More than 20,000 civilians were killed in the final months of Sri Lanka’s civil war — nearly three times previous estimates, The Times newspaper in Britain reported Friday.
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- Paper: 20,000 killed in Sri Lanka conflict
More than 20,000 civilians were killed in the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war -- nearly three times previous estimates, The Times newspaper in B...
- Commuters die in Sri Lanka bus blast
At least 18 commuters were killed and more than 40 wounded when an explosion hit a crowded bus in the capital of Sri Lanka on Friday, police said.
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- Sri Lanka says it downed rebel planes
Military officials in Sri Lanka said they shot down a Tamil Tiger aircraft near the Colombo International Airport on Friday, in an air engagement with...
- Police: Sri Lanka blast kills 3
Three people including a soldier were killed in northern Sri Lanka on Monday when roadside bombs struck a truck carrying explosives, police said.
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- Sri Lankan Red Cross worker killed
A Red Cross worker was killed Wednesday during shelling in the conflict zone in Sri Lanka, the third aid worker killed in six weeks, the International...
- Suicide bomber kills 20 in Sri Lanka
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people on Monday in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, a city in the north-central part of the island nation, police said.
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- Deadly taxi bomb targets police in Sri Lanka
Eight people were killed and 90 wounded when a three-wheel scooter taxi loaded with explosives rammed a bus in Sri Lanka’s capital, police and a...
- Aid worker: Sri Lanka shelling kills hundreds
Nearly 400 people were killed overnight Saturday by government shelling in what is supposed to be a “no-fire” zone of Sri Lanka, a humanit...
- Deadline passes for Sri Lanka’s rebels
Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka faced another possible onslaught from government forces, as a mid-day deadline for them to surrender passed on Tues...
- Sri Lanka hospital shelled for fourth time
Three people were killed and 10 wounded when a hospital treating victims of Sri Lanka’s civil war was shelled for a fourth time in two days, the...
- Hospital shelled in Sri Lanka conflict
Artillery shells slammed into a hospital Sunday in the northern Sri Lankan town of Mullaitivu, where civilians — including a growing number of c...
- India: 70,000 trapped in Sri Lanka war zone
India on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels to “release” civilians, who it said numbered about 70,000 in Sri Lanka’s war...
- Israel says Gaza death toll lower than claimed
The Israeli Military said Thursday that the “vast majority” of Palestinians killed in the recent Gaza conflict were “terror operativ...
- Pakistan claims dozens of militants killed
Ten people were killed early Saturday when suspected U.S. missile strikes hit a religious school in Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan bo...
- Sri Lanka celebrates end of civil war
The deafening roar of drums and horns rose as thousands of people took to the streets in Sri Lanka Friday for a victory parade marking the end of the ...
- Cheney’s lying about CIA memos, senator says
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says former Vice President Dick Cheney is lying when he claims that classified CIA m...
- Bombs mar Sri Lanka independence day
A series of explosions tore through Sri Lanka Monday as the country celebrated its independence day.
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- Missing ‘millionaires’ hunted in Hong Kong
Police hunting for a New Zealand couple who fled the country after a bank mistakenly paid them $NZ10 million (US$6 million) believe they traveled to H...
- ISRAEL: Couple brain dead after eating fish – (Jerusalem Post)
There was an improvement in the medical condition of a man and woman from Kiryat Yam who were brain dead after apparently eating a poisonous fish, Isr...
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The usual way to tell if raw meat has gone bad is, according to this story, to see if it has turned purple-gray and smells sour. Fortunately, a more e...
