Seven dead, scores hurt in Sri Lanka train bombing: military
May 26, 2008 (AFP) - At least seven people were killed and scores more wounded Monday in the bombing of a packed commuter train in the suburbs of the Sri …
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Sri Lanka warplanes bomb restive north: defence ministry
May 24, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka warplanes bombed a suspected rebel boat yard and provided cover for ground troops pushing into rebel territory, the defence …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers say unit commander dies of heart attack
May 20, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said Tuesday that a high-ranking rebel leader died of a sudden heart attack in the guerrilla-held northern …
Sri Lanka fighting kills 50: ministry
May 19, 2008 (AFP) - At least 50 people have died in fresh fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the island's …
Sri Lanka attacks Tiger lines in north
May 18, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka mounted air and ground attacks against the Tamil Tigers across the island's embattled northern district at the weekend, killing …
Sri Lanka clashes leave 16 Tiger rebels dead: military
May 17, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan ground troops killed at least 16 Tamil Tiger rebels while airforce fighter jets bombed guerrilla targets in the island's north, …
Sri Lanka capital rocked by bomb
May 16, 2008 (LBO) - A bomb blast shook the Sri Lankan capital Colombo just before noon Friday, defence officials said. The blast occured near the Sambhodi …
Sri Lanka police bus blasted in suicide attack
May 16, 2008 (LBO ) A Sri Lanka police bus was targeted by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber in the capital Colombo Friday, killing 8 persons and injuring …
Nine dead, scores wounded in Sri Lanka suicide blast
May 16, 2008 (AFP) - At least nine people were killed and 95 others wounded Friday in a Tamil Tiger suicide bombing near the official residence of Sri Lanka's …
At least 25 killed in Sri Lanka’s restive north: military
May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops smashed rebel bunkers and traded fire with guerrillas across the island's north, leaving at least 25 people dead in …
Sri Lanka ministerial aide assassinated amid violence
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - At least 27 Tamil Tiger rebels died during battles with government troops, while separately a top advisor to a senior cabinet minister was …
Sri Lanka presses ahead with air and ground attacks against Tamil Tigers: military
May 14, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lanka pressed ahead with air and ground attacks Wednesday against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north, the defence ministry said, as the …
Sri Lanka Navy supply ship sunk by Tamil Tigers
May 10, 2008 (LBO) – Tamil Tiger guerillas have sunk a Sri Lanka Navy supply ship in the Northeastern Trincomalee port, in the early hours of Saturday, …
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers attack as govt holds key local polls
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels sank a naval cargo ship moored in the northeast of Sri Lanka on Saturday, in an attack …
Thai police seize nearly 21,000 fake passports
BANGKOK, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Thai police Friday seized nearly 21,000 fake passports and arrested 12 people in what they described as their biggest-ever bust of …
Sri Lanka bomb kills eight in east: military
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and many more wounded when a powerful bomb exploded late Friday in eastern Sri Lanka a day before local …
Sri Lankan troops capture key rebel town: defence ministry
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sri Lankan government forces captured Friday a key guerrilla town in the north of the island killing 15 Tamil rebels, the defence ministry …
Sri Lanka attack helicopters support army offensive
May 9, 2008 (AFP) - Helicopter gunships provided air cover Friday for ground troops advancing into rebel areas of northern Sri Lanka where at least 30 rebel …
Britain charges four with helping Sri Lanka Tigers
LONDON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - British police have charged four men with conspiring to support Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Scotland Yard said Thursday. buy …
British police arrest fourth Sri Lanka Tiger activist
LONDON, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - British police said they arrested a man under anti-terror laws Tuesday as part of their long-running probe into the Tamil Tiger …