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A new political road map for Tamils
The stoic expressions of the two Tamil Tigers who turned themselves in to Sri Lankan government forces said it all: defeat and surrender – of ...
SriLankan Airlines rewards its customers in the UAE
SriLankan Airlines rewards its customers in the UAE with a FREE holiday in Sri Lanka on all online bookings made on the website from ...
Prime Minister says troops have laid siege on Prabhakaran
According to available intelligence reports, The LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhkaran remains trapped in the four square kilometer area to which security forces have ...
Harry J & family stalled in bid at Stassesns-connected firm
An attempt to appoint powerful businessman, Harry Jayawardene, his wife and their two daughters to the board of a Stassens-related company was ...
Civilians Give Tips & Police Uncover More LTTE Claymores & Ammo
MANNAR: As the resettlement programme in the MANNAR district gets underway, the Police have expanded their search wing and clearing operations without taking any risks ...
LTTE Bus & Thirty-Seven Claymore Mines Uncovered
MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS engaged in search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADUKULAM, KILINOCHCHI, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU west, UDAYARKATTU, ALANKULAM and AMPAKAMAM continued to collect more ...
Troops close in on last LTTE hideout, amidst stiff LTTE resistance
Security forces have now cornered the remaining LTTE cadre including its most wanted terror chiefs into a mere 4.5sq.km land South of Rektavaikkal and surging ...
Kill or be killed: 11-year-olds forced to fight for Tamil Tigers
(By: Matt Wade) It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows ...
JHU demands 50 billion pounds from UK
The Jathika Hela Urumaya in a letter to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband had demanded that the British government pays 50 billion pounds to Sri ...
Blasts at Buttala
At least one person was killed when a claymore mine exploded targeting a tractor in Buttala a short while ago. Police said the tractor ...
SRI LANKA’S ENVOY TO THE U.S. BRIEFS CURRENT SITUATION TO U.S. LEGISLATORS
Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Sri Lanka ’s Ambassador to the United States , continued a series of meetings with members of Congress last week to update ...
SLTB to use Arabian ATM as spin off for SL tourism
The Sri Lanka Tourism(SLTB) said that it will use the annual Arabian Travel Mart(ATM) 2009 the largest trade and consumer travel ...
Migrants Need to be Included in National Responses to Influenza A
Governments need to include migrant communities in national response plans if measures to counter any possible pandemic of Influenza A (H1N1) are to be ...
$20M in Tiger weapons seized
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka -- For a decade, Kilinochchi was a rebel capital, the hub of a vast swath of northern Sri Lanka that was ...
Police kill the suspects of 8 year-old girl's murder in Batticaloa
Batticaloa police last night shot dead the three main suspects arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and murder of an eight-year-old school girl in ...
Key insurance challenges to be reviewed
MANAMA: Top takaful experts from as far afield as France, Sri Lanka and Malaysia are in Bahrain to attend a seminar beginning today.The two-day second ...
Australia picks up 50 asylum-seekers at sea
Sydney - A boat carrying around 50 asylum-seekers was intercepted by Royal Australian Navy patrol boats Tuesday off Australia's west ...
Sri Lanka petroleum hedging deal goes to Bribery Commission
The Bribery or Corrupt Commission today began the investigations on the most controversial hedging agreement of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). The Chairman of ...
Indian PM says instability in neighbouring countries can affect security situation in India
NEW DELHI, May 4 (APP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while expressing concern over instability in neighbouring countries said it can affect security situation in ...
British MPs to visit refugee camps
A group of British MPs has travelled to Sri Lanka to discuss the future of tens of thousands of civilians affected by the conflict in ...



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