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Media Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa yesterday intervened on behalf of Rupavahini News Director T..

The United Nations has revealed that some of the children released by the LTTE with fanfare have bee..

The head of the Sri Lankan army says the military aims to kill three thousand Tamil Tiger rebels ove..

Sri Lanka’s air force bombed a Tamil Tiger training base in the north and nine rebels and two soldiers were killed in ground battles, the military said on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s top military leaders have vowed to defeat the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2008 after a set of military victories in 2007, said the Daily News on Monday. According to the government’s official newspap …

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s air force bombed a Tamil Tiger training base in the north and nine rebels and two soldiers were killed in ground battles, the military said on Monday. The air …

Air force jets attacked and destroyed a Tamil Tiger training camp Monday in war-torn northern Sri Lanka, following a spate of battles a day earlier that killed at least 11 combatants, the military said.

Air force jets attacked and destroyed a Tamil Tiger training camp Monday in war-torn northern Sri Lanka, following a spate of battles a day earlier that killed at least 11 combatants, the military said.

Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is to be formally appointed as head of the cricket administration next week, officials said.

Colombo, Dec 31 - The following were the key dates in Sri Lanka in 2007:

Colombo, Dec 31 (IANS) The following were the key dates in Sri Lanka in 2007:

New Delhi, Dec 31 - Sri Lanka’s failure to unveil a political package to end years of war and its military successes against the Tamil Tigers marked the highlights of one of the world’s longest running conflicts in 2007.

By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Dec 31 : Sri Lanka’s failure to unveil a political package to end years of war and its military successes against the Tamil Tigers marked the highlights of one of the world’s longest running conflicts in 2007.

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s failure to unveil a political package to end years of war and its military successes against the Tamil Tigers marked the highlights of one of the world’s longest running conflicts in 2007.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Tamil Tiger rebels fired mortars at territory recently lost to Sri Lankan government troops and fought three other battles, in violence that killed a total of nine insurgents and two soldiers, the military said Monday.

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan defence secretary and the brother of SL President Mahinda Rajapa..

COLOMBO: Amid claims by the military that at least 35 cadres of the LTTE were killed as troops advanced into the areas under the control of Tigers in the north, Sri Lanka Army chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka has forecast the end of LTTE chief …

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) high command in Palaali announced Sunday that the daily curfew which lasts from 9:00 p.m to 4:30 a.m. every night in Jaffna will be lifted Monday night to allow Jaffna residents to celebrate the arrival of new year, sources in Jaffna said. The curfew will again be reinstated from Tuesday, the new year, the announcement said.

Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lankan Army troops have occupied the LTTE’s Forward Defence Lines and surrounded the Wanni LTTE bases from all directions, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said today.

Dec 30, Colombo: Sri Lanka gazetted an Animal Welfare Bill as a Private Member’s Bill brought up by Ven. Athureliye Rathana Thero of the Jathika Hela Urumaya.

Sri Lanka’s Cricket World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga is to be formally appointed as head of the cricket administration, officials have confirmed.

Mano Ganeshan, the leader of Western People’s Front(WPF) and Colombo district parliamentarian speaking to TamilNet said that he has decided to leave Sri lanka due to security reasons. Mr.Ganeshan said that the decision to go abroad was due to the recent withdrawal by Government of Sri Lanka (GOSl) the 10 security personnel and the security back up vehicle provided to him.

Colombo, Dec 30 - Sri Lanka’s army chief has said Tamil Tiger’s chief Velupillai Prabhakaran may not survive for more than six months even as Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa hinted the guerrilla commander might have been killed in an air raid on his bunker late last month.

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) As the ethnic war in pearl of theIndian ocean rages between the Sinhalas and the Tamils theundisputed original settlers of Sri Lanka- the Veddas- havealmost disappeared

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) As the ethnic war in pearl of theIndian ocean rages between the Sinhalas and the Tamils theundisputed original settlers of Sri Lanka- the Veddas- havealmost disappeared from the country says a new book.