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Sri Lanka Blames Tamil Rebels as Party Activists Killed in East
bloomberg.com,
Feb. 25.
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for killing two party activists campaigning in the first elections to be held in the Eastern Province since the region was captured from the rebels last July.
The representatives of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikkal, a breakaway group of the LTTE contesting seats in local elections in the town of Batticaloa, were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up yesterday, the Defense Ministry said on its Web site.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government is seeking $1.8 billion in aid to meet its pledge to rebuild the Eastern Province and hold elections. Voting for the Batticaloa Municipal Council is scheduled to take place March 10.
The LTTE has been driven back to bases in Sri Lanka's north since the capture of the eastern region, its worst defeat in a 25-year fight for a separate homeland in the South Asian island nation. The army's campaign in the east turned the region into a ``land of refugees'' for Tamils under ethnic-Sihanlese military rule
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Published: Sun Feb 24 23:43:21 EST 2008
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86 LTTE cadres, 3 soldiers killed in Sri Lanka clashes
hindu.com,
February 25, 2008.
Colombo (PTI): At least 86 Tamil Tigers and three soldiers were killed in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's embattled northern region as a fighter aircraft bombed an LTTE leader's base in the rebel-stronghold of Mannar, officials here said on Sunday.
The Air Force jet pounded the LTTE's Mannar area leader's camp in Parappukkandantan and "the target was successfully engaged," the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said.
In ground clashes, 11 LTTE rebels were killed in Koilmadu, two each in Sulanmarathumadu and Navathkulamand, and three others in Periyapandivirchchan area of Vavuniya on Saturday.
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Published: Sun Feb 24 17:10:37 EST 2008
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Fighting kills 40 in northern Sri Lanka , military says
Associated Press,
Sun February 24, 2008 04:08 EST .
KRISHAN FRANCIS - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Clashes between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists killed at least 40 combatants across northern Sri Lanka - , the military said Sunday, as air force jets bombed a rebel commanders' camp. The Tamil Tiger rebels have been fighting since 1983 to create an independent homeland for Sri Lanka - 's minority ethnic Tamils after decades of being marginalized by governments controlled by the majority ethnic Sinhalese. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict. On the Net: Pro-rebel Web site, TamilNet: http://www.tamilnet.com
Published: Sun Feb 24 07:48:20 EST 2008
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