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COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The Tamil Tigers’ air wing set a power station ablaze in the Sri Lankan capital and hit an army base on Tuesday in …

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Oct 28 (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday bombed a northern military camp and a power station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo in quick succession, …

Sri Lanka’s military blames Tamil Tiger rebels for launching air strikes in the north-west and in Colombo.

Sri Lankan military officials in Colombo said that the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) carrie..

Sri Lanka’s military says Tamil Tiger rebel aircraft have bombed an army base in the island’s north. The rebels bombed near a northern military base and also targetted oil tanks in the Sri Lankan capital, military sources said. The attacks prompted anti-aircraft fire across Colombo’s waterfront.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has invited West Indies to replace Sri Lanka in a tour of England next April and May for a test series and one-day internationals.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - State television reports that a Tamil Tiger aircraft has bombed a power plant in the Sri Lankan capital.

Tamil Tiger separatists carried out an air strike on an army camp in northwestern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.

Separatist Tamil rebels on Tuesday carried out an air strike on an army camp in northwestern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An air raid blamed on the rebel Tamil Tigers hit a power station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Tuesday and caused a fire, emergency officials said.

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No damage to generators in Kelanitissa & no impact on electricity supply; two cooler fans damaged in LTTE attack-power minister-JNW

COLOMBO (AFP)–Separatists Tamil rebels on Tuesday carried out an air strike on an army camp in northwestern Sri Lanka, the defense ministry said.

Suspected Tamil Tiger air planes dropped bombs near Mannar, officials said.

LTTE light aircraft drops two bombs targeting Kelanitissa power station-military spokesman. Fire brigade attending to fire-reporter-JNW

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) — A rebel Tamil Tiger aircraft dropped bombs near oil storage tanks in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday after another raid 250 km north targeting a military base, military …

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) — Sri Lanka anti-aircraft guns fired late on Tuesday in the capital Colombo after what military sources said was a suspected air raid by the rebel Tamil Tigers air wing, a …

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) — Sri Lanka anti-aircraft guns fired late on Tuesday in the capital Colombo after what military sources said was a suspected air raid by the rebel Tamil Tigers air wing, a …

කොටි සැහැල්ලු ගුවන් යානාවක් කොළඹ, කැලණි තිස්ස විදුලිබලාගාරය ඉලක්ක කර ගනිමින් බෝම්බ දෙකක් හෙලා ඇතැයි හමුදා මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශකවරයා පවසයි.
ගිනි නිවන හමුදාව ගින්න නිවීම සඳහා එම ස්ථානය වෙත ළඟා වි ඇති බව වාර්තාකරුවෙක් සදහන් කර සිටියි.

Anti-aircraft defences activated over Colombo due to suspected LTTE aircraft-police-JNW

COLOMBO (Reuters) — A suspected airstrike by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels targeted a military base in northwestern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, military sources said.

Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) — A suspected airstrike by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels targeted a military base in northwestern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, military sources said.

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LTTE light aircraft drops two bombs targeting Mannar Army area headquarters-military spokesman-JNW

Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka main Opposition, United National Party today appointed a new member for the vacant post of the late Opposition Leader of the North Central Province, Maj. General Janaka Perera.

Oct 28, Colombo: Government of Sri Lanka today denying the allegations of lack of food and other essential items in the Northern Province said that all necessary food items are stocked in the area.

Oct 28, Colombo: People of Tamil Nadu has launched a massive campaign to gather essential items for the displaced people in the Northern Sri Lanka.

Oct 28, Hambantota: Another doctor in Hambantota area has been shot at this morning, local report said.

Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan Supreme Court today ordered the Health and Nutrition Ministry to carry out more scientific tests to analyze the melamine content in high nutrition milk foods in the local market.

COLOMBO - Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday staged daring air strikes on a power plant in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and an army camp in the north, their first such attacks in six weeks, the defence ministry said.

TN chief minister says that it would also collect relief material for the welfare of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

Chennai, Oct 28: Welcoming India’s decision to send relief material to the suffering Tamils in Sri Lanka, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) today urged the Centre to continue to prevail upon Sri Lanka to stop the military offensive and find a political solution to the ethnic crisis.

Chennai: A day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi appealed to the people to contribute t..

The United Nations office said here Tuesday that it discovered two pistols with ammunitions hidden i..

The principal of Gambirigaswewa Vidyalaya in Anuradhapura has been remanded for allegedly sexually h..

A TMVP office located near Chenkaladi Junction in Batticaloa has come under an attack in the early h..

World Council of Churches - News Release Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org >For immediate release - 24/10/2008 14:38:59 SRI LANKA’S BUDDHIST LEADERS HAVE MIXED VIEWS ON RESOLVING ETHNIC CONFLICT [ CORRECTING the names of Udugama Sri Buddharakkhita, Mahanayaka Thero of the Asgiriya chapter,and Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala, Mahanayaka Thero of [...]

Sri Lankan judiciary orders health authorities to test the melamine content in all milk powder and milk products.

Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardena today said that the extra payments cannot be charged by supermarkets or sales outlets from consumers for bags and packaging.

Oct 28, Colombo: Environmental Ministry of Sri Lanka have decided to establish 60 new water tanks for the benefit of wild elephants as a remedy to overcome the elephant- human conflict in the country.

(Lanka-e-News, October 28, 2008, 4.30 PM) Four persons were killed in a shooting incident in the Batticaloa head office of Tamil People’s Liberation Tigers (TMVP) situated in Chenkaladi junction this morning…

Oct 28, Colombo: A special training program to face any kind of emergency started this morning for the staff members of the Sri Lankan National Hospital in Colombo.

Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan government has taken necessary measures to dispatch another convoy of trucks on next Friday carrying essential food items to the displaced people in Wanni.

Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan education officials have decided to checking the National Identity Card (NIC) of the students sitting for the Ordinary Level (O/L) exam compulsory from this December.

Oct 28, Matale: A minor explosion was reported in Katudeniya area in Matale early this morning.

Oct 28, Batticaloa: Five people including security personnel were injured in a hand grenade attack at Kalady Bridge in Batticaloa last night.

Oct 28, Batticaloa: Four Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) cadres were killed in a shoot out which took place at a TMVP office in Chenkaladi, Batticaloa this early morning.

Oct 28, Mannar: Two pistols have been found hidden in the premises of an UN agency office in Mannar this morning.

Colombo - Tamil rebels attacked an office of a breakaway group, killing four persons in eastern Sri Lanka where the military regained control after nearly a year of fighting, military officials said Tuesday. The office in Chenkalady, Batticaloa, 240 …

Maldives President Gayoom faces former political prisoner Mohamed Nasheed in a run-off vote for the presidency.

Hong Kong shares jump up 14.3% after 12.7% drop on Monday. Colombo shares fall 4.9% on Rs134million turnover, JKH -2.7%, DIST -5.7%, DIAL-9.7%-JNW

Kolkata, Oct 28 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has ruled out military action as solution to the ethic conflict in Sri Lanka.

Tue, Oct 28, 2008 (2:18 a.m.) Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought pitched battles in the rain and mud in a ring of villages outside the rebel administrative capital in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday.

Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought pitched battles in the rain and mud in a ring of villages outside the rebel administrative capital in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday. “Heavy clashes” broke out throughout the day Monday in the village of Pallawarayankatu near rebel headquarters in Kilinochchi, the military said in a [...]

(By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Associated Press Writer) Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought pitched battles in the rain and mud in a ring of villages outside the rebel administrative capital in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday. “Heavy clashes” broke out throughout the day Monday in the village of Pallawarayankatu near rebel headquarters in [...]

Sri Lanka’s navy fought a fierce battle Saturday against Tamil Tigers in the northern sea, destroying six rebel boats and killing 17 guerillas with the help of air strikes by military bomber planes, officials said.

Sri Lanka’s navy says it has destroyed four rebel boats, killing 14 Tamil Tiger guerrillas in a clash off the island’s northern coast.

Sri Lankan troops captured a small village in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, pushing ahead with their offensive against the Tamil Tigers hours after the rebel group launched a brazen airstrike on the capital, the military said.

Sri Lankan rebels staged a brazen airstrike on a power station on the outskirts of Colombo late Tuesday, plunging the capital into darkness as searchlights swept across the sky and glowing anti-aircraft fire arced through the gloom.

Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought pitched battles in the rain and mud in a ring of villages outside the rebel administrative capital in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday.

Government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists fought pitched battles in the rain and mud in a ring of villages outside the rebel administrative capital in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Tuesday.

Colombo, Oct 28 : The United Nations office said here Tuesday that it discovered two pistols with ammunitions hidden in the premises of one of its regional offices in Sri Lanka.