Sri Lanka: Tamil diaspora voices (BBC News)
After the Sri Lankan army took control of the last rebel-held town of Mullaitivu, Tamils around the world discuss the future for Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism.
Sri Lanka Moves To Vanquish Tamil Tigers (St. Petersburg Times)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers’ last major stronghold Sunday, confining the rebels to a narrow slice of jungle and ending their decade-long domination of the country’s north.
Sri Lanka: Army has seized last rebel stronghold (The Times of India)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan forces have captured the Tamil Tigers’ last major stronghold, confining the rebels to a narrow slice of jungle and ending their decade-long domination of the country’s north.
Sri Lankan troops take last Tamil Tiger town (Pioneer Press)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers’ last major stronghold Sunday, confining the rebels to a narrow slice of jungle. Army commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said the bloody ethnic separatist war that has plagued this Indian Ocean island nation since 1983 was nearly over. But analysts warn it simply is shifting from a conventional fight between two armies to a …
Official: 300 wounded in Sri Lanka artillery fire (The Post-Standard)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan health official says more than 300 civilians are wounded and scores feared killed by artillery shells fired into a government-designated “safe zone” for ethnic Tamil civilians trapped by fighting between the government and Tamil rebels.
Official: 300 wounded in Sri Lanka artillery fire (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
Associated Press – January 27, 2009 1:33 AM ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – A Sri Lankan health official says more than 300 civilians are wounded and scores feared killed by artillery shells fired…
Sri Lankan army takes final rebel town (Deutsche Welle)
Sri Lanka’s chief army commander has told the country that 95 percent of the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels has finished following the capture of the group’s last major stronghold. After a month of fighting, Sri Lankan troops entered the town of Mullaitivu on Sunday afternoon.
Sri Lankan troops battle rebels in jungle (The Post-Standard)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan troops fought heavy battles Monday with the Tamil Tigers in the small patch of jungle that remains under rebel control, a day after government forces drove the insurgents from their last major stronghold, the military said.
Sri Lanka announces capture of rebels’ last major stronghold (Chicago Tribune)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan forces captured the Tamil Tigers’ last major stronghold in the country’s north, the army announced Sunday, a victory that left the remaining rebel fighters confined to the tiny slice of jungle they still control.
Rajapaksa Invites Indian Tamil Leader to Broker Sri Lanka Truce (Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited leaders of India’s Tamil Nadu state to visit the country to persuade Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender and allow civilians to escape the conflict in the north.
‘Dozens of civilians killed’ in Sri Lanka fighting (TODAYonline)
A photo released by the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry on January 7 shows troops in the northern Elephant Pass. Dozens of civilians have been killed in Sri Lanka’s embattled north during ongoing heavy fighting between troops and Tamil rebels, a United Nations spokesman in Colombo said on Monday.
British Tamil Health care professionals urgently appeal Britain to stop the genocidal war in Sri Lanka (TamilEelam News Service)
London : The British Based Tamil Health care professionals undertook a fasting campaign, standing outside the UK Parliament to high light the humanitarian crisis in the Vanni in the Tamil Homeland in Sri Lanka urges British government to stop the genocidal war.
Rajapaksa Invites Indian Tamil Leader to Broker Sri Lanka Truce (Bloomberg)
Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited leaders of India’s Tamil Nadu state to visit the country to persuade Tamil Tiger rebels to surrender and allow civilians to escape the conflict in the north.
Sri Lanka: Is end of Tamil Tigers really in sight? (The Manila Times)
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan government troops on Monday pushed into the last pockets of jungle still held by the Tamil Tigers after capturing the rebels’ last urban stronghold and military headquarters.
