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  • Claymore Blast Takes No Lives

    TRINCOMALEE : A POLICE ROUTE clearing patrol came under LTTE claymore mine attack this morning (19) around 5.50 a.m. in POKURANI area on KINNIYA – THAMBALAGAMUWA road.

  • Troops Unearth Terrorist Mines While Forging Ahead

    MANNAR: TIGER TERRORISTS operating in the areas north of MADU and surrounding areas on Thursday (17) tried their maximum to provoke the ground troops by directing mortar fire towards troop positions.

  • LTTE Using Madhu Statue as Tactical Ploy

    THE LTTE is using the statue of Our Lady of Madhu as a tactical ploy to obtain propaganda mileage with the Security Forces eventually closing in on them in the Wanni, Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

  • Army Chief Meets Wanni Ground Commanders

    BARELY THREE DAYS after Sri Lankans marked their national New Year, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka flew to Vavuniya this morning (18) with a view to receiving an update regarding the progress of the military fights meant for liberation of the suffering masses in Wanni.

  • Deserted LTTE -œPolicemen- Narrate Their Tales

    DESERTION by three so-called “LTTE Policemen” in their twenties with uniforms, and their subsequent most recent arrival in MANNAR with pleas for clemency from the troops, amply proves that the terrorist outfit appears now terribly shaken and thrown into disarray, as defeat becomes inevitable to the terrorists.

  • Indiscriminate Terrorist Artillery Fire Injures Woman

    JAFFNA: ONE FORTY-FIVE year old woman, named Ms. VINAYAGAMOORTHI RAJESWARI received injuries owing to a rain of LTTE artillery fire rounds directed by Tiger terrorists towards the civilian-dominated USSAN village in JAFFNA Thursday (17) afternoon.

  • Open Letter to Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU External Relations Chief

    AS THE EU'S EXTERNAL Relations Chief, thank you for your condemnation of the suicide attack which killed Minister Fernandopulle and fourteen civilians and injured many other bystanders. The Sri Lankan newspaper readers did, however, note that you failed to make any mention of the well known source of this suicide attack, let alone condemn that source by name. That name is LTTE, in case it is absent in your vocabulary. We also noted that you failed even to make a request that these murderous activities should stop forthwith.

  • Sri Lankans Discuss Peace and Reconciliation in Oslo

    A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS from Sri Lanka participated in the Conference on Peace and Reconciliation in South Asia organized by the International Association for Human Values in Oslo on 10th and 11th April 2008. They had been invited in their personal capacity by IAHV, which was founded by the Indian guru HH Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. The Conference dealt with different conflicts in South Asia, but Sri Lankan issues attracted the greatest interest and discussion, with presentations also from Prof Indra de Zoysa of Trondheim University and John Hanssen-Bauer, the Special Envoy for Sri Lanka. Niraj Deva of the Conservative Group of the European Parliament was present to chair the Workshop on the Naxalite problems in India, but also contributed to discussion.

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