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Food, supplies from India reach scarcity-hit Jaffna
IANS,
Jan 6.
New Delhi/Colombo • A total of 3,500 tonnes of food bought in India have arrived in Sri Lanka’s scarcity-hit Jaffna peninsula, and a minister said yesterday that more shipments were expected in the coming weeks.
Bought by Colombo in Tamil Nadu, the varied food items sailed from Chennai midnight on Wednesday and reached the port of Point Pedro in Jaffna before midnight, Sri Lankan Minister Douglas Devananda said.
Devananda said from Jaffna that the goods included sugar, pulses, coriander, tamarind, chilli, mustard, cumin seeds, turmeric, rice flake, jaggery and potato.
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Published: Fri Jan 5 21:18:15 EST 2007
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Sri Lanka bomb kills 5 bus passengers, military says; air force bombs rebel bases
Associated Press,
Fri January 5, 2007 12:02 EST .
BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) A bomb triggered in a bus by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed five people in Sri Lanka - on Friday, the military said, as the government launched its third airstrike this week on rebel naval bases in the northeast. Sri Lanka - has recently experienced a sharp rise in violence in the volatile northeast. More than 3,600 fighters and civilians were killed in renewed fighting in 2006, according to Defense Ministry. A Norwegian-brokered 2002 cease-fire has all but disintegrated, although it still officially holds. Before the cease-fire, the conflict between the Tigers, fighting for a separate state for ethnic minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese-dominated government claimed the lives of about 65,000 people and displaced another 1.6 million. Associated Press writer Ruwan Weerakoon contributed to this report.
Published: Fri Jan 5 19:21:25 EST 2007
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Violence hit Sri Lanka ; air force bombs Tamil rebel base; 3 killed in separate incidents
Associated Press,
Fri January 5, 2007 03:33 EST .
DILIP GANGULY - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka - 's military on Friday launched its third airstrike this week on Tamil rebel naval bases as three people were killed in separate incidents amid an ongoing cycle of violence, the military and a rebel official said. Sri Lanka - has recently experienced a fresh spike of violence in the volatile northeast. More than 3,600 fighters and civilians were killed in renewed fighting in 2006, according to Defense Ministry. A Norwegian-brokered 2002 cease-fire has all but disintegrated, although it still officially holds. Before the cease-fire, the conflict claimed the lives of about 65,000 people and displaced another 1.6 million.
Published: Fri Jan 5 04:55:04 EST 2007
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