Police evict Tamils from Colombo
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Police in Sri Lanka force hundreds of minority Tamils out of the capital, citing security concerns.
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Finnish police used tear gas to evict two North Korean diplomatic couriers from a train after they refused to show their tickets or identify themselves.
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At least six policemen and a civilian are killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Sri Lanka Special Task Force soldiers conduct a search operation on suspected vehicles and people entering the capital Colombo.Comment
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Media reports in Sri Lanka say that two men arrested in London have suspected links to the rebel Tamil Tigers.
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Sri Lankan police detained two people in connection with the assassination attempt on the president's brother, officials said as Tamil Tiger rebels emerged as the only suspects.
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Heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tigers broke out in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, hours after Colombo announced it was pulling out of a tattered ceasefire agreement with the rebels.
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Security forces and police stepped up security in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a roadside bomb killing seven civilians, officials said.
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Thousands are fleeing villages in eastern Sri Lanka amid fighting between Tamil Tigers and government forces.
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Sri Lanka's military says it has overrun four Tamil Tiger  bases in the north-east  after three days of fighting.
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Sri Lanka said Saturday it would not allow trucks coming from rebel-held areas in the northeast into Colombo after police claimed to have discovered explosives destined for the city in a goods carrier.
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Monsoon flooding has forced more than 30,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka from their homes, with many taking refuge in temporary shelters like huts, schools and mosques, officials said on Thursday.
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Police in Johannesburg raid a church and arrest some 1,500 homeless people and Zimbabwean refugees.
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Sri Lanka's government Wednesday decided to formally end a moribund peace process with Tamil rebels and withdraw from a ceasefire arranged by peace broker Norway, top officials told AFP.
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Indian police said Sunday they had seized CDs containing &quot;radical materials&quot; from the homes of two suspects held over the failed British car bombings.
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A curfew was lifted but police patrols were increased in a Sri Lankan town Saturday as the defence ministry accused Tamil rebels of trying to provoke a breach of the ceasefire.
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Sri Lanka poured thousands more security forces into the Sinhalese-dominated south on Tuesday after a string of Tamil rebel attacks left 37 civilians and three police dead, officials said.