Colombo, Jan 7 Accusing the government of “war- mongering”, Sri Lanka’s main opposition party today claimed the decision to scarp the ceasefire had benefitted LTTE’s aspirations for a separate state, weakened the country and “disappointed” the international community, including India.
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Accusing the government of “war- mongering”, Sri Lanka’s main opposition party today claimed the decision to scarp the ceasefire had benefitted LTTE’s aspirations for a separate state, weakened the country and “disappointed” the international community, including India.
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Colombo, Jan 7 (PTI) Accusing the government of “war- mongering”, Sri Lanka’s main opposition party today claimed the decision to scarp the ceasefire had benefitted LTTE’s aspirations for a separate state, weakened the country and “disappointed” the international community, including India.
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COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be able to make it to the diamond jubilee celebrations of Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on 4 February and alternative dates for his visit to the island nation are being worked out, a senior government official said.
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Colombo abrogated the CFA to remove the presence of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) which was instrumental in exposing rights violations by all sides. “Government will want to rid the Northeast of any witnesses of the carnage that it intends to unveil on the Tamil people in the name of safeguarding the Sovereignty of […]

COLOMBO • Emirates Airlines yesterday announced it will terminate its management of Sri Lanka’s national carrier in March after 10 years. The Dubai-based airline in a statement said it will cease to run SriLankan Airlines from April 1, with the imminent ending of a decade-long contract.
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Jan 06, Colombo: Two Tamil Tiger rebels set off a grenade and blew themselves up to avoid capture by the Sri Lankan soldiers in Jaffna today while eight other rebels and two soldiers were killed in separate fighting, the military said.
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