FLASH:
LTTE terrorists target civilians in bus bomb; 26 killed and 64
wounded - Monaragala
 LTTE
terrorists have carried out a cowardly bomb blast targeting innocent
civilians at Okkampitiya, Monaragala this morning. According to the
available information the bus which was plying from Buttala to
Okkampitiya with large number of civilians including schoolchildren
has been targeted in the explosion. [Updated:
16.01.2008]
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Terrorists explode another roadside bomb in Uva
LTTE terrorists detonated a claymore mine
targeting an army vehicle at Dambakote - Galge, on the Buttala -
Kataragama road around 9.45.a.m. [Updated:
16.01.2008]
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Akashi lauds commitment to political solution
Japanese Special Peace Envoy Yasushi Akashi
yesterday said the Japanese Government continued to support Sri
Lanka in view of achieving sustainable peace based on a political
solution, contrary to speculation regarding foreign aid stoppage by
Japan with the annulment of the Ceasefire Agreement.
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Iranian help for socio-economic, cultural sectors
A group of Iranian Ministers led by Iranian
Economic and Finance Minister Dr.Davood Danesh Jafari called on
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and held extensive discussions at Temple
Trees yesterday. The discussions were focused on the President's
recent visit to Iran and the future steps to be taken on the MoU
signed between Iran and Sri Lanka.
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Forces poised to destroy Tigers
The Sri Lankan military wants to destroy the
Tigers and conclude 25 years of war after the ceasefire ends today,
a military spokesman said yesterday. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara
told Deutsche Presse-Agentur in Colombo that the military was
already putting pressure on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at
various fronts in the North.
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