COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President yesterday signalled a shift in the war against the Tamil Tigers, saying he did not want to push his troops into rebel-held territory to defeat the guerrillas.
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Sri Lanka’s ethnic troubles shouldn’t be solved through military means, but the government will not seek a political solution as long as Tamil Tiger rebels engage in terrorism, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday. “There has to be …
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Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday that his government was not pursuing a military effort to end the island’s armed conflict despite his decision to unilaterally abrogate the truce agreement. “I do not believe in a m …
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in July 2007. Sri Lanka’s President signalled a shift in the war against the Tamil Tigers, saying he did not want to push his troops into rebel-held territory to defeat the guerrillas.
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The Current climate of the uncontrollable violence, killings of innocent Tamil civilians, abducting Tamil civilians in their thousands, enforced disappearances, tortures, rapes, destructions and starving entire Tamil population with limited or no access to food in the North and East of Sri Lanka are deliberately committed by the current regime of hawkish and militaristic president […]

Sri Lanka’s president Tuesday signalled a shift in the war against the Tamil Tigers, saying he does not believe that the decades-old conflict can be solved through military means.
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Jan 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that recent bomb blasts in Colombo may not be the work of the Tamil Tigers, but claimed that some ‘other group’ who has political and business interests, may be behind it.
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Jan 22, Colombo: The United Kingdom and India together have called on Sri Lanka to come with a credible accord on devolving power to the country.
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