With incidents of Indian fishermen being targeted allegedly by Sri Lankan navy in Palk Straits on the rise, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly evolve a mechanism to resolve the issue.
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New York, Oct 2 With incidents of Indian fishermen being targeted allegedly by Sri Lankan navy in Palk Straits on the rise, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly evolve a mechanism to resolve the issue.
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A bush fire that broke out this morning on the Malavi hill in Opanayake, Ratnapura is still raging on according to Police. Police have requested people in close vicinity to evacuate. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:18:35 PM
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The LTTE claims 2 civilians were killed and at least 13 others, including children, injured following air raids on Killinochchi this morning. The LTTE published photographs of the injured being rushed to the Killinochchi hospital which it says was also damaged. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:32:53 PM
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The Air Force claimed it had raided the LTTE Charles Anthony regiment headquarters and a female cadre base in Killinochchi this morning at around 10.25 am. Accordimg to the Air Force the targets were accurately hit. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:25:52 PM
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The United Nations office in Colombo said that the lorry in which the explosives were recovered from yesterday in Vavuniya did not belong to them. “I emphasize, it was a Government Agent vehicle,” UN spokesman Gordon Weiss said. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:52:52 PM
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A three-wheeler driver who allegedly kept a parrot belonging to the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens in the Nedimala area was arrested by Police on information received from the public. The bird is of a rare genus of parrots called Macaw and is approximately worth Rs. 150,000. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:41:01 AM
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1 October 2008 – United Nations officials in Sri Lanka today deplored the placing of explosives by an unknown group on a Government truck that was due to join a UN food convoy in the north of the country, the scene of intense recent fighting between Government forces and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]

The Air Force claimed that they attacked an LTTE leaders hideout 3Km North-East of Piramanatalkulam in Mullaitivu early this morning. — Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:43:30 AM
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Oct 01, Colombo: Police have evacuated people in Opanayake in the Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka, due to a raging wildfire.
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