Sri Lanka govt captures key eastern point from rebel control

    COLOMBO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan military has wrested the control of a key location in the Eastern Province fromthe clutches of Tiger rebel control, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse announced Monday.

Sri Lankan military resumes key offensive

    COLOMBO, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan military resumed its key push towards a strategic area in the east of the country by moving ahead, the National Security Media Center (NSMC) here said Monday.

Sri Lanka govt signals Tigers for truce

    COLOMBO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is willing to enter accord with the Tamil Tiger rebels for a cessation of current hostilities, the official Daily News said here Tuesday.

SLMM restricted of access to conflict areas in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) the Nordic truce monitoring group in Sri Lanka's separatist armed conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels said here Monday that both the rebels and the government are restricting access to them in areas where fighting is currently taking place.

Sri Lankan troops kill 88 rebel cadres, consolidate defense lines

    COLOMBO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan troops who are engaged in a military battle with the Tiger rebels had consolidated their forward defense lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula, defense officials said Sunday.

EU presidency urges Sri Lankan government, LTTE to resume peace talks

    HELSINKI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Finland, which holds the rotating European Union presidency, on Thursday urged the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to resume peace talks.

Bombings victimize children in Sri Lanka: UNICEF

    COLOMBO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) said Tuesday that Monday's bombing of a child home was a shocking result of the rising violence in Sri Lanka, calling on both the rebels and the government to ensure a safe place for children.

Security beefed up in Sri Lankan capital

    COLOMBO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police said Tuesday that capital Colombo's security had been beefed up following an assassination attempt of Pakistan's ambassador to the island, blamed on the Tamil Tigers.

Explosion kills 7 in Sri Lanka's capital

    COLOMBO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least 7 people were killed while 8 others were injured in a powerful explosion in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, police said Monday. 

43 kids killed in air raid in Sri Lanka: Rebel statement

    BEIJING, Aug.14 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said 43 schoolgirls were killed when the government's warplanes bombed an orphanage in the rebel-held Mullaitivu district on Monday, according to media reports.

Sri Lanka says ready to talk peace despite war with rebels

    COLOMBO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government announced Sunday that it was ready for talks with the Tamil Tigers despite being engaged currently in some of the worst battles since the Norwegian brokered peace process began.

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