COLOMBO (AFP)–Police and security forces went on alert across Sri Lanka on Thursday, hours after the government announced its withdrawal from a tattered ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels, security officials said.
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Norwegian peace mediators voice concern at Sri Lanka’s decision to end a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Norwegian peace mediators voice concern at Sri Lanka’s decision to end a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Norwegian peace mediators voice concern at Sri Lanka’s decision to end a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka The government decided Wednesday to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire that had largely collapsed since the resurgence of fighting in Sri Lanka’s civil war two years ago, an official said.
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Heavy fighting has been reported in Paalaikkuzhi in Mannaar, where Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) fighters have put up stiff resistance from 5:30 a.m. Thursday in response to a ground troop movement by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA). Heavy exchange of artillery was reported in the area and the fighting was continuing at 9:30 a.m., […]

Norway’s Minister of International Development Erik Solheim, in a press release issued Wednesday, Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that he regrets that Sri Lanka is taking this serious step, and added that “[T]his comes on top of the increasingly frequent and brutal acts of violence perpetrated by both parties, and I am deeply concerned […]

Sri Lanka’s government has decided to formally withdraw from a nearly six-year-old cease-fire with Tamil Tiger rebels. The announcement comes after a roadside bomb killed at least five people and wounded more than 28 in the capital Colombo on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka’s government ended a six-year cease-fire pact with Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday amid continued violence, including most recently a roadside bomb that exploded near a bus in the capital city of Colombo, killing four people.
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Jan 02, Colombo: The Sri Lanka government today decided to withdraw from the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Norway, as the peace facilitator, will be informed, a Minister said.
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