Trincomalee
(2002 est. district pop. 356,000; est. city pop. 82,600). Since the British seized the island of Sri Lanka in 1796, Trincomalee has been the main city and center of the district of the sam...
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Sixty four combatants have been killed in the latest clashes between the government soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, military said on Monday.An officer at the government's Medi...
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Two roadside bombs exploded in northern Sri Lanka's Jaffna town Tuesday, killing a government soldier and three civilians, officials said. At least 25 others were wounded.Military spokesman Brig. P...
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A daylong artillery exchange Saturday between Sri Lanka's military and Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the island's east drove thousands of Sinhalese from their villages, an official said.Rebels said 30 ...
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Colombo (dpa) - Air Force jets pounded Tamil rebel strongholds
Tuesday in northern Sri Lanka, a day after a suicide bombing on a
military convoy killed 103 people.
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Sri Lankan ground troops, backed by artillery, captured three Tamil Tiger bases in the northeast in a major military operation that began Thursday and ended Friday morning, the Defense Ministry sai...
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Rebels attacked a group of Sri Lankan soldiers who had crossed into insurgent territory in the north, sparking a battle that left seven guerrillas and a soldier dead, the military said Monday. The ...
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Hundreds of Tamils from Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern
Provinces living in cheap lodges in Colombo were bused Thursday back
to their home villages for security reasons, provoking angry prot...
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Colombo (dpa) - Four Tamil rebels were killed in eastern Sri Lanka
and an electricity pylon was damaged in an explosion in the capital
Tuesday as government troops were stre...
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Trincomalee
Military: 64 killed in Sri Lanka clash
