No truce in reality in Sri Lanka: int'l truce monitors

    COLOMBO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Head of the international truce monitoring team in Sri Lanka Saturday said that both the government and the Tamil rebels need to share the blame for the present conflict situation in the island.

Sri Lanka army says rebel attacks thwarted

    COLOMBO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan defense authorities said Saturday that several attacks by the Tamil Tiger rebels since Friday evening in the northeastern battle zones have been successfully repulsed and the situation has been brought under control.

Car bomb explosion kills 2 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A car bomb blast in the Sri Lanka's capital Colombo killed two people on Tuesday, police said.

    The victims, a woman and a child, were killed as the suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack directed at the vehicle of a rival group senior member took place at the south Colombo's Milagiriya junction at 2.50 p.m. local time (0940 GMT), police said.

15 Sri Lankan aid workers found murdered

    BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The international aid community was deep in shock yesterday as details emerged from Sri Lanka of the killings of 15 aid workers involved in tsunami relief.

UN condemns killings of aid workers in Sri Lanka

    UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday strongly condemned the execution-style killings of 15 aid workers from French organization Action against Hunger in northeastern Sri Lanka, calling on the authorities to apprehend those responsible.

European Commission says shocked by killing of 15 aid workers in Sri Lanka

    BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, on Monday expressed shock at the killing of 15 aid workers in Sri Lanka.

Senior security official killed in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A senior government security official was killed in a claymore mine explosion in the early hours of Monday in central Sri Lanka as fighting continued in the eastern province, defense officials said.

Tigers to open sluice gate to end water spat in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday said that they had decided to open an irrigation sluice gate in eastern Sri Lanka to end a 17-day military confrontation with the government.

Sri Lanka faced with serious problem of displaced from E Muslim town

    COLOMBO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government was Sunday looking for ways to ease the congestion in the town of Kantalai by moving some to the neighboring towns or even to convince them to return to their base in Muttur, the scene of fighting with the Tamil Tigers.

Sri Lankan government troops kill 152 rebels

    BEIJING, Aug.5 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said Saturday government troops took full control over the coastal town of Muttur and killed at least 152 Tamil Tiger rebels, said Indian the Hindu newspaper Saturday.

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