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Former LTTE child soldiers given overseas visas in Sri Lanka Updated on Friday, September 04, 2009, 16:10 IST Tags:LTTE child soldiers, Overseas visas, Sri Lanka Colombo: A group of former LTTE child soldiers, who have undergone rehabilitation and vocational training after laying down...

Japan helped build channel for LTTE underwater craft Updated on Friday, September 04, 2009, 20:15 IST Tags:japan, ltte, underwater craft Colombo: The LTTE had built submersible vessels and a long secret channel for launching underwater craft with the help of some Japanese experts who...

Sri Lankan police arrest former woman rebel 2009-09-01 07:27:36 GMT2009-09-01 15:27:36 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet COLOMBO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's police have arrested atop woman member of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, a local radio station reported on Tuesday. The Sri FM...

Journalist sentenced to 20 years for ‘supporting terrorism’ A prominent Tamil reporter was, on Monday, sentenced to 20 years in prison for having links with the LTTE and for writing against the Government. Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, 45, who contributes to the local Sunday...

Sri Lanka police swoops on roadside bombs 2009-08-30 05:37:18 GMT2009-08-30 13:37:18 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet COLOMBO, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Police have recovered a dozen of claymore mines or the road side bombs. Police spokesman senior deputy inspector general Nimal Mediwaka...

Rebels killed in clash with Sri Lanka police 2009-08-26 03:57:23 GMT2009-08-26 11:57:23 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet COLOMBO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least two former Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in a clash with police, officials said Wednesday. The police spokesman senior deputy...

U.S. court rejects plea to delist LTTE The Federal Appeals Court in San Francisco has ruled against an appeal to de-list the LTTE by the Humanitarian Law Project, which had challenged an executive order issued by President George W. Bush in 2001, Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat website...

Lanka unearths plot to kill Defence Secy; one held Updated on Monday, August 24, 2009, 22:50 IST Tags:Lanka, plot to kill Defence Secy, one arrested Colombo: A plot to assassinate powerful Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who had played a major role in the defeat of the...

Good points . I dont think that anyone closed eyes on Tamilian issues , both LTTE and Hamas born because of injustices done to thier people and in short they both are people's outfits . Hamas was elected by the people and LTTE was established by the people . There is huge difference in...

LTTE tried to buy nuclear weapons: Report LTTE tried to buy nuclear weapons: Report PTI 23 August 2009, 07:11pm IST COLOMBO: In a startling disclosure, the detained LTTE chief Kumaran Pathmanathan has told investigators that the rebels had tried to acquire nuclear weapons and know-how to...

Suicide bomb kits found near Sri Lanka IDP town 2009-08-23 04:51:28 GMT2009-08-23 12:51:28 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet COLOMBO, Aug 23 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police have found some 4 suicide bomb kits used by the Tamil Tiger rebels, police said on Sunday. Senior deputy inspector general...

Sri Lanka police seek public aid to nab woman bomber 2009-08-09 13:51:05 GMT2009-08-09 21:51:05 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet COLOMBO, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police here Sunday sought public assistance to arrest a female suicide bomber. Giving the identity card number of the woman...

LTTE trying to regroup under new leader: Sri Lanka PM Colombo (PTI): Warning that the LTTE was trying to regroup under a new leader, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake on Thursday said any plot to create law and order problems in the country will be dealt firmly. Without...

'LTTE attempting to reorganize, rescue hardcore cadres' PTI 3 August 2009, 02:01pm IST COLOMBO: The LTTE could be attempting to revive the organisation amid efforts by the defeated terror group to rescue hardcore cadres housed in government-run refugees camps for Tamil civilians in Sri...

Senior LTTE intelligence operative arrested Colombo (PTI): A top LTTE intelligence operative was nabbed by the authorities on Tuesday from the national capital along with high explosives, months after the group was annihilated by Sri Lankan Army. Pakyaraja Pradeep, a prominent LTTE...

‘Canada was among the top nations that funded LTTE’ Updated on Thursday, July 23, 2009, 13:41 IST Toronto: Prior to its defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan security forces, the LTTE received a whopping up to 12 million dollars annually through its fundraising activities in Canada, home...

'Sri Lanka not to prosecute LTTE child soldiers' Updated on Monday, July 20, 2009, 13:48 IST Colombo: In a humanitarian gesture to Tamils, Sri Lanka has said that child soldiers recruited by the LTTE would not be prosecuted, and instead made to go to schools. The gesture was...

Sri Lanka troops find Tiger submarine: Military Updated on Sunday, July 19, 2009, 14:00 IST Colombo: Sri Lankan troops have recovered a submarine-type craft built by Tamil Tiger guerrillas in an area where they fought their final battle two months ago, the military said on Sunday. The...

Sri Lanka cancels defence purchases from China, Pakistan Sri Lanka cancels defence purchases from China, Pakistan Colombo (PTI): Sri Lanka has cancelled purchase of weapons and ammunition worth $ 200 million from China and Pakistan as its war against the LTTE has ended, the country's top...

Terror alert in Sri Lanka B. Muralidhar Reddy COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan police on Tuesday urged the public to be vigilant as certain persons “who support Tiger terrorism” could carry out destructive activities in the south, connoting provinces in the island nation outside the North and...