Jan 31

Sri Lanka Marxists cancel the strike called on 2nd February

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Jan 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka Marxist People's Liberation Front (JVP) led National Trade Union Centre cancelled the strike it called upon on 2nd February. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Sri Lanka’s Buddhist party joins the government

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Jan 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Sinhala Buddhist nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today announced that a monk parliamentary member submitted his resignation to allow the de facto layman leader of the JHU to enter into the parliament and accept the portfolio of Environment. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Bomb Kills 6 Policemen in Sri Lanka (ABC News)

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Bomb Kills 6 Policemen and 1 Civilian in Eastern Sri Lanka, Military Says Read the Full Article
Jan 31

JHU appoints militant leader as parliamentarian

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Sinhala Ultra Nationalist All Monks party, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), which is opposed to power.. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Tiger claymore blast kills seven policemen and a civilian in Sri Lanka

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Jan 31, Colombo: At least eight persons-four policemen, three soldiers and a civilian- were killed when suspected LTTE rebels set off a powerful claymore mine targeting a military convoy at Chenkalady in Batticaloa this morning. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Sri Lanka police die in bus ambush (CNN.com)

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -- Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a police bus in east Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 11 people, the military said. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Sri Lanka govt extends majority as hardline monks align (AlertNet)

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Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government widened its new-found parliamentary majority on Wednesday when a hardline Buddhist monk party which wants to see Tamil Tiger rebels destroyed in ... Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Suspected Sri Lanka rebels bomb police bus, 7 dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a police bus with a roadside bomb outside a university in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six security personnel as they headed on leave and a civilian, the military said. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Bomb kills 6 policemen in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Suspected separatist Tamil rebels detonated a roadside bomb in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six policemen and one civilian, the military said, as soldiers found 12 similar bombs hidden elsewhere. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Police killed in Sri Lanka blast (BBC News)

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At least six policemen and a civilian are killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Sri Lanka’s jumbo cabinet looks for meeting venue (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Sri Lanka's newly inducted 53-member cabinet has put off its first meeting for want of a venue and other logistical problems, press reports here said. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Bomb kills at least six policemen in Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times)

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Suspected separatist Tamil rebels detonated a roadside bomb in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six policemen and one civilian, the military said, as soldiers found 12 similar bombs hidden elsewhere. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

6 policemen killed in east Sri Lanka (People’s Daily)

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At least six policemen were killed in a claymore mine attack in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district Wednesday morning, defense officials said. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Sri Lanka truce monitors to meet Tamil rebels (People’s Daily)

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The international truce monitoring group in Sri Lanka's fragile ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels is visiting the rebel-held north on Wednesday for the first time in nearly three months. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Suspected Sri Lanka rebels bomb police bus, 6 dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a police bus with a roadside bomb outside a university in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six officers as they headed on leave, the military said. Read the Full Article
Jan 31

Suspected Sri Lanka rebels bomb police bus, 6 dead (AlertNet)

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Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a police bus with a roadside bomb outside a university in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six officers as they headed on leave ... Read the Full Article
Jan 30

International donors use 4.5 bln usd aid pledge to push Sri Lanka peace deal (The Forex Market)

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GALLE, Sri Lanka (XFN-ASIA) - International donors have used a 4.5 bln usd aid pledge to try to push Sri Lanka into cutting a political deal with Tamil separatists, diplomats said here at the end of a key meeting. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Sri Lanka gets 4.5-billion-dollar incentive to make peace (TODAYonline)

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Delegates from over 50 countries listen during the second day of a meeting of Sri Lanka's aid donors in Galle. Sri Lanka said it had secured 4.5 billion dollars worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors insisted that the conflict-torn nation risked losing the cash unless it achieves peace. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Sri Lanka gets 4.5-billion-dollar incentive to make peace (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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International donors have used a 4.5-billion-dollar aid pledge to try to push Sri Lanka into cutting a political deal with Tamil separatists, diplomats said here at the end of a key meeting. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Immediate changes unlikely from crossover

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The entry into the government of a solid phalanx of the opposition did not come as a surprise. It ha.. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

`Uswetakeyyawa fishermen` arrested

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Sri Lanka Navy have taken into custody six fishing craft and twelve fishermen at Uswetakeyyawa says .. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Donors pledge US$4.5b to Sri Lanka but want peace (Channel NewsAsia)

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GALLE, Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka said it had secured US$4.5 billion worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors insisted that the conflict-torn nation risked losing the cash unless it achieves peace. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka but want peace (TODAYonline)

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Delegates from over 50 countries listen during the second day of a meeting of Sri Lanka's aid donors in Galle. Sri Lanka said it had secured 4.5 billion dollars worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors insisted that the conflict-torn nation risked losing the cash unless it achieves peace. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Sri Lanka: Mortar attack prompts search operation in Morawewa (TamilNet)

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Soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) with police Tuesday morning conducted a combined cordon and search operation in Morawewa area located about 24 km Northwest of Trincomalee along Trincomalee-Anuradhapura road. The operation followed a mortar attack on the SLAF camp located in Morawewa by LTTE cadres Tuesday early morning, security sources said. Read the Full Article
Jan 30

Donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars to Sri Lanka but want peace (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Sri Lanka said it had secured 4.5 billion dollars worth of overseas aid pledges, but foreign donors insisted that the conflict-torn nation risked losing the cash unless it achieves peace. Read the Full Article
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