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NEWS ABOUT: surrender

surrender stories: 6 news summaries

 Tamil Tigers: 'Battle 
 Has Reached Its End' 

Sri Lanka president earlier declared victory

May 17, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have declared a ceasefire after a 26-year war in a statement lamenting thousands of deaths in the past 24 hours, the BBC reports. “This battle has reached its bitter end,” said a Tamil Tigers spokesman on the group’s website. The statement later... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • surrender • ceasefire • rebels • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Tamils

Sri Lanka Rejects Rebels' Ceasefire Call

Gov't calls Tigers'
move 'a joke,' demands a full surrender

Apr 26, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surrounded by government forces and citing an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis,” Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers declared a unilateral ceasefire today that was immediately rejected, the Guardian reports. Sri Lanka’s defense chief called the ceasefire “a joke. They were not fighting with us, they were running from... More »

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civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • surrender • ceasefire • rebels

 Thousands Flee 
 Sri Lanka Fighting 

Rebels given 24 hours to surrender as civilians pour out of last Tiger stronghold

Apr 20, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 25,000 civilians have fled the Tamil Tigers' last stronghold in Sri Lanka as the government prepares its final push to end the civil war, reports the BBC. Tens of thousands of civilians remain in the densely packed coastal strip, which was originally set up as a safe... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • surrender • displaced persons

(Newser) - Mutinous border guards in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka laid down their weapons today, ending the uprising that started yesterday and claimed at least 20 lives, the BBC reports. “All the rebel troops have surrendered with their arms,” a government spokesman said, and urged rebels outside the capital... More »

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mutiny • Bangladesh • officer • surrender • border security • Dhaka • uprising • revolt • paramilitary

Facing Charges, 5 Blackwater Guards to Surrender

Sixth working on plea in '07 Baghdad massacre

Dec 7, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Five ex-Blackwater security guards will surrender to the FBI tomorrow after indictments in a 2007 shooting that killed 17 Iraqis, CNN reports. A sixth is negotiating a plea. Blackwater says its former workers were responding to an attack, but an Iraqi probe called the incident “premeditated murder.” The... More »

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Blackwater • indictment • surrender • security guards • security contractors

Hsu Surrenders; Campaigns Lick Wounds and Revisit Vetting

So many donors,
so little time?

Sep 1, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fugitive financier Norman Hsu surrendered to a San Mateo, CA, court yesterday, and was released on $2 million bail, leaving political types to wonder how someone with an outstanding grand theft charge could slip under the radar of so many campaigns, especially the experienced hands who let him donate and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Clinton 2008 • Norman Hsu • surrender • grand theft • campaign fundraising

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