COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president offered to open peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels yesterday even as security forces were locked in combat with the guerrillas.
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Colombo- A lorry laden with more than 1,000 kilogrammes of explosives was stopped by police in north western Sri Lanka - the biggest-ever such detection in the country’s long conflict with Tamil rebels, a military spokesman said Saturday. The detecti…
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By Rahul Bedi, New Delhi, June 2: Unmindful of India’s opposition to Sri Lanka turning to Pakistan and China for military hardware to bolster its offensive against the Tamil Tigers, Colombo has recently inked several significant defence agreements with Beijing.
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Unmindful of India s opposition to Sri Lanka turning to Pakistan and China for military hardware to bolster its offensive against the Tamil Tigers, Colombo has recently inked several significant defence agreements with Beijing.
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COLOMBO (AP)–Sri Lankan soldiers and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels clashed in northern Sri Lanka Saturday leaving three guerrillas dead, while air force planes pounded two rebel bases in the east, the military said.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka — Day and night, warplanes roar over this rebel-held town as the steady thump of artillery echoes from afar — a preview, many fear, of a military showdown in Sri Lanka that could leave thousands dead.
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COLOMBO, June 1: India has resented Sri Lanka’s move to turn to Pakistan and China for its military requirements to fight the war against Tamil Tigers.
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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and police, in a combined cordon and search operation in Wattala in western province, arrested twelve Tamil civilians Friday, sources in Colombo said. Majority of the arrested are natives of Northeast, and they are being detained in Wattala police station and being questioned by the Terrorist Intelligence Unit officer.
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June 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa made an inspection visit to the Katunayake Air Force Base yesterday evening.
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