COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The bodies of 16 civilians were found hacked to death in a jungle in northern Sri Lanka, while fighting elsewhere in the region left 24 Tamil Tiger rebels and seven soldiers dead, the military said Friday.
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A Tamil youth from Batticaloa district, a resident of Poaratheevu, recently liberated from Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by Sri Lanka Army (SLA), was abducted in Kotahena, Colombo on the 14 January by group of five men operating in a white van with license plate number 2534899, the relatives of the youth stated in […]

A police investigation begins in Sri Lanka after 16 bodies are found at a jungle location in government-held territory.
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Three Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and six wounded Thursday evening when Liberation Tigers counter-attacked SLA soldiers who mounted an attack on Tiger positions at Ma’nki’ndi Malai, according to the operation command of the LTTE in Ma’nalaa’ru. Meanwhile, the Tigers said they had seized weapons from the SLA in a separate clash at […]

The bodies of 16 civilians were found hacked to death in a jungle in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Friday.
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Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked an outer suburb, around 4 km southwest of Ki’linochchi town Friday morning between 7:50 and 8:10 a.m. Liberation Tigers anti-aircraft unit fired when SLAF fighter jets swooped over the suburb, forcing the planes to higher altitudes.
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A civilian traveler was killed and two civilians were seriously wounded when Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked Viveakananthaa Nakar, an outer suburb of Ki’iinochchi, located 3 km southwest of the town, Friday morning between 7:50 and 8:10 a.m. Three houses were fully destroyed and six more houses have sustained damage. Liberation Tigers anti-aircraft […]

Jan 24, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the chief guest of Gallantry Award Ceremony held today at the BMICH to honor the soldiers of all three forces.
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COLOMBO - MORE than a dozen unidentified bodies were found dumped in the jungle in northern Sri Lanka, a witness said. A local resident said at least 17 bodies were seen by a villager who went into the jungle searching for his cattle.
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Jan 24, Colombo: US Ambassador Robert Blake said free and fair elections cannot be held in the Batticaloa district if one party is allowed to bear arms and intimidate and threaten voters and other contestants.
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