War fears ease in Sri Lanka
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Water flowed down a disputed canal in Sri Lanka after peace broker Norway defused the island's bloodiest battle in four years and averted a return to civil war, residents and officials said.
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With the prospect of people living in camps for extended periods, doctors in Sri Lanka worry about the threat of epidemics.
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Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels will likely escalate into the bloodiest period of fighting between the foes the island has seen after the government scrapped a tattered truce, experts say.
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Sloshing through eastern Sri Lanka's flooded jungles, about 3,000 ethnic Tamils crossed Saturday into government-held areas to escape violence that is pushing the country closer to an all-out war between separatist rebels and the government.
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Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the tsunamis &#151; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.
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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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Sri Lanka&#39;s feared Tamil Tiger rebels have threatened to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that killed more than 64,000 people if the government does not agree to discuss their demands soon.
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WELLIGAMA, Sri Lanka -- Disaster struck with no warning out of a faultlessly clear blue sky.
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The Sri Lankan government said a wave of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels was undermining confidence in the peace process which has been stalled since April 2003.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels threatened on Saturday to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that killed more than 64,000 people if the government did not agree to discuss their demands for self-rule soon.
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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.
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Ivorian government forces withdrew from rebel positions yesterday, easing fears of a resumption of all-out civil war, as France and other countries continued to fly out thousands of foreigners.
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Sri Lanka agrees to talks with Tamil Tiger rebels after months of violence and fears of a return to all-out war.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka could slip back to a protracted war within months unless the government agrees to revive peace talks based on a controversial rebel blueprint for self-rule, analysts said on Sunday.
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The Sri Lankan government says a wave of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels is undermining confidence in the peace process, which has been stalled since April 2003.
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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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The head of Guinea's military relaxed a nationwide curfew Sunday, an indication the government believes the threat of violence following last week's deadly rioting and protests has subsided.