International Business News - Lanka http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel position in their northern stronghold Sunday, a day after 19 rebels and a soldier were killed in a new round of ground fighting, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/sri-lanka-says-20-killed-in-new-fighting.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:13:43 EDT Government forces attacked Tamil Tiger rebels along Sri Lanka's northern front lines, triggering a series of gunbattles that killed 35 rebels and one soldier, the military said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/35-rebels-1-soldier-killed-in-sri-lanka.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:08:37 EDT Sri Lankan troops captured a key Tamil Tiger rebel base in the island's north Friday, a day after a wave of battles in the same region killed 32 rebels and two soldiers, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/sri-lanka-fighting-kills-34.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:23:21 EDT The military says a series of battles between government forces and Tamil Tiger fighters on the front lines of the civil war killed 26 rebels. The fighting took place throughout the day Wednesday, killing two rebels in the Vavuniya area, 12 in Mannar and 12 in Welioya, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/military-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-26.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:04:35 EDT New fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along Sri Lanka's northern front lines killed 27 rebels and two soldiers, the military said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/29-killed-in-sri-lanka-fighting.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:57:53 EDT Sri Lanka's air force bombed a Tamil Tiger rebel air base and a rebel navy base, while separate ground clashes in the country's war-torn north left 20 combatants dead, the military said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/sri-lanka-jets-bomb-rebel-air-sea-bases.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:17:36 EDT Sri Lanka's army chief said Monday that his soldiers have killed at least 9,000 Tamil Tiger fighters during the past two years of civil war and disabled the rebel group of its conventional war capabilities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/fresh-fighting-kills-28-in-sri-lanka.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:51:47 EDT New fighting in northern Sri Lanka has killed 41 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers, the military said Sunday. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said the fighting Saturday occurred along the Vavuniya, Mannar and Welioya fronts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/military-43-killed-in-sri-lanka-clashes.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:33:02 EDT Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81738-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080628/sri-lanka-fighting-kills-43.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080628/sri-lanka-fighting-kills-43.htm Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:36:39 EDT Sri Lankan forces captured a Tamil Tiger supply center and bombed a rebel training base amid a surge in the island's civil war that killed 49 insurgents and two soldiers, the military said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80550-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/army-sri-lanka-battle-kills-43.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/army-sri-lanka-battle-kills-43.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:52:47 EDT A new wave of fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled northern region killed at least 32 ethnic Tamil rebels and four government soldiers, the military said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/army-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-36-tamil.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:15:40 EDT Sri Lanka has appointed a ministerial-level committee to investigate allegations that local journalists trying to cover the country's civil war have been threatened and harassed, a senior government official said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/sri-lanka-to-investigate-claims-of-threats-to-media.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:49:56 EDT Sri Lankan soldiers killed 10 Tamil separatists Tuesday in a push to win control of a small area of rebel-held territory in the island's north while air force planes bombed a rebel training base, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/sri-lanka-23-killed-in-new-fighting.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:49:00 EDT Government forces captured six Tamil Tiger rebel bunkers on the front lines in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka and infantry killed 33 rebels and six soldiers in clashes, the military said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/33-rebels-6-soldiers-dead-in-sri-lanka-fighting.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:58:02 EDT With civil war raging in Sri Lanka, the journalists trying to cover the conflict find themselves increasingly under siege. They have been hounded by the government, attacked by unknown assailants and accused of aiding the rebels. Many reporters have been arrested or fled the country, while others have resorted to self-censorship, journalists said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76369-sri-lanka-media-under-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/sri-lankan-journalists-cite-intimidation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/sri-lankan-journalists-cite-intimidation.htm Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:08:21 EDT Fighting between the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels along the northern front lines killed 26 rebels and three government soldiers, the military said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75760-sri-lanka-civil-war.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/army-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-29.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/army-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-29.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:23:50 EDT Scattered fighting across Sri Lanka's restive north killed 25 Tamil Tiger rebels and six soldiers, the military said Wednesday. The latest clashes broke out Tuesday along the Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar and Welioya fronts, where government troops have been trying for the past months to break into the well-guarded rebel territory, the military said in a statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/military-says-31-killed-in-sri-lanka-violence.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:36:46 EDT Battles across Sri Lanka's volatile north killed 14 ethnic Tamil rebels and one government soldier, the military said Tuesday. In the worst fighting Monday, soldiers killed six rebels in the Mannar region bordering the rebels' de facto state, a Defense Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/sri-lanka-fighting-kills-15-combatants.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:57:39 EDT A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up Monday near a police building in a northern Sri Lankan town, killing 12 police officers and wounding 23 other people. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/sri-lanka-army-suicide-bomb-kills-12-police.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:43:33 EDT A wave of battles broke out between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists in Sri Lanka's north and east, killing 11 rebels and four soldiers, the military said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/military-sri-lanka-fighting-kills-13.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:23:03 EDT