Sri Lank, Nov 28, 2007 : From an unknown location in Sri lanka, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran on November 27, accused the international community of failing his rebel group. Meanwhile, an LTTE suicide bomber blew herself up near the office of a minority Tamil ...
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Dehiwala, May 27, 2008 : Sri Lanka's military blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for bomb blast on a train that killed seven people and wounded more than 60 in the Colombo suburb of Dehiwala on Monday, May 26. The injured were rushed to the Kalubowila Teaching Hospital and National Hospital, Colombo. Pol...
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Sri Lanka, April 26, 2008 : At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 wounded when a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb ripped through a packed commuter bus on the outskirts of Colombo on Friday evening. The Sri Lankan military has blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, for the attack. Fighti...
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New Delhi, Dec. 8, 2007 : Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned ethnic Indians that they could be held under the Internal Security Act if their actions threatened national interest and asked the police to monitor their movements. The warning comes following allegations by auth...
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Columbo, April 6, 2008 : Sri Lanka's highways minister and at least nine others killed on April 6 in a suspected suicide attack by Tamil Tiger rebels near Colombo. The explosion took place in the town of Weliveriya, 30 km or 19 miles from the capital, Colombo, where Fernandopulle had gone to flag...
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Sri Lanka, 6th Dec 2007 : Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 15 people in an attack on a crowded civilian bus on the 5th of December. According to the army personnel about 29 guerrillas and seven government troops have died in clashes in the island nation's restive north.
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Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Feb 2, 2008 : At least 20 people were killed and around 50 wounded when a bomb blast hit a civilian bus in the central Sri Lankan town of Dambulla on February 2. The town is around 150 km north of the capital city Colombo. The bus's roof was partly blown off, windows were sha...
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Colombo, Feb 3, 2008 : A crude bomb went off inside a zoo in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on February 3 wounding four visitors. The military blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels for the blast. The explosion near a bird enclosure, a day ahead of the ceremonies to mark the country's Independence Day, was p...
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Colombo, Feb 23, 2008 : A suspected Tamil Tiger bomb blast destroyed a passenger bus on the southern outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on February 23. However there are no immediate reports of any fatalities. Hospital officials where the injured were admitted said that eighteen people h...
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New Delhi, Jan 29, 2008 : According to reports, Ultratech Cement, an Aditya Birla Group company, is all set to acquire the five-lakh tonne Kankesanthurai cement plant in Jaffna in northern Srilanka that has been closed for more than 17 years. The Kankesanthurai plant, one of the first plants in t...
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Colombo, Feb 4, 2008 : According to military sources, a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up at the crowded Fort station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, February 3rd, killing nine people and wounding around 100. The blast on the eve of ceremonies to mark the troubled ...
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