, instead of asking him to pause the military operation, to defeat terrorism in the island nation. President Rajapaksa visits former LTTE hub KilinochchiCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday became the first national leader to visit the former Tamil Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi in almost half a century, as he addressed troops that had captured the region from the Tamil Tigers in January. Rajapaksa visits former Tamil Tigers hub KilinochchiCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday paid a surprise visit to Kilinochchi and addressed troops who captured the region from the Tamil Tigers in January, ending a decade of rebel rule. |
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