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LTTE bases pounded (Hindu)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:43:41 GMT

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Air Force launched attacks on Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines on Thursday, while clashes killed eight rebels and two soldiers, said the military. Helicopter gunships hit a rebel fortification ...

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Dhoni praises Badrinath and Zaheer (Thaindian News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:25:27 GMT

Colombo, Aug 21 (IANS) Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Thursday lavished praise on debutant Subramaniam Badrinath and medium-pacer Zaheer Khan for shaping India’s three-wicket series-levelling win over hosts Sri Lanka at Dambulla.Badrinath got into the playing XI only after opener Gautam Gambhir was ruled out with a stiff neck. The 28-year-old middle order batsman walked [...]

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Dhoni praises Badrinath and Zaheer (Big News Network.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:01:10 GMT

Colombo, Aug 21 (IANS) Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Thursday lavished praise on debutant Subramaniam Badrinath and medium-pacer Zaheer Khan for shaping India's three-wicket series-levelling win over hosts Sri Lanka at Dambulla.

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Sri Lankan Universities implement act to prohibit ragging (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Aug 21 Colombo: Higher Education Ministry of Sri Lanka today said that they have decided to strictly implement the act prohibiting ragging and other forms of violence in all educational Institutions.

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Student shot dead at university in eastern Sri Lanka (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:42 GMT

Colombo - A student belonging to the majority Sinhala community was shot dead at an university in predominantly Tamil minority eastern Sri Lanka by unidentified persons on Thursday night, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. The stude...

Source : The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe)

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CMEV says main political parties responsible for increasing election violence in Sri Lanka (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:25:00 GMT

Aug 21 Colombo: Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) says violating the rules by the two main political parties in Sri Lanka, UNP and UFPA is the main reason for increasing election violence.

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Sri Lanka's controversial Minister gets bail (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka's controversial Labor Minister, Mervyn Silva today surrendered to the authorities through his lawyers and was granted bail.

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Temporary election offices will be removed as Sri Lanka prepares for elections (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:57:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: The Police Department says that the removal of all temporary party offices belonging to provincial council election candidates begins tomorrow.

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Sri Lanka helicopters bomb rebels, fighting kills 40 (Alertnet)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:39:16 GMT

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan attack helicopters pounded Tamil Tiger positions on Thursday and troops killed 33 rebels in the latest bout of an eight-month onslaught to corner the separatist ...

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Sri Lanka Air Force targets Tiger rebel positions, Army encircles key LTTE town (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: Sri Lankan Air Force MI-24 helicopter gunships targeted Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines this morning, while the advancing troops of 57 division are now encircling a key LTTE town in the North, the military said.

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Pre-poll violence mars election campaigns in Sri Lanka (Big News Network.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:02:29 GMT

Colombo, Aug 21 (IANS) Campaigning for elections for two of Sri Lanka's nine provincial councils has ended, with independent monitors accusing the ruling and opposition parties of resorting to violence.

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Army deployed as pre-poll violence increases in Sri Lanka (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:46:45 GMT

Colombo - The army has been deployed in two Sri Lankan provinces where elections are scheduled Saturday after a spate of pre-poll violence, including shootings and the burnings of vehicles and buildings. The army has been sent to North-Central provin...

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Sri Lankan troops break through rebel defenses (OTB News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:08:53 GMT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers’ defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate and stirring predictions of an imminent rebel defeat after 25 years of civil war….

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US Ambassador praises Sri Lanka's Elections Commissioner (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:58:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: The United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake met with the Election Commissioner yesterday morning....

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Sri Lankan ship sinks off Chittagong after collision (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:42:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: According to media reports, a cargo vessel, MV Badulu Valley owned by Sri Lanka's Vallibel Group sank off the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong Wednesday after colliding with a tanker.

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U.S. Pacific Command Law Exchange Program enhances Sri Lanka's military justice institutions (Colombo Page)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:41:00 GMT

Aug 21, Colombo: Military law professionals from the U.S. Pacific Command Judge Advocate Office, in partnership with the American Embassy in Colombo, hosted a Military Law Exchange Program to share methods of investigating and reporting human rights abuses.

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Sri Lanka's military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers' defenses (kansascity.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:19:00 GMT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers’ defenses in recent weeks, stirring predictions of an imminent rebel defeat after 25 years of civil war.

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Free and fair election in Sri Lanka is the US interest (TW news-features)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:21:27 GMT

The United States is interested in assuring a free and fair election and not working with any particular party, Ambassador Robert Blake said when commenting this morning after a meeting with Dayananda Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s Election Commissioner. He denied allegations in Colombo media that the United States and perhaps other western countries might be working with [...]

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LTTE increasing use of human shields (OTB News)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:41 GMT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 20 (UPI) — The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam terrorist group in Sri Lanka is increasingly using citizens for human shields as a result of growing military pressure.

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Sri Lanka: Journalist Tissanayagam further remanded (Tamilnet)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:28:32 GMT

Sunday Times columnist J.S.Tissanayagam and two others were ordered further remand till September 9 Wednesday by the Colombo Chief Magistrate, Manjula Thilakaratne when they were produced in court. Mr.Jaseeharan and Ms Valarmathi who had been running the printing press, were the other two suspects, legal sources said.

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