Sri Lanka marks freedom day amid bombs and bloodshed
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Sri Lanka braced for more violence as suspected Tamil rebels set off bomb attacks in the capital on the eve of celebrations to mark independence day, officials said Sunday.
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Sri Lankan security forces defused three suspected Tamil Tiger rebel bombs on Sunday, including one in the ancient central hill capital of Kandy.
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Flags are lowered to half mast and inter-faith services held to mourn Sri Lanka's 28,000 tsunami dead.
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Two hand grenades hurled in a clash between Christians and Hindus killed at least three people and wounded 37 in a part of eastern Sri Lanka where international aid workers are helping tsunami victims, police said.
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Sri Lankan troops kept up attacks against Tamil Tiger rebels a day after both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy losses and as another peace bid stalled.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful roadside bomb in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 28 others, police and hospital officials said.
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The truce between Sri Lanka's warring parties has been stretched to breaking point after one of the bloodiest days in the island's recent history left at least 67 soldiers and Tamil rebels dead.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.
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Colombo - Five people fought for their lives on Sunday a day after a grenade attack killed two concertgoers and wounded 17 at a controversial show featuring top Indian film stars in the Sri Lankan capital, police said.
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At least 15 government troops were killed in Tamil Tiger attacks in northern Sri Lanka Tuesday as the capital was put on red alert over fears of more rebel bombings, officials said.
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A bomb tore through a packed civilian bus Wednesday in southeastern Sri Lanka, killing 23 people and wounding 67 others, the Sri Lankan military said.
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With a parade of tanks, military brass bands and the roar of fighter jets overhead, Sri Lanka's government on Thursday feted the capture of the Tamil Tigers' last bastion in the east.
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Sri Lanka's air force bombed separatist rebel positions in the embattled north on Wednesday, a day after the insurgents agreed to peace talks with the government.
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Sinhalas and Tamils clash again in eastern Sri Lanka after a grenade attack on a bus leaves one person dead.
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Troops stepped up security in eastern Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels prepared to hold the funeral of a murdered leader, officials said.
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A bomb blast in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday slightly injured President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother, who is also the country's defense secretary, in what witnesses said appeared to be a rebel suicide bombing.
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In Sri Lanka, lives must be restarted, houses rebuilt, families reconstituted and losses weighed against others' misfortune.