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Video exposes LTTE’s brutal truth NDTV Correspondent, Wednesday May 6, 2009, Colombo As the war in Sri Lanka nears its end, with the LTTE cornered by the Lankan army, a new video found from a dead LTTE rebel shows Tamil civilians being used as forced labourers at gunpoint. The video shows LTTE rebels in civilian attire firing at both security forces and fleeing hostages by a pedal gun fixed to an armour-plated vehicle. More»

LTTE almost wiped out: Rajapaksa Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 5, 2009, Colombo Sri Lankan troops have "almost wiped out" the 30-year-old "LTTE menace", President Mahinda Rajapaksa asserted even as the military launched a multi-directional manoeuvre to rescue civilians trapped in a tiny strip of land where the rebel remnants are hiding. More»

LTTE will not be finished, says Ramadoss Press Trust of India, Monday May 4, 2009, Chennai PMK founder S Ramadoss, whose party is a constituent of the AIADMK-led front in Tamil Nadu, has said the LTTE would "not be finished" and would finally emerge victorious in the battle against the Sri Lankan army. More»

SL for political solution to Tamil row Press Trust of India, Monday May 4, 2009, Colombo Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has vowed to eliminate terrorism from his country, but asserted that the government stands for a political solution to the issue of the ethnic Tamils. More»

Lanka slams West, but praises India Press Trust of India, Sunday May 3, 2009, Colombo Sri Lanka has criticised certain western countries for raising "ridiculous demands" including a ceasefire and amnesty for LTTE leaders in the island's northern warzone. It, however, praised India and a host of other nations for their support in eradicating terrorism. More»

Lanka mulls amnesty as rebels cornered Press Trust of India, Sunday May 3, 2009, Colombo With the beleaguered LTTE confined to a small area of 4.5 sq km, Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka has said the troops are consolidating their positions despite heavy attacks from remnant rebel cadres in the north, where at least 21 guerrillas were killed in intense clashes. More»

LTTE using diaspora money to buy arms? Press Trust of India , Saturday May 2, 2009, Colombo Promising to rehabilitate soon the 1.85 lakh civilians who fled the LTTE-held areas, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said the Tamil diaspora should realise that the rebels were killing innocent people by weapons purchased from the money collected from them. More»

There’s no going back: Lankan survivors T S Sudhir, Saturday May 2, 2009, Kakinada The Tamil civilians who are escaping the war in Sri Lanka have vowed never to return to the island nation. “We don't want to go back to Sri Lanka” -- that is the chorus of the Tamil refugees in the relief camps. More»

Child survivor of Lanka's horror T S Sudhir, Friday May 1, 2009, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh Desperate to escape the warzone in Sri Lanka, a group of 21 people set out from Mulaitivu on April 21. Among them was eight-month-old Kuberan who was feeding on his mother's milk when she died. His family was on a boat with 20 others. More»

Lanka army’s website hacked NDTV Correspondent, Friday May 1, 2009, Colombo The Sri Lanka Army website has been hacked, confirmed the Lanka Defence Ministry calling it LTTE's cyber terrorism. The hackers have pasted gruesome pictures of people who are apparently victims of the civil war. Army technicians are working to remove the images. The lankan military says that the Tigers are reduced to their last few hundred fighters. More»