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Sri Lankan president vows to crush terrorism
irna.ir,
January 26, 2007.
Vowing to crush 'terrorism', Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday said it was 'crouching in fear' as the military continued to build on last week's major gains against the rebels in the island's east.
"Our Government is one that likes challenges," Rajapakse said while launching a 350-million dollar irrigation project in the north-central part of the island this morning, PTI reported here.
"Terrorism that many once swore cannot be defeated is now crouching in fear because we faced up to that challenge," he said referring to the military operations that led to the capture of the rebel-held town of Vakarai last week.
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Published: Thu Jan 25 20:53:26 EST 2007
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Sri Lankan military says 4 Tamil Tiger rebels killed in clashes with army
Associated Press,
Thu January 25, 2007 07:02 EST .
BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Government troops clashed twice with separatist Tamil Tigers in volatile northern Sri Lanka - , killing at least four insurgents, the military said Thursday. Meanwhile, the government said on Thursday it has started the process for resettling tens of thousands of people displaced in eastern Sri Lanka - amid heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tigers in the past few months. Resettlement Minister Rishad Badiudeen said 64,250 ethnic minority Tamils have been displaced in eastern Batticaloa district, including 12,500 people who fled from Vaharai, an impoverished coastal strip seized by the military from rebel hands last week. He said another 6,000 ethnic majority Sinhalese who fled their villages in neighboring Trincomalee district earlier to escape Tiger attacks started moving back Wednesday after the rebels were routed. The rebels have been fighting since 1983 to establish an independent homeland for Sri Lanka - 's minority ethnic Tamils following decades of discrimination by the Sinhalese-dominated government. A 2002 truce is still officially in effect, but has virtually collapsed since the resurgence of large-scale fighting last year.
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Published: Thu Jan 25 07:47:48 EST 2007
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Myanmar promises support to fight Tamil Tiger separatists in Sri Lanka
Associated Press,
Thu January 25, 2007 11:13 EST .
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win promised support to fight Tamil Tiger separatists and combat the manufacture and circulation of weapons during a visit to Sri Lanka - Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said. At a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mangala Samaraweera in the capital, Colombo, Win said Myanmar would never allow any group to use its territory to engage in hostilities against any of its neighbors, including Sri Lanka - . ``The two sides recognized the need to establish institutional arrangements among security agencies for intelligence sharing, consultation and coordination to prevent terrorist activities,'' the statement said. Win arrived in Sri Lanka - early Thursday and is scheduled to meet President Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday. He will end his visit on Monday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels have fought to carve out an independent homeland for minority Tamils in Sri Lanka - after decades of discrimination by the majority Sinhalese-controlled governments. More than 68,000 people have died in the conflict that flared up in 1983. A Norway-brokered cease-fire signed in 2002 exists on paper, but a resurgence of violence since last year has killed thousands of civilians and fighters.
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Published: Thu Jan 25 13:40:06 EST 2007
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