S Lanka anniversary amid tensions
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Security tight in Colombo as Sri Lanka marks 60 years of independence amid renewed unrest.
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Terrorism News, New Delhi, As he prepares to celebrate his 50th birthday, Velupillai Prabhakaran remains firmly committed to his dream of breaking up Sri Lanka to carve out a Tamil Eelam state.
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The Tamil superstar's fans are planning celebrations to mark the occasion.
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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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Heavy fighting has gripped Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels and troops blamed each other for the renewed battles and India sent a top envoy to discuss the worsening violence.
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Members of the Sinhala and Tamil communities have clashed again in eastern Sri Lanka after a grenade attack on a bus left one person dead.
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Nordic ceasefire monitors began wrapping up their six-year mission to Sri Lanka on Friday after the government scrapped a truce with the Tamil Tigers, and their mandate, amid a chorus of international concern.
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Sri Lanka's threadbare truce has come under further pressure following decisions by Finland and Denmark to remove their monitors as Tamil rebels and government troops braced for a showdown.
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COLOMBO - Deadly tsunamis have unexpectedly shored up Sri Lankaâs peace process, where the government has been under pressure to open talks with Tiger rebels or risk war.
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A death-like silence descended on Sri Lanka early Saturday as the country ushered in the New Year with prayers and mourning, six days after it lost nearly 30,000 people in its worst ever disaster.
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President reiterates vow to crush rebel Tamil Tigers as he marks island's 60th anniversary of independence
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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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COLOMBO: A curfew was slapped on north-eastern Sri Lanka on Friday as pro-government activists clashed with Tiger rebels commemorating 17,800 comrades killed fighting government forces, police said.
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Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels, deadly foes for two decades, worked together on tsunami relief efforts &#151; but hopes are fading that the disaster will help heal the animosity.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil   Tiger rebels exchanged gunfire and skirmished at sea on Sunday,   bringing to an end a four-day lull in fighting around the   besieged Jaffna peninsula.
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Sri Lanka announces tough anti-terror laws amid worsening violence between troops and Tamil rebels.
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The US secretary of state and UN secretary general are to visit Sri Lanka, where tensions have grown over tsunami aid.