Sri Lanka attack raises tension
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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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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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Sri Lanka's army claims to have inflicted heavy casualties on Tamil rebels in fighting in the north.
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An explosion on Tuesday hit the convoy of Sri Lanka's Nation Building Minister, D.M. Dassanayake, wounding him on the road between the capital, Colombo, and the international airport.
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Kofi Annan is due to tour tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka amid tension over aid between the government and rebels.
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Heavy fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday as government troops tried to take Tamil rebel-held territory, the defence ministry said, reporting scores of guerrillas killed or wounded.
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Five Muslim civilians were killed in shell attacks in the Sri Lankan town of Muttur, raising the death toll from clashes between the army and Tamil rebels to 26, a Muslim legislator said.
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Tiger rebels have stepped up attacks against rivals and government forces despite a truce, amid growing international concern for Sri Lanka's faltering peace process, officials and diplomats 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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Sri Lankan warplanes on Saturday attacked a camp housing Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bombers in the country's north, the military said.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed on Saturday to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.
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At least six people are killed in a suspected suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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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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Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in heavy combat in northern Sri Lanka Saturday night, as the military bombed rebel positions elsewhere, official sources said.
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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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The Sri Lankan military said it repulsed an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels on a navy base on Tuesday, amid increasingly bloody violence between government forces and the Tiger militants.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in sporadic clashes in the north of the island Monday, the day after fierce battles left scores dead, official sources said.