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Ten suicide cadres in Sri Lankan capital waiting for orders to attack, media reports say

Sri Lankan media today reported that ten LTTE suicide cadres are in Colombo city waiting to hit more strategically important targets when ordered by the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization. A recently captured LTTE intelligence...

UNP calls for talks with LTTE

destroys thousands of lives. Speaking to journalists in Colombo, opposition leader of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council (SPC), Ranjan Ramanayake, commended UNP leader for starting a peace process with the Tigers at a time...

We got maximum support from India to crush LTTE: Sri Lanka

We got maximum support from India to crush LTTE: Sri Lanka Sunday, 12 October 2008 - 8:50 PM SL Time Colombo, Oct 12 (IANS) Charging that `some foreign elements` were trying to disrupt the ongoing development activities in Sri...

Stocks freefall amid global market meltdown

By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune Acuity Research – Sri Lanka Equities – a joint venture by HNB Stockbrokers and DFCC Stockbrokers in their weekly review on the stock market indicated that the stocks at the Colombo bourse...

27 LTTE cadres, two soldiers killed in Lanka clashes: army

Colombo (PTI): Sri Lankan fighter jets targeted a construction site of the LTTE in rebel-stronghold Kilinochchi in northern Lanka as 27 Tamil Tigers and two security forces personnel were killed in intense clashes in the...

Political party activists killed in eastern Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least two activists of a political party based in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka have been killed in a shoot-out on Saturday, police officials said on Sunday. An unidentified gunman fired at...

Illegal privatization cases presented to Sri Lanka Supreme Court

Illegal privatization cases presented to Sri Lanka Supreme Court Sunday, October 12, 2008, 6:00 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 12, Colombo: Advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and leftist politician Vasudeva...

3 Tamils reported missing after arrest by SLA in Colombo

Three Tamil civilians, residents of Chaavakachcheri in Jaffna district and staying in Wellawatte, are reported missing after being taken in for questioning by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) on Thursday evening, according to...

Makeshift bridge commissioned on Sri Lanka southern coastal highway

Makeshift bridge commissioned on Sri Lanka southern coastal highway Saturday, October 11, 2008, 14:47 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 11, Colombo: A makeshift bridge has been commissioned today replacing the...

25 killed in Sri Lankan fighting

COLOMBO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- About 20 rebels and five soldiers were killed in the ongoing fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, the military officials said on Saturday....

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