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/ 21 February 2009
The Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday called a defiant air raid on the Sri Lankan capital a success, despite the planes missing their stated targets.
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/ 17 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s cornered Tamil Tiger rebels have intensified conscription of child soldiers, some as young as 14, Unicef said on Tuesday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers on Wednesday denied gunning down civilians streaming out of the country’s war zone.
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/ 10 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger guerrillas on Tuesday shot dead 17 civilians and wounded nearly 70 others, military spokesperson Udaya Nanayakkara said.
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/ 9 February 2009
A female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber hiding among a group of civilians fleeing Sri Lanka’s war zone blew herself up on Monday, killing at least 28.
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/ 8 February 2009
Sri Lankan troops have smashed the Tamil Tigers’ mini-state, but officials say they must catch their elusive leader to declare final victory.
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/ 7 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s top defence official on Saturday accused rebels of infiltrating international organisations in a bid to force a ceasefire.
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/ 6 February 2009
Sri Lankan troops on Friday captured more Tamil Tiger bases, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon raised fresh concerns for civilians trapped in the war zone.
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/ 5 February 2009
Sri Lanka is offering an amnesty to Tamil Tiger rebels who lay down arms and surrender, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake said on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2009
Sri Lanka has rejected a call to negotiate terms of surrender by the Tamil Tiger rebels, the country’s defence secretary has been quoted as saying.
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/ 4 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s president said on Wednesday the Tamil Tiger rebels were on the verge of defeat.
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/ 3 February 2009
Sri Lanka’s president said on Monday that the army was on the brink of crushing the Tamil Tigers — hours after artillery shells struck a hospital.
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/ 30 January 2009
Sri Lanka’s president urged the Tiger rebels on Friday to allow about 250 000 civilians trapped in the northern war zone to flee to safety.
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/ 29 January 2009
International rights groups pressed for urgent action to save up to 250 000 civilians trapped in northern Sri Lanka.
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/ 28 January 2009
A Sri Lankan health official says recent heavy fighting in the north has killed more than 300 civilians and wounded at least 1 000 others.
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/ 27 January 2009
The UN on Monday expressed concern over the fate of civilians caught in the fighting in Sri Lanka between government troops and Tamil rebels.
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/ 26 January 2009
Sri Lankan troops surged forward on Monday after seizing the last big town held by Tamil Tiger separatists.
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/ 23 January 2009
The military shelled a hospital and a village inside a ”safe zone” for displaced families, killing at least 30 people, health officials said.
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/ 22 January 2009
Sri Lankan troops have seized a Tamil Tiger command centre in the island’s north as ground troops advance into the rebels’ remaining territory.
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/ 20 January 2009
Sri Lanka’s navy on Tuesday destroyed four Tamil Tiger boats and killed 16 guerrillas trying to escape, the military said.
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/ 18 January 2009
Sri Lankan government troops have almost completely cornered the Tamil Tigers in their north-eastern jungle base, the army chief said.
Sri Lankan attack helicopters bombed Tamil Tiger positions on Saturday, a day after ground forces seized the rebel headquarters town of Kilinochchi.
Sri Lankan troops have captured the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels’ headquarters town of Kilinochchi, the Sri Lankan president said on Friday.
Sri Lankan troops marched into the Tamil Tigers’ de facto capital of Kilinochchi and the town is about to fall to the government , an official said.
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/ 28 December 2008
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed six paramilitary guards and wounded more than a dozen others in a residential area in Colombo.
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/ 17 December 2008
Sri Lankan troops assaulted the outskirts of the separatist Tamil Tigers’ self-proclaimed capital on Wednesday, the military said.
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/ 16 December 2008
Simultaneous army attacks on Tamil Tiger defences in Sri Lanka killed 120 guerrillas and 25 soldiers on Tuesday, the military said.
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/ 18 November 2008
Sri Lanka’s navy traded fire with a flotilla of Tamil rebel boats off the island’s north-eastern coast Tuesday, defence officials said.
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/ 15 November 2008
Sri Lankan forces on Saturday captured the strategically important northern town of Pooneryn from Tamil Tiger rebels after months of heavy fighting.
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/ 10 November 2008
Sri Lanka’s government rejected the latest Tamil Tiger truce offer out of hand on Monday, again demanding the separatist rebels surrender.
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/ 4 November 2008
Sri Lanka’s decades-old war against Tamil Tiger rebels is close to being completed, the island’s army chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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/ 1 November 2008
Sri Lanka’s navy and Tamil Tiger rebels fought a fierce sea battle off the island’s northern coast on Saturday, the two said.