Jaffna
(2002 est. population of the peninsula 480,000). Jaffna refers to the capital city, peninsula, adjacent islands, and hinterland of the northernmost region of Sri Lanka. It has been a major aven...
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Colombo (dpa) - Seven Tamil rebels and at least two soldiers were
killed in a series of clashes and bombings in northern Sri Lanka,
military officials said Tuesday.
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COLOMBO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops have killed
28 Tamil Tiger rebels in a series of clashes in the island's
north in 24 hours, the military said on Thursday, amid near
daily clashes as ...
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COLOMBO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military said on
Friday troops had killed 29 Tamil Tigers in a series of land
clashes over 24 hours, as the death toll from renewed civil war
continued its ...
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The United States will try to help solve some of the problems suffered by civilians living on a war-ravaged peninsula in northern Sri Lanka, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday on a visit to disc...
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A roadside bomb blast and clashes between soldiers and secessionist Tamil Tiger guerrillas across Sri Lanka's volatile north killed 29 people, the military said Saturday.A bus with soldiers was hit...
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COLOMBO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed 15
Tamil Tiger rebels and three soldiers died in clashes in the
north, the military said on Sunday, as stepped-up fighting
continued in the lat...
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COLOMBO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed 17
Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island, the
military said on Monday, as renewed civil war escalates. The engagements, in t...
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COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Fifteen Tamil Tiger rebels and
three soldiers were killed in clashes in Sri Lanka's north on
Saturday, the military said, capping a deadly week that
included two bomb at...
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Colombo (dpa) - A powerful claymore mine, attached to a railway
track and targeting a passenger train, detonated in north-eastern Sri
Lanka damaging only the engine and with...
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COLOMBO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops killed seven
Tamil Tigers in the island's far north on Monday, taking the
death toll from fierce fighting to 73, mostly rebels, since
Saturday alone, t...
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Jaffna
Nine killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka clashes
