Capture Prabhakaran alive, India urges Sri Lanka

Capture Prabhakaran alive, India urges Sri LankaIndia has reiterated that Sri Lanka capture Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran alive and extradite him to India, sources in the external affairs ministry said on Tuesday."India will continue to request that Prabhakaran be caught alive," a ministry source said.At the same time, New Delhi is aware that Colombo will hand...

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Surrender, Daya Master tells LTTE cadres

Surrender, Daya Master tells LTTE cadres SRI LANKA-Two former LTTE leaders who surrendered to the military last week, made an open appeal to the remaining LTTE cadres to lay down their arms and surrender, calling the armed struggle as a meaningless effort.Former LTTE Spokesman Velayudam Dayanidi alias Daya Master and V.K. Pencharatnam, known as George, a former aide to the late political chief Thamil Selvan in an interview with the ITN yesterday...

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Britain, France fail to win Sri Lanka truce ..

Britain, France fail to win Sri Lanka truce COLOMBO (AFP) — The foreign ministers of Britain and France said on Wednesday they had failed to persuade Sri Lanka to end its offensive against Tamil rebels and allow aid in for civilians trapped by the fighting."We tried very hard -- we insisted and we insisted -- but it is up to our friends to allow it or not," French Foreign...

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India appeals to LTTE to surrender......

India appealed LTTE surrender.India has appealed to the LTTE to surrender and negotiate with the government. Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in an interview with NDTV a short while ago, also said India does not provide any military assistance to the Army which could be used for offensive purposes.-dailymir...

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Humanitarian operations continue.......

Humanitarian operations continue: 53, 58 Div troops advance through mined earth SRI LANKA-LTTE terrorists suffered double blows losing two heavily fortified defence positions as 53 and 58 Division troops made predawn incursions at identified terror strongpoints located South of Valayanmadam today (April 28).According to ground reports, 58 and 53 Div infantrymen have respectively...

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Sri Lanka to host 12 World Cup 2011 matches ..

Sri Lanka to host 12 World Cup 2011 matchesInternational Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat announced today that that Sri Lanka will host 12 matches in three venues of the 2011 World Cup matches adding that in all, 49 matches would be played at 13 venues in three countries.India will get the lion’s share of the 2011 World Cup matches, given the unstable and precarious...

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Sri Lanka civilians' plight.....

Sri Lanka civilians' plightSRI LANKA- The Sri Lankan government agreed Monday to stop firing heavy weapons into the war zone in the northeast to avoid injuring thousands of civilians trapped there, but resisted growing pressure for a cease-fire in its war with the Tamil Tiger rebels. A pro-rebel website immediately accused the government of violating its promise by launching...

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The Under Secretary General of the UN Sir John Holmes.

UN -Sir John Homes visited the IDP welfare CampsSRI LANKA-The Under Secretary General of the UN Sir John Holmes visited the IDP Welfare Camps (Menik Farm) in Vauniya yesterday and promised to donate 10 million US Dollars through UN agencies to facilitate Tamil civilians .photo-news...

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London based LTTE mobs attack Indian and Sri Lankan High...

London based LTTE mobs attack Indian and Sri Lankan High commission buildings LTTE mobs during a protest demonstration have turned violent and smashed the windows of the Indian and Sri Lankan High Commission buildings in London today (April 27). By stone throwing two Metropolitan police officers have been injured at the Sri Lanka High Commission premises and admitted to hospital.An...

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Another 3000 civilians rescued, LTTE intensifies violence against civilians....

Another 3000 civilians rescued, LTTE intensifies violence against civilians to win international sympathy SRI LANKA-Sri Lankan soldiers engaged in the world's largest hostage rescue mission yesterday (Apr 26) freed 3254 civilians from LTTE clutches.According to the defence.lk special correspondent on the field, troops of 58 Division rescued 3147 people when they liberated the Valayarmadam coastal village. The group included a large number of LTTE...

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UPFA takes Colombo with 68 members

UPFA takes Colombo with 68 membersSRI LANKA-The UPFA has won the Colombo District in the 2009 Western Provincial Council Polls (WPC). Colombo (Final District Results):UPFA 530,370(25 seats), UNP 327,571(15 seats), JVP 21,787(1 seat), SLMC 18,978(1 sea...

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UPFA gets Kalutara District in Full majority

UPFA gets Kalutara District in Full majoritySRI LANKA-Western Province Council Election Kalutara district final result won by UPFA gets 351215 votes. UNP gets 124 426 votes,PLF gets 13106 votes.register votes 801326.-Election d...

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Kalutara postal Votes.........

UPFA Kalutara won the postal votesKalutara postal VotesPOLITICAL PARTY/ INDEPENDENT GROUP VOTES OBTAINED PERCENTAGEUNITED PEOPLE'S FREEDOM ALLIANCE 7,898 76.81UNITED NATIONAL PARTY 1,965 19.11PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT 378 3.68SRI LANKA MUSLIM CONGRESS 22 0.21DEMOCRATIC UNITY ALLIANCE 4 0.04UNITED SOCIALIST PARTY 3 0.03INDEPENDENT GROUP 2 3 0.03EKSATH LANKA MAHA SABHA 2 0.02SRI...

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Kalutara Distric Postal Votes won by UPFA

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS – 2009- Kalutara District postal Votes-UPFA won the kalutara distric postal votes-7898UNP-1...

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Gampaha Postal Votes

Gampaha Postal Votes POLITICAL PARTY/ INDEPENDENT GROUP VOTES OBTAINED PERCENTAGE UNITED PEOPLE'S FREEDOM ALLIANCE 11,376 77.44 UNITED NATIONAL PARTY 2,700 18.38 PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT 563 3.83 SRI LANKA MUSLIM CONGRESS 32 0.22 EKSATH LANKA MAHA SABHA 4 0.03 UNITED SOCIALIST PARTY 4 0.03 DEMOCRATIC UNITY ALLIANCE ...

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Prabhakaran must responsible all killing-Karuna

Prabhakaran must responsible all killing-Karuna SRI LANKA-The Sri Lankan government has urged him to surrender and end fighting in which thousands of civilians have died. But most generals and officials privately say that only the death of the Tigers' leader will end the island's long war "Sri Lanka lost so many fighters and civilians and Prabhakaran is responsible for all...

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Firing incident in Mt. Lavinia

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Prabhakaran cannot flee' - Navy...

Prabhakaran cannot flee' - Navy SRI LANKA-The Navy will not leave any room for LTTE leader Prabhakaran and his associates to flee the country by sea. Highly fortified naval defence lines and a high tech system has been placed to monitor the LTTE movements, said Commander Karunarathne, acting Naval Spokesperson addressing a media briefing on Thursday (April 23.Addressing the...

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UN demands LTTE to lay down arms and free civilians immediately ....

UN demands LTTE to lay down arms and free civilians immediately SRI LANKA-The United Nations Security Council has demanded LTTE terrorists to renounce violence, lay down arms and to stop using civilians as human shield immediately."The LTTE is a terrorist organization and should be condemned for its use of civilian as a human shield. The LTTE should immediately lay down arms...

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Killing of Tamil civilians should end: India ....

Killing of Tamil civilians should end: IndiaNew Delhi: India on Wednesday night voiced its unhappiness over the continued killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka and asked the LTTE to stop its "barbaric" attempt to hold civilians hostage, even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed the situation in the island nation. A special meeting, attended also by External Affairs...

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U.N. council voices "deep concern" about Sri Lanka..

U.N. council voices "deep concern" about Sri LankaUNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council expressed concern on Wednesday about the humanitarian situation in northern Sri Lanka, where tens of thousands of civilians trapped in rebel territory are in imminent danger. "The Security Council members, we expressed our deep concern about the humanitarian situation ... and the plight...

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Clinton says Sri Lanka is causing 'untold suffering'......

Clinton says Sri Lanka is causing 'untold suffering'WASHINGTON- Sri Lanka has caused "untold suffering" as it fights Tamil Tiger rebels in what is believed to be the endgame of Asia's longest-running war, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday."I think that the Sri Lankan government knows that the entire world is very disappointed that in its efforts to...

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Video: Sri Lankan civilians 'escape' rebel stronghold - 22 Apr 09

Video: Sri Lankan civilians 'escape' rebel stronghold - 22 Apr 09 Vedio-Al Jaze...

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Over 100,000 civilians freed.......

Since Monday :Over 100,000 civilians freedTotal influx from Tiger zone 170,000: SRI LANKA-The Security Forces engaged in the largest ever hostage rescue mission in the No Fire Zone are not using heavy arms to retaliate to LTTE attacks. Over 100,000 civilians had been rescued by the Security Forces since last Monday.dailynews-Photo Rukmal gam...

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Daya master surrended.....

Daya master surrended.SRI LANKA-LTTE media spokesman Daya Master has just surrendered to the army along with George, the traslator of former political head Thamilchelvan, military Media center for national security sources confirmed. Daya Master is a senior member and second leader in the LTTE .From 22 to22 Ap at leat 90,097 civilians were rescued reported by defence.lk in...

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Over 122,000 Wanni civilians .........

Over 122,000 Wanni civilians seek refuge in Government SRI LANKA-The 58 Division troops backed by the Commando and Special Forces troops yesterday continued their humanitarian operation to rescue the civilians trapped inside the Safe Zone after reaching the Eastern beachfront dividing the Safe Zone into two enabling more civilians to arrive into the military controlled areas...

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LTTE suicide bomb attack targets Tamil civilians - NFZ

LTTE suicide bomb attack targets Tamil civilians - NFZ SRI LANKA-An LTTE suicide bomber has attacked thousands of Tamil civilians who are now trying to seek refuge with Sri Lankan Army, this morning (April 20). According to the latest information, about 10,000 civilians are now being rescued by troops from terrorist grip.Battlefield sources said at least 17 civilians including women and children have been killed in the cowardly bomb blast. defen...

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24 hours for Praba to surrender - Keheliya ....

24 hours for Praba to surrender - Keheliya SRI LANKA-The government has given LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran a warning of 24 hours beginning 12.00 noon today to surrender, says Defence spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. source-dailymir...

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35,000 civilians escape, LTTE complete defeat imminent - President ........

35,000 civilians escape, LTTE complete defeat imminent - PresidentSRI LANKA-More than 35,000 civilians today fled the last area under the control of Sri Lanka’s cornered LTTE, President Mahinda Rajapakse said, adding that the rebels' "complete defeat" was imminent.Showing aerial video from a military spy plane over the tiny area where the Tigers are staging a last stand, Rajapakse said 35,000 non-combatants had crossed the lines into government-held...

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Rescue mission becoming success, Several thousands of civilians rescued - Puthumathalan ......

Rescue mission becoming success, Several thousands of civilians rescued - Puthumathalan SRI LANKA-Sri Lankan soldiers have been able to rescue several thousands of civilians held hostage by the LTTE terrorists in the government declared No Fire Zone this morning (Apr 20).According to the defence sources , troops have been able to open up a safe route for the civilians to come...

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3000 civilians cross over.....

3,000 civilians cross over to Gov't areasSRI LANKA-Nearly 3,000 civilians escaped from Sri Lanka's war zone and sought shelter with security forces, the defence ministry said today as troops stepped up an offensive against cornered Tiger rebels.The non-combatants escaped on Saturday evening from the remaining area under the control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),...

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Put pressure on LTTE to free civilians - President Rajapaksa.......

Put pressure on LTTE to free civilians - President RajapaksaSRI LANKA-President Mahinda Rajapaksa called on all those pressuring his government, both locally and internationally for an extended "humanitarian pause" or a ceasefire, to instead appeal to the LTTE to give freedom of movement "just for one hour" to innocent civilians stranded in the No-Fire Zone (NFZ), in the North."If...

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filmmaker Tissa Abeysekara ........

The Great filmmaker Tissa Abesekara passedaway..SRI LANKA-The remains of the late award-winning filmmaker Tissa Abeysekara now lie at No. 494/2, Rajagiriya Road, Rajagiriya till 10.30 pm on Monday. Afterwards the remains will lie at the Lanka Sama Samaja Party headquarters in Union Place till 2 pm on Tuesday. The remains will be moved to the Art Gallery at 2 pm on Tuesday...

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New Year ‘gift’ for Kilinochchi .

New Year 'gift' for Kilinochchi It will not be wrong to say that Kilinochchi has received two New Year gifts in just four months. On January 2, 2009, Security Forces regained Kilinochchi, heralding a new era for this major Northern city that was dominated by the LTTE for around two decades....

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First visit by a head of state...........

First visit by a head of state:President in KilinochchiVisits soldiers’ barracks and supervises facilities: SRI LANKA-President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday made a historic visit to Kilinochchi, considered to be the first ever done by a Head of State. Kilinochchi, the so-called political headquarters of the LTTE fell on January 2, 2009 as the Security Forces brought the entire...

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Care for IDPSs: ......

Care for IDPSs:UN welcomes Govt plan SRI LANKA-The United Nations advocate for displaced persons today called for urgent measures to save civilians trapped in a tiny pocket of northern Sri Lanka by fighting between the Government and the LTTE.Following a four-day visit to the island nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Representative for the Human Rights of Displaced Persons Walter Kalin expressed concern for the lives of civilians trapped in the...

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Sri Lanka waiting to storm 'safe zone'......

Sri Lanka waiting to storm 'safe zone'SRI LANKA-, (UPI) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on the besieged Tamil Tigers to surrender."You have no option but to put down your arms and surrender with your brainwashed remaining cadres. It is now time for you to release all Tamil civilians and let them live in peace and harmony," Colombo Page reported the president...

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Driven To Their Death In Vain ....

Driven To Their Death In VainFor those mislead youth who suffered death to save the lives of cowards SRI LANKA-They were brutal. They were trained from their childhood to hate, murder and to believe whatever said by their leader as the ultimate truth. They had started their bloody careers in the LTTE as its "baby killers". When they were lead to commit village massacres, they...

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2127 civilians flee LTTE tyranny: seek protection with security forces - Mullaittivu .....

2127 civilians flee LTTE tyranny: seek protection with security forces - Mullaittivu SRI LANKA-A total of 2127 civilians including 919 children have fled from LTTE hostage and sought protection with 58 Division troops at Ampalavanpokkanai, Mullaittivu yesterday (April 5).According to military, the civilians belonging to 503 families included 429 men, 779 women and 919 children....

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Tamils abroad urge LTTE leadership to release civilian hostages......

Tamils abroad urge LTTE leadership to release civilian hostages SRI LANKA-One of the members of "Tamil Diaspora for Dialogue" Mrs Rajeswari Balasubramaniam yesterday (Apr 6) appealed to LTTE leader Prabhakaran for the release of innocent civilians trapped in the "No Fire Zone"She was one of the 21 intellectuals who arrived in Sri Lanka last week.Mrs Balasubramaniam is a writer...

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SP shot dead in Kalmunai

SP ,H.P. Jamaldeen shot dead in Kalmunai.SI LANKA-Director of the Kalladi Police Training School - Superintendent of Police H.L.Jamaldeen was shot dead by unidentified gang while he was coming out of a Mosque in Kalmunai yesterday, police sa...

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UN special envoy praises facilities at civilian welfare villages in Vavuniya ...

UN special envoy praises facilities at civilian welfare villages in Vavuniya SRI LANKA-The Government sponsored infrastructure facilities and vocational training centres inside welfare villages in Vavuniya, has come in for high praise by visiting UN special envoy on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Prof. Walter Kaelin.Specially, training facilities to equip IDPs for future employment has impressed Prof. Kaelin, who visited Vavuniya on...

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Troops unshackle LTTE grip on Puthukkudiyirippu: Over 250 terrorists killed .............

Troops unshackle LTTE grip on Puthukkudiyirippu: Over 250 terrorists killedSRI LANKA-Over 250 terrorists were reported killed including senior LTTE rankers Theepan(LTTE's former 'Northern region' chief), Ruben, Nagesh, Gadaphi (former body guard of Prabakaran), Vidusha ('Malathi' female wing head), Durga ('Soothiya' female wing head) and Kamalini following pitched battles...

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Sirasa TV reporter attacked

Sirasa TV reporter was assaulted in Kiribathgoda SRI LANKA- Sirasa TV reporter was assaulted in Kiribathgoda today while he was about to cover a protest relating to an incident at a school, Sirasa News Director confirm...

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Police Commandos ambush LTTE group; 13 terror bodies found - Panama

Police Commandos ambush LTTE group; 13 terror bodies found - Panama SRI LANKA-Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel attacked a group of LTTE infiltrators detected in the Panama area this morning (Apr 3). According to the defence sources, 13 bodies of LTTE cadres have been found during the subsequent search. The sources also said that LTTE's explosive expert Paramanantha master is also among the deadThe police commandos launched a special operation...

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LTTE loses two battle hardened leaders Amuthab & Gobith..............

LTTE loses two battle hardened leaders Amuthab & Gobith SRI LANKA-Defence Intelligence sources have revealed that leader of the "Charles Antony" band of the LTTE, Amuthab, and former leader of the same band Gobith were killed in recent fighting in Puthukkudyiruppu.The civilians sought refuge with the armed forces yesterday (Apr 2) also confirmed the fact and told the soldiers...

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U.N. sends more food to Sri Lanka.............

U.N. sends more food to Sri LankaSRI LANKA-A U.N. food agency said it shipped 1,000 metric tons of food aid to a safe zone in Sri Lanka, where fighting has displaced more than 100,000 people.The items were sent aboard a ship chartered by the government of Sri Lanka, sailing under the flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross, The U.N. World Food Program said in a release.WFP said the food would feed approximately 100,000 people for 20...

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Charles Anthony........

Charles Anthony injured - MilitarySRI LANKA-LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's eldest son was wounded in battle against Sri Lankan security forces, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said on Wednesday.Charles Anthony, 24, was injured during fighting last week in the northeast of the island where the rebels have been cornered, Nanayakkara said."Through technical...

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Susanthika recieves her best Medal

Susanthika won her first Medal SRI LANKA The motherhood is the most treasured moment for any woman, no matter what she had achieved in life before. One could go places and become a celebrity but the most cherished in a woman’s life is becoming a mother.Her timing of 22.28 seconds to secure women’s 200m bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games is the most precious moment...

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LTTE confined to No Fire Zone:

LTTE confined to No Fire Zone:Troops encircle over 200 Tigers SRI LANKA-The entire Puthukudiyiruppu township and Iranapalai area came under Security Forces control last evening with 58 Division troops and 53 Division troops surrounding the last terrain controlled by the LTTE in the North East of Puthukudiyiruppu after capturing Pachchapulmudai junction the last supply route connected to the No Fire Zone from the mainland under 58 Division troops...

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PANOS promotes terrorism in Sri Lanka - Defence spokesperson

PANOS promotes terrorism in Sri Lanka - Defence spokesperson SRI LANKA-Sri Lanka's Defence Spokesperson, Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today (Apr 1) exposed another sleazy INGO directly supporting terrorism in Sri Lanka. Addressing the weekly media briefing at Media Centre for National Security, he revealed that an INGO named PANOS have been funding a project involved in propagating...

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