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Prabhakaran did not have cyanide capsule Press Trust of India, Thursday June 11, 2009, Colombo He made every fighter of his guerrilla outfit wear a cyanide capsule to be swallowed in the event of getting captured, but Vellupillai Prabhakaran himself did not carry one when he was killed by the Sri Lankan troops in the last phase of the 30-year-old bloody civil war. More»

Lanka should devolve powers to Tamils: PC Press Trust of India, Sunday June 7, 2009, Chennai Chidambaram said the Lankan government should strictly proceed towards rehabilitating the Tamils. India, he said, too was working for the internally displaced Tamils and had donated large sums of money. More»

UN under fire over Lanka death toll Sarah Jacob, Tuesday June 2, 2009, UN headquarters, New York The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday began his day at the UN General Assembly refuting charges that his office had deliberately underestimated casualty figures in Sri Lanka. More»

SL won't probe rights breach Press Trust of India, Sunday May 31, 2009, Colombo Sri Lanka on Sunday rubbished as a "figment of imagination" reports that 20,000 civilians were killed in the final phase of military operation against LTTE and rejected demands for a probe into human rights violation. Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona said the reported deaths of civilians in the last phase of the military offensive was an "unverified figure". More»

Amnesty urges UN to release SL death toll Press Trust of India, Saturday May 30, 2009, Colombo A leading human rights group has asked the United Nations to publicise its estimate of civilian deaths in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war amid escalating reports over how many died. More»

Lankan President to visit India next week Press Trust of India, Friday May 29, 2009, Bangalore Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to visit New Delhi next week India hoping to carry forward the dialogue on rehabilitation of Tamils displaced in the war between the Lankan army and LTTE, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said on Friday. More»

UN worried over Lanka relief Press Trust of India, Thursday May 28, 2009, United Nations The overall scale of relief operation in Sri Lanka, where nearly 300,000 people have been displaced by the recent conflict, remains huge, while an action plan for assistance still needs 60 per cent of the requested funding, the UN humanitarian wing has said. More»

How Prabhakaran's body was identified Press Trust of India, Wednesday May 27, 2009, Colombo Slain LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's body was identified by his two former aides with the help of certain scars and birth marks. More»

Prabhakaran's wife dead? Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 26, 2009, Vavuniya The slain LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran's wife and daughter as well as his top commander Pottu Amman have died in the Sri Lankan conflict, the Tigers' international spokesman S Pathmanathan has told the rebel supremo's former ally Karuna Amman. More»

LTTE admits Prabhakaran is dead Press Trust of India, Sunday May 24, 2009, Colombo This week, the Sri Lankan government had declared that it had finally killed Prabhakaran and proclaimed victory against his Tamil Tiger rebels, crushing a 25-year rebellion that the UN estimates had cost between 80,000 to 100,000 lives. More»