Sri Lankan Navy sinks a suspected rebel boat

    COLOMBO , Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Navy said Sunday that it had sunk a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel boat off the northern seas of Mannar.

Clashes continue in Sri Lanka as Japanese envoy is due

    COLOMBO, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Overnight clashes continued in Sri Lanka's north and east as special Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akashi is due in the island on Sunday, defense officials said.

Clashes cause near 140 casualties in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fighting broke out Wednesday between Sri Lanka's government troops and the Tamil Tiger rebels in the island country's northern Jaffna peninsula, killing 22 soldiers and injuring 113 others, said the military.

Sri Lankan gov't agrees to hold talks with Tigers

    COLOMBO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that it has agreed to hold talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in Switzerland at the end of this month.

Sri Lankan Navy sinks 9 rebel boats

    COLOMBO, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan Navy sank nine vessels carrying Tamil Tiger rebels in the northeastern coast during a sea battle from Sunday night to Monday morning and more than 70 rebels might have been killed in the battle.

Sri Lanka gov't asks Muslims to ignore rebels' threat

    COLOMBO, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan defense authorities said Sunday they have urged the Muslim population in an eastern town to remain there as the Tamil Tiger rebels would be no longer able to attack the town.

Sri Lankan gov't condemns Tigers' killing of Muslim civilians

    COLOMBO, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government Monday strongly condemned the killing by the Tamil Tiger rebels of 11 Muslim civilians engaged in repairing a sluice gate in the Eastern Province.

Explosion injures 13 in Sri Lanka's north

    COLOMBO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 13 civilians were injured Wednesday morning when a terrorist hurled a hand grenade inside a farm shop in Sri Lanka's Northern Province, said the Media Center for National Security (MCNS) in a statement.

Sri Lanka freezes rebel-linked NGO funds

    COLOMBO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's central bank said Monday that bank accounts belonging to a non-governmental organization with links to the Tamil Tigers have been frozen pending investigations.

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