Sri Lanka war seen escalating
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Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels will likely escalate into the bloodiest period of fighting the island has seen after the government scrapped a tattered truce, experts said on Thursday.
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Colombo: The death toll in Sri Lanka went up to nearly 12,000 on Tuesday, two days after fierce tidal waves swamped its coastline.
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SRI LANKA, thanks to a double-century of growing ferocity by Sanath Jayasuriya and Dilhara Fernandoâs four-wicket burst, tightened their grip on the opening Test against Pakistan in Faisalabad.
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At least 52 people have been killed in Sri Lanka as heavy sea and land battles erupted while Tamil Tiger rebels warned that the island would plunge in a &amp;quot;fatal war&amp;quot; if the military kept up air strikes.
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The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka&#39;s coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies.
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The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for an independent state in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government that renewed civil war will deepen.
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Sri Lanka's government said on Wednesday it suspects some state security service personnel have been involved in abductions and murders that have mushroomed amid renewed civil war.
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union (EU) member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader has told AFP.
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Rebels mounted a fierce offensive Saturday in Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna Peninsula, the heart of the island's Tamil minority, military officials and the rebels said amid the heaviest fighting since the two sides signed a 2002 cease-fire.
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The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for independence in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government they are resuming their struggle and renewed civil war will deepen.
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With the insurgency still a threat to Iraq&#39;s planned elections, the US force is about to expand to its highest level of the war even higher than the initial invading force in March 2003.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers warned the army on Monday they would resort to pre-emptive strikes if the military pushes ahead with a declared plan to drive them out of rebel-held territory in the island's volatile east.
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Tamil Tiger rebels launched new attacks on key targets in northern Sri Lanka, where a week of fierce fighting has killed more than 800 rebels and security forces, the military said Thursday.
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The Sri Lankan government urged separatist rebels Monday to resume stalled peace talks before the country descends into all-out civil war.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s president offered to open peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday even as security forces were locked in combat with the guerrillas.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami which battered Sri Lanka has opened up a window of opportunity for a renewal of dialogue between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels but has also exposed the tensions that exist between the two sides.
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The European Union&#039;s &amp;quot;shocking&amp;quot; move towards blacklisting Sri Lanka&#039;s Tamil Tigers will push the peace process to a critical stage, the head of the rebels&#039; political wing has said.