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Sri Lanka rebels offer to lay down arms
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government Sunday, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last strongholds in the northeast.
Nations:Sri Lanka India Source:(AP)
2009-05-17
Sri Lanka urges civilians to flee war zone
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's government dropped leaflets across the northern war zone Friday urging civilians to flee the fighting amid accusations the military pounded the area with artillery shells that killed at least 10 civilians.
Nations:Sri Lanka Source:(AP)
2009-05-01
Tigers in Kamikaze-style attack on Sri Lanka's tax HQ
COLOMBO (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a possible suicide attack and bombed Sri Lanka's main tax office in the capital Colombo on Friday night, military officials said.
Nations:Sri Lanka India Source:(AFP)
2009-02-20
Sri Lanka: 16 patients killed in hospital shelling
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - At least 16 patients being treated at a makeshift hospital in the northern Sri Lankan war zone were killed by shelling, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the military accused rebel fighters of killing 19 other civilians fleeing the area.
Nations:Sri Lanka Source:(AP)
2009-02-10
UN: Sri Lanka war zone facing food crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The United Nations warned Friday of a food crisis in Sri Lanka's north where some 250,000 civilians are trapped in fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels on the verge of defeat.
Nations:Sri Lanka People:Ban Ki-moon Source:(AP)
2009-02-06
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