U.S., Italian Envoys Hurt in Sri Lanka
[Washington Post Europe
] - 28. Febbraio 2007 - 6:00COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 27 -- Rebels fired on Sri Lankan military helicopters carrying six foreign envoys Tuesday, slightly wounding the U.S. and Italian ambassadors and sending the group screaming and running for cover.
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Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting
[BBC World
] - 10. Marzo 2007 - 7:17Thousands abandon their homes as fighting between Tamil Tigers and the army worsens in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Thousands flee Sri Lanka clashes
[BBC World
] - 11. Marzo 2007 - 8:57Thousands are fleeing villages in eastern Sri Lanka amid fighting between Tamil Tigers and government forces.
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New clashes in eastern Sri Lanka
[BBC World
] - 11. Marzo 2007 - 19:50Sri Lanka's defence ministry says soldiers have recovered the bodies of 14 Tamil Tigers after a battle in the east.
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Sri Lankan Air Force Says 8 Killed in Strike on Rebel Base
[FOX news world
] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 8:37Sri Lankan air force bombed a Tamil Tiger jungle base in eastern Sri Lanka, killing at least eight rebels, including two senior guerrillas, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
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Camps full, Sri Lanka war-displaced live under trees
[Reuters international
] - 13. Marzo 2007 - 10:12COLOMBO (Reuters) - There is no room for thousands of new war-displaced in crammed refugee camps in Sri Lanka's east, so many are sheltering under trees or in schools and churches, aid workers said on Tuesday.
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Fighting closes Sri Lanka schools
[BBC World
] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 17:31Fighting in Sri Lanka's east closes more than 100 schools, with some now housing displaced people, officials say.
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Condom drive for Indian women
[BBC World
] - 14. Marzo 2007 - 19:12A massive condom distribution programme is launched among female sex workers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Food, shelter scarce in Sri Lanka war refugee exodus
[Reuters international
] - 15. Marzo 2007 - 6:39PALAMEENMADU CAMP, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Hunched over a fire cooking rice amid a sea of tents as a new refugee exodus swells already cramped camps in war-ravaged east Sri Lanka, Krishnagobal Sivamalar fears for her future.
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Sri Lankans to be sent to Nauru
[BBC World
] - 15. Marzo 2007 - 10:46Australia is to send a group of 83 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru.
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Fearful homecoming as Sri Lanka resettles refugees
[Reuters international
] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 7:37KIRIMUDDI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is packing war refugees like fisherman Kandavel Kandan into buses to resettle them in captured rebel territory in the east of the island, but for many, it's a reluctant homecoming.
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Fearful homecoming as Sri Lanka resettles refugees
[Reuters international
] - 16. Marzo 2007 - 7:37KIRIMUDDI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is packing war refugees like fisherman Kandavel Kandan into buses to resettle them in captured rebel territory in the east of the island, but for many, it's a reluctant homecoming.
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Sri Lanka seeks U.S. pressure on Tamil Tiger funds
[Reuters international
] - 17. Marzo 2007 - 2:28WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Friday it has asked the United States to extend a crackdown on the Tamil Tigers to overseas groups that help raise funds for the separatist rebels.
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Refugees flee Sri Lanka fighting
[Guardian unlimited World
] - 18. Marzo 2007 - 1:00Aid workers unable to cope as number of refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Sri Lanka rises dramatically.
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Sri Lanka says sinks big rebel arms transport ship
[Reuters international
] - 18. Marzo 2007 - 7:32COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's navy sank a large ship on Sunday it said was transporting arms for Tamil Tiger rebels and the blazing vessel and its crew disappeared under the waves after a series of explosions.
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Sri Lanka sinks 'Tigers vessels'
[BBC World
] - 18. Marzo 2007 - 12:21Sri Lanka's navy says it has sunk two cargo vessels believed to be carrying weapons for the Tamil Tigers.
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UN warns of Sri Lanka food crisis
[BBC World
] - 20. Marzo 2007 - 17:49The UN's World Food Programme warns that it is running out of money to feed displaced people in Sri Lanka.
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Fierce fighting in east Sri Lanka
[BBC World
] - 21. Marzo 2007 - 6:22At least 12 people are killed in fighting between troops and rebels in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says.
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Sri Lanka Bombs Tamil Tiger Positions
[FOX news world
] - 21. Marzo 2007 - 8:57Air force fighter jets bomb separatist Tamil Tiger positions Wednesday in Sri Lanka's volatile east, where ground troops are engaged in a heavy battle with insurgents, the military says.
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Sri Lanka says 17 dead, dozens hurt in rebel clashes
[Reuters international
] - 21. Marzo 2007 - 17:10COLOMBO (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels attacked five army camps in Sri Lanka's east on Wednesday and tried to infiltrate government lines in the north, sparking fierce clashes the military said killed at least 17 people.
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