Ambassadors hurt in east Sri Lanka by rebel shells
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The Italian and U.S. ambassadors to Sri Lanka were slightly hurt on Tuesday when Tamil Tiger rebels shelled a delegation of diplomats led by the island's human rights minister to the restive east, officials said.
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Colombo, Sept. 23. (PTI): The brother of renegade LTTE leader Karuna was shot dead today together with two of his aides in eastern Sri Lanka in worsening factional fighting, military sources said.
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Government troops killed up to 44 separatist rebels in clashes in northern and eastern Sri Lanka while destroying three small camps in the insurgents' last eastern stronghold, the military said Wednesday. The guerrillas disputed the death toll figures.
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Colombo: Four people including a top renegade Tamil Tiger rebel were shot dead Thursday in growing factional fighting in Sri Lanka despite efforts to revive the peace process, officials and a pro-rebel website reported.
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Sri Lankan warplanes pounded Tamil Tiger targets in the east on Tuesday and three soldiers were killed in a suspected rebel ambush, the military said.
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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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The foreign ministry has tightened up its advice to travellers in north and east Sri Lanka after at least six people were killed in the troubled area.
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Norway's ambassador held talks with Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka on Monday and three military personnel were killed in clashes in the Jaffna peninsula.
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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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Sri Lanka appealed for international help and declared a state of disaster after its eastern coast was struck by tsunami waves triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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Sri Lankan rebels warned of a "bloodbath" if international mediators are unable to restrain government forces, after holding talks on Monday with Norway's ambassador in the strife-torn northern part of the country.
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Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka clashed with security forces and civilians in a strategic port town today, leaving one person dead and three injured.
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Sri Lanka said on Monday deaths in the Indian Ocean island&#39;s rebel-controlled north and east had raised the toll from the worst tsunami in memory to around 4,500 victims.
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Sri Lanka's military battled Tamil Tiger rebels with tanks and fighter jets along a shared "border" in the island's east on Thursday, with each side blaming the other for the outbreak of fighting.
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At least two people died and more were wounded in an exchange of artillery fire between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels in the island&#39;s northwest, guerrillas and the defence ministry said on Saturday.
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka  - Politics got in the way  of tsunami relief efforts on Saturday with Sri Lanka stopping  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan from visiting disaster areas  controlled by its rebel foes.
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At least four visitors were injured after a suspected hand grenade exploded in Sri Lanka's main zoo on Sunday, one day ahead of celebrations to mark 60 years of independence for the island nation.