COLOMBO: At least 30 Tamil Tiger guerrillas and two soldiers have been killed and 33 wounded on both sides during clashes in the northern theatre of battle in Sri Lanka, the military said here yesterday.
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Jehan Mubarak will lead a Sri Lanka Board XI in their three-day fixture against India at the Nondescripts Cricket Club starting July 18. The match will be India’s only warm-up game before the three-Test series against Sri Lanka.
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Bangalore, India — Sri Lanka is ready to hold talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam if the rebels disarm, President Rajapaksa said. “I am ready today,” Mr. Rajapaksa said, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Defense’s Web site. “Let them keep their weapons down because whenever they are weak they […]

The Sri Lankan military claimed Sunday its troops had killed 36 Tamil Tiger rebels and wounded 16 others in intense weekend fighting.The government said two government soldiers died in the battles, Lanka Pages reported Sunday.Twenty-two of the rebels and one government soldier died when army commandos struck Sunday, capturing two bunkers in Wanni.Fighting in the […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 13 (UPI) — The Sri Lankan military claimed Sunday its troops had killed 36 Tamil Tiger rebels and wounded 16 others in intense weekend fighting.
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July 13, Colombo: The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), the political party formed by ex Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka’s Eastern province has nominated Batticaloa mayor Sivageetha Prabhakaran to the All Party Representative Committee (APRC).
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July 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) today charged that the government should take full responsibility if something happened to North Central Province chief ministerial candidate Retired Major General Janaka Perera.
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July 13, Colombo: A special delegation of Sri Lanka Marxist party JVP is currently on a tour in China in order to strengthen the ties between the party and the Chinese Communist Party.
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A 48-member group with a mission to implement projects that nuture good will between the local citizens and Sri Lanka Police was formed for the Maanmunai North District Secretariat division at a meeting held at the Batticaloa Mahajana College at 10:00 a.m. Sunday led by Batticaloa Suprintendent of Police (SP), Priyantha Weerasooriya, Assistant SP, Ranasinghe, […]

July 13, Colombo: Sri Lankan army commandos captured two LTTE bunkers in the embattled northern region today while advancing troops killed 22 Tamil Tigers in heavy confrontations, the military said.
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