Details sought from Sri Lanka on Prabhakaran: CongressNEW DELHI - The Indian government has sought details from Sri Lanka about the military action in which LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed, the ruling Congress party said Monday. Prabhakaran’s death evokes mixed feelings, security tightened in ChennaiCHENNAI - Relief and frank disbelief - as news came in that Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran had actually been killed, some in this Tamil Nadu capital said it was long in coming and others simply refused to believe it was true. Death blow for LTTE as Prabhakaran, aides killed in Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the feared leader of Sri Lanka’s ruthless Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to flee the battle zone in the island’s north with two top aides, ending one of the world’s longest running insurgencies that bled the island nation for over a quarter century. Celebrations in Sri Lanka as news of Prabhakaran’s death spreadsCOLOMBO - LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’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. EU calls for inquiry into Sri Lankan abuse allegationsLUXEMBOURG - The European Union (EU) foreign ministers have expressed concern over the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and called for an independent and credible enquiry into alleged violation of international humanitarian law, EuAsiaNews reported. Sri Lankan President to address nation at 6 pmCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will address the nation today at 6 pm after the Lankan Army declared victory in his nation’s over quarter of a century civil war with the Tamil Tigers rebels. Velupillai Prabhakaran: His life, times and deathNEW DELHI - From Nov 26, 1954 to May 18, 2009 - the following is a chronological account of the life and times of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Tamil Tigers chief who was killed Monday in the north of Sri Lanka: LTTE defeated, Sri Lanka free from terror: army chiefCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan armed forces have ‘militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror’, army chief Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said Monday after Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in the island’s north. Prabhakaran, top aides killed in Sri Lanka’s war zoneCOLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive leader of Sri Lanka’s feared Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to escape the battlezone in the island’s north along with two of his top aides, the military announced. Prabhakaran: From catapult killer to ruthless insurgent (Obituary)NEW DELHI - His first victims were squirrels and birds, and his first weapon a humble catapult. From such beginnings, Velupillai Prabhakaran — who died ignonominiously Monday — grew to be the world’s most shadowy and ruthless insurgent who at one time lorded over vast areas in Sri Lanka’s northeast. LTTE chief Prabhakaran is dead: reportsCOLOMBO - Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed Monday while trying to escape the war zone in the island’s north, reports said quoting military officials. LTTE chief Prabhakaran is deadCOLOMBO - Velupillai Prabhakaran, the elusive leader of Sri Lanka’s feared Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to escape the war zone in the island’s north, military sources said. LTTE chief Prabhakaran reportedly shot deadCOLOMBO - Liberation of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has reportedly been shot dead along with his son Charles Antony and other Tiger commanders. LTTE: A ChronologyCOLOMBO - 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. LTTE ends armed struggle; questions remain about PrabhakaranCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka’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. 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. Congress leaders head for Tamil Nadu to placate KarunanidhiNEW DELHI - Congress leaders are heading for Tamil Nadu to calm down Chief Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi over the issue of a separate Eelam for Tamil people. Rajapaksa invites UN chief to Sri Lanka to assess situationCOLOMBO - Amid mounting international concern over the plight of civilians caught in the war between the troops and Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ‘to see for himself the situation’ in Sri Lanka’s north. Prabhakaran trapped in coastal stripCOLOMBO - Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is trapped in a small coastal strip, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake said Tuesday. Prabhakaran still in Sri Lanka: Foreign ministerNEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has said that LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran is still in the small strip of coastal land the rebels hold in the island’s north. Sri Lanka vows to capture Prabhakaran, dead or liveCOLOMBO - Sri Lanka has vowed to capture cornered Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran ‘dead or alive’ even as it turned down War won’t stop until Prabhakaran is taken dead or alive: Sri LankaCOLOMBO - Firmly rejecting the calls for ceasefire and access for aid workers to the civilians trapped in the war zone, Sri Lanka has said that it would ‘not stop its war on terror until the LTTE was crushed and its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran captured, dead or alive’, a media report said here Thursday. Lanka Government announces temporary cease-fireCOLOMBO/CHENNAI - The Sri Lanka Government has announced a temporary cease-fire to allow for the evacuation of nearly 20,000 Lankan Tamil civilians from a no-fire zone deep in rebel LTTE territory. Security up along Tamil Nadu coastCHENNAI - Security has been beefed up along Tamil Nadu’s 650-km coastline stretching from here to Rameshwaram following intelligence inputs that LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran may attempt to cross over from Sri Lanka, police said Sunday. Lankan Army captures Valayarmadam, six sq km away from PrabhakaranCOLOMBO - Sri Lankan Defence Ministry on Sunday said that the Army has captured strategic Valayarmadam area and encircled remaining six square kilometre strip of land which could be the possible hideout of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. UN to press Sri Lanka for access to war zone as rebels say civilians are at risk of starvationCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official arrived in Sri Lanka to seek access to some 50,000 civilians trapped in the country’s war zone, while the Tamil Tiger rebels warned Saturday of “imminent” starvation among noncombatants. Prabhakaran still in Sri Lanka, vows to fight onKILINOCHCHI - Sri Lanka’s feared Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is still holed up in a coastal strip in the north and has told his cadres that he will fight on, an army commander said Friday. 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. Lankan Army says it is closing in on LTTE chief PrabhakaranCOLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Army on Thursday said that it is closing in on LTTE Chief V. Prabhakaran’s hide out, adding that the guerrillas now controlled a mere 10-12 square kilometres of territory on the northeast coast, where thousands of civilians are still trapped by the fighting. Sri Lanka Army confirms surrender of two top LTTE leadersCOLOMBO - Two top leaders of the rebel Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Ealam (LTTE) have surrendered before the Sri Lanka Army in Puthumathalam.ccording to a Times Now report, Daya Master and George surrendered before officers of the 58th Division of the Sri Lankan Army. |
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