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Sri Lankan Army Advances on Strategic Pass Held by Tamil Tigers bloomberg.com, 5 Jaan 2009. Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan soldiers advanced on a strategic causeway held by rebel fighters, maintaining pressure on the Tamil Tigers after capturing the group’s political headquarters last week, the army said.
Troops yesterday seized the town of Thamilamadam to the south of Elephant Pass and have “commenced their forward march,” according to a statement on the army’s Web site...
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If LTTE chief is caught, India will have to request extradition hindu.com, January 6. Colombo (PTI): India will have to follow the standard "procedure" for seeking extradition of LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, wanted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, if he is captured by the Sri Lankan security forces, official sources said here on Tuesday... 
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Driven from their northern headquarters, Sri Lanka s Tamil rebels ... economist.com, 5 january. THE long conventional war in Sri Lanka, pitting the Sinhalese-dominated government against the vicious rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have been fighting for a separate homeland for the Tamil minority, is almost over...
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Sri Lanka 's military captures key rebel town Associated Press, Mon January 5, 2009 10:43 EST . RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Government troops captured a strategic Tamil Tiger-held town Monday and moved closer to a key rebel base, as Sri Lankans raised flags and held a moment of silence to honor the military as it battles to end the country's 25-year-old civil war...
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Designer bunkers for LTTE headquarters ptinews.com, 5 january. T V Sriram Kilinochchi (Sri Lanka), Jan 5 (PTI) Did LTTE's fighting tactics match those of Nazi's during World War-II? A spate of deep bunkers erected by the Tigers around their fallen citadel of Kilinochchi might suggest that...
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Sri Lanka TV station attacked aljazeera.net, 6 january. Masked gunmen have attacked Sri Lanka's largest private television station, the police have said...
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Sri Lanka honors troops fighting rebels Associated Press, Mon January 5, 2009 01:44 EST . RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lankans raised flags and held a moment of silence Monday in honor of the military, as troops pushed deeper into rebel-held territory in the north in their offensive aimed at crushing the Tamil Tigers and ending the 25-year-old civil war here...
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India for political solution in Sri Lanka hindu.com, 05 Jan 2009. EW DELHI: Following the Sri Lankan army’s capture of Kilinochchi, administrative and political headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, India has asked Colombo not to lose sight of a political solution...
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Concerns of civilian deaths rise in Sri Lanka Associated Press, Mon January 5, 2009 11:25 EST . RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lankan forces overran another village Monday and moved closer to seizing a strategic base from the Tamil Tigers, but concerns are mounting for the hundreds of thousands of civilians living in the rebels' shrinking territory...
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Sri Lanka pushes into rebel territory iht.com, 5 January. COLOMBO: Sri Lankan troops pushed deeper into rebel-held territory in the north on Monday in an offensive aimed at crushing the Tamil Tigers and ending the 25-year-old civil war...
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