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Eight separatist Tamil Tigers were killed in separate gunbattles along the front lines of Sri Lanka’s embattled north, the military said Saturday, as violence continued to escalate following the government’s withdrawal from a cease-fire.
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Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lanka said rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam group shot dead 10 people in the nation’s south, after the government in Colombo earlier this week withdrew from a cease-fire.
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A massive ground operation, started by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bases located in Paalaiku’li and Adampan in Mannaar area, was beaten due to fierce resistance by LTTE cadres, LTTE sources said.
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Colombo, Jan 19 (IANS) Britain has called for an urgent ceasefire in Sri Lanka to enable the country to find a negotiated political solution to the ethnic conflict.
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Jan 18, Colombo: Colombo Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi today granted bail to Nuwan Udaya Gunathilake alias Kudu Nuwan, the underworld gangster who was arrested last December for assaulting the news director of state owned TV channel, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC).
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Jan 18, Panadura: Chief Minister of the Western Province Council Reginald Cooray has dissolved the urban council of the Pandura town today.
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Jan 18, Rozella: Trains movement in the hill country track was interrupted when a logistic train derailed at Rozella this morning. This is the third derailment in a week on the hill country track.
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Jan 18, Colombo: The Colombo High Court has refused to grant bail to the 23 Sinhala persons arrested for planning and abetting LTTE attacks against Sri Lankan citizens.
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Jan 18, Colombo: The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), the country’s largest fuel supplier, is to get finanical leverage with a new credit line provided by the government of Iran.
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