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27 civilians, including 3 school children, were killed and 63
wounded in a Claymore blast that targeted a bus in Helagama in Buttala
DS division in Monaragala district in Uva Province at 7:35 a.m.
Wednesday, Police said.
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Three bus drivers of Batticaloa district Sri Lanka Transport Board
(SLTB) were abducted Sunday morning in Iruthayapuram in Batticaloa
district by unidentified armed men operating in a white van, sources
said.
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Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in an interview
to CNN-IBN news channel, Sunday admitted that India had "scrupulously
avoided" being a party to peace negotiations in Sri Lanka. The Indian
FM who last week had ruled out any military solution to the ethnic
strife in the war-torn island, on Sunday, failed to criticize Sri Lanka
for abrogating the ceasefire. Questioned whether Colombo's decision to
abrogate the ceasefire agreement was a "mistake," the minister replied
that "any country that takes action against terrorists is free to do so
within their legal system."
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Sri Lanka Army Commander Lt. Gen. G.S.C Fonseka, due for retirement
this year, has claimed that he would not leave the war to his
succeeding commander, at a New Year party hosted by him Friday evening
to select local and international journalists at his residence at
Bauddhaloka Mawatha in Colombo. Fonseka was being tactfully upbeat as
news of an explosion inside Fort Railway station threatened to dampen
spirits at the cocktail party.
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A two pronged ground movement by the Sri Lanka Army was thwarted at
one front by the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam after almost 6-hours
heavy fighting in which 17 SLA soldiers and five LTTE fighters were
killed, according to LTTE Operations Command in Mannaar, media sources
in Ki'linochchi said. Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopters landed at
least 10 times, transporting wounded soldiers from the SLA defence
line.
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In a campaign "celebrating a century," U.S.'s Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI) said of the Liberation Tigers: "Needless to say,
the Tamil Tigers are among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in
the world. For more than three decades, the group has launched a
campaign of violence and bloodshed in Sri Lanka, the island republic
off the southern coast of India." The website added that LTTE's
"ultimate goal is to seize control of the country from the Sinhalese
ethnic majority."
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The Sri Lankan mission to the United Nations office in Geneva, on
Thursday, refuted a front page story by the Colombo based news paper,
Daily Mirror, which said Sri Lanka had lost its powers to vote at the
UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Urging the paper to publish an apology,
the Sri Lankan mission, in a statement said it is a full fledged member
of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with "all rights including the
unfettered right to vote." Sri Lanka's two-year initial term as the
elected member of the 47-seat HRC ends this year and a periodic review
of the country is scheduled to take place between 5–16 May 2008.
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Today at 9.00am, the SLMM Head of Mission, Lars Johan Solveberg, met the LTTE Political Head, B Nadeson, as part of the SLMM winding-up operation. The SLMM is in the process of winding-up its operation in the island by 16th of this month as ruled by the Government of Sri Lanka.
The LTTE Political Head handed a statement signed by him to the SLMM Head of Mission. A similar signed statement was also give to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry through the SLMM Head of Mission.
The text of the press release by the LTTE Political Wing based on the signed statement handed today is follows:
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A total of 101 members are to be elected from nine local councils in
the soon to be held local council elections in Batticaloa District,
according to the information provided by the office of the Assistant
Commissioner of Elections.
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Armed men in military uniform arriving in a white van forcibly
abducted Monday a father of three children at Mukaththuvaaram in
Colombo, and in a separate incident a 30-year-old mother and her
5-year-old daughter are alleged abducted Tuesday from their house in
Wathala, according to complaints made to Deputy Minister, P.
Rathakrishnan and Wattala police by the relatives of the abducted
persons.
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Commanders of Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) camps located in littoral
villages in Mannar have ordered the residents living within the SLN's
area of dominance to avail themselves to take photographs, residents in
Mannaar said. Areas of Talaimannar, Nadukkudaa, Peasaalai,
Vankaalaippaadu, Erukkalampiddi, Pa'l'limunai, Thaaraapuram,
Thaalvuppaadu and Sunni Village are affected by the SLN order, sources
added.
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