Celebrating independence, S.Lanka vows to defeat rebels
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Tanks and armored personnel carriers paraded through Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as President Mahinda Rajapakse, marking the 59th anniversary of independence from Britain, vowed to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels.
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A Sri Lankan rebel leader said Wednesday his group would use all means necessary &amp;#151; including suicide bombers &amp;#151; if full-scale war erupts on the island nation.
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Sri Lanka will introduce tough emergency regulations to curb terrorist activities but will not impose a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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COLOMBO : Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas declared they will renew armed struggle unless the Colombo government immediately agrees to revive peace talks based on a rebel blueprint for self-rule.
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Troops and Tamil Tigers fought fierce battles in northern Sri Lanka, leaving scores killed, officials said as the rebels accused Colombo of ignoring moves by Norway to end the latest bloodshed.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have "no option" but to push for an independent state, their leader says.
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Sri Lanka will deal with Tamil Tiger "terrorism" firmly, a government minister said on Thursday, arguing the island nation was faced with more suicide bombers than the entire Middle East.
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Sri Lankan government to formally withdraw from its ceasefire with rebels amid escalating violence
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said they had put aside their political struggle to deal with the tsunami disaster, as peacebroker Norway urged all parties to work together to rebuild the battered country.
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Sri Lanka will introduce tough emergency regulations to curb terrorist activities but will not impose a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, the island's government said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda   Rajapaksa called on the separatist Tamil Tigers on Wednesday to   give up violence and embrace democracy and the peace process,   including international negotiations brokered by Norway.
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The Sri Lankan government said on   Wednesday it was committed to holding peace talks with Tamil   Tiger rebels, provided the rebels agreed to "a comprehensive   and verifiable cessation of hostilities."
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Sri Lankan troops killed seven Tamil Tigers in the island's far north on Monday, taking the death toll from fierce fighting to 73, mostly rebels, since Saturday alone, the military said.
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South Africa promised a titanic battle to save the first cricket Test here after being pounded by Sri Lanka's record-smashing batsmen on the third day.
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[World News] Colombo, Sep 30 : Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said Thursday that the government can no longer ignore a spate of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger guerrillas.
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Sri Lanka's army chief has renewed a vow to defeat Tamil rebels, but refused to set a deadline for ending the decades-old conflict, saying the separatists remain a potent force, a report said Sunday.
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Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have commemorated thousands of fighters killed in battle amid sporadic clashes with government forces in the island's embattled northeast, the rebels said.