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NEWS ABOUT: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda Rajapaksa stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - He really should have seen this coming. A popular astrologer in Sri Lanka has been arrested after predicting the ouster of the president, the BBC reports. Police took Chandrasiri Bandara into custody this week after he foresaw a bad moon rising for Mahinda Rajapaksa and told opposition leaders they'd be... More »

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Sri Lanka • arrest • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Astrology • Chandrasiri Bandara

 Sri Lanka Prez: 
 We're 'Liberated' 

Body of rebel leader said to be found

May 19, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sri Lanka’s leader celebrated the country’s “liberation” from the Tamil Tigers after 26 years of war in a speech to parliament today, the BBC reports. “Today we have been able to liberate the entire country from the clutches of terrorism," said Mahinda Rajapaska. "We... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • parliament • speech • ethnic conflict • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Tamils • Velupillai Prabhakaran

 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

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 Sri Lanka Declares 
 Victory Over Tigers 


May 16, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that his country had defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels on the battlefield and emerged victorious from its quarter-century civil war. "My government, with the total commitment of our armed forces, has in an unprecedented humanitarian operation finally defeated the LTTE militarily,"... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • rebels • Mahinda Rajapaksa • victory • Sri Lankan Army • LTTE

 Sri Lanka Military Cuts Off 
 Rebel Sea Escape 

Tigers lose access to sea as military vows to end 25-year war by nightfall

May 16, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(AP) - Sri Lankan forces took control of the island's entire coastline today for the first time in decades, sealing the Tamil Tigers in a tiny pocket of territory and cutting off the possibility of a sea escape by the rebels' top leaders, the AP reports. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed to... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Sri Lankan Army

 Army: Sri Lanka War 
 in 'Final Stage' 

Tens of thousands of civilians trapped; UN envoy arrives

May 15, 09 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Sri Lankan government claims to be within 48 hours of capturing the last holdout of Tamil Tigers, as the Red Cross warned of "an unimaginable human catastrophe" for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. Only a few hundred rebels remain in a two-mile-square... More »

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United Nations • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • IMF • civilians • Mahinda Rajapaksa • Ban Ki-Moon • Sri Lankan Army • Tamils

 6,500 Civilians Dead as 
 Sri Lanka War Nears End 

Army, rebels both accused of exacerbating death toll

Apr 24, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Nearly 6,500 ethnic Tamil civilians have been killed in the last 3 months of fighting in Sri Lanka, the UN estimates. The level of civilian deaths has increased dramatically as the bloody 26-year civil war draws to a close, with the army pressing Tamil separatists into a tiny coastal... More »

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United Nations • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • civilians • Mahinda Rajapaksa

Blasts Mar Sri Lankan Holiday

Four separate attacks, claiming 13, are attributed to the Tamil Tigers

Feb 4, 08 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Four separate bombings today rang in Sri Lanka's 60th anniversary of its independence, capping off a string of four consecutive days that have seen horrific violence, CNN reports. A roadside bomb claimed the lives of 12 and wounded 17 passengers on a bus, and a soldier died in a separate... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • Colombo • Mahinda Rajapaksa

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