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Ex Sri Lankan Troops, Who Left Crisis-Hit Country For Russia, Duped Into Ukraine War
When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it -- including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
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Sri Lankan Army Denies Reports Troops Ordered To Shoot At Protesters
Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva on Tuesday refuted allegations that the armed forces are poised to shoot at the general public to provoke them.
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Lankan Troops Taken Off Peacekeeping By UN Over War Crime Accused General
The United Nations has suspended Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping duties after Colombo ignored repeated warnings and appointed a general accused of war crimes to head its army.
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Sri Lankan Troops Kill Four ISIS-Linked Terrorists
Sri Lankan security forces exchanged fire with suspected ISIS-affiliated terrorists and killed at least four of them in the east of the country, police and the military said Saturday.
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India Rushes Help To Flood-Hit Sri Lanka;100 Killed
In the worst flood that Sri Lanka has seen since 2003, over 90 people killed and over 100 missing. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), about 20,000 people were driven out of their homes both in the south and western parts of the country.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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Sri Lankan Judge Says War Crimes Claims 'Credible'
Allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are "credible", a judge appointed by the island's former president has concluded in a report presented to parliament on Tuesday.
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UN Blames Sri Lankan Troops Over 2006 Aid Worker Massacre
The United Nations on Wednesday pointed the finger at Sri Lankan forces over the killing of 17 French charity workers on the island nine years ago, despite repeated denials by the military.
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Financial Support for LTTE Intact, Says US Terror Report
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) international network and financial support are still intact despite its military defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan government troops in 2009, a US government report has said.
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Troops Reduction in Tamil Areas in Future, Indicates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has indicated reduction of army presence in Tamil areas "as time goes on".
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Pledges Fresh War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka's president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry into allegations that his troops killed thousands of Tamil civilians at the end of the civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops on alert amid storm warning
Sri Lankan troops have been placed on alert to assist in disaster relief as people living in coastal areas in various parts of the island were warned to move as stormy weather hit the country.
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Mahinda Rajapakse denies Sri Lankan army killed LTTE chief's son
Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakse has firmly denied that government troops had executed the 12-year-old son of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009.
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Sri Lanka prison riot toll rises to 27: minister
Sri Lankan troops found 11 bodies of convicts Saturday raising the death toll in an overnight prison riot in the capital to 27, prisons minister said.
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UN calls for probe into Sri Lankan troops' war crime video
The UN has sought a fresh probe into alleged war crimes against Sri Lankan troops after Britain's Channel 4 News released a video featuring soldiers executing naked men and women.The video, which was broadcast on Tuesday, shows government troops executing civilians in the last few weeks of the 26-year-old Sri Lanka war, which ended last year when t...
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Ex Sri Lankan Troops, Who Left Crisis-Hit Country For Russia, Duped Into Ukraine War
When Sri Lanka's economy crashed in 2022, people sought work abroad wherever they could find it -- including ex-soldiers who joined forces fighting in Ukraine after Russia's invasion.
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Sri Lankan Army Denies Reports Troops Ordered To Shoot At Protesters
Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva on Tuesday refuted allegations that the armed forces are poised to shoot at the general public to provoke them.
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Lankan Troops Taken Off Peacekeeping By UN Over War Crime Accused General
The United Nations has suspended Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping duties after Colombo ignored repeated warnings and appointed a general accused of war crimes to head its army.
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Sri Lankan Troops Kill Four ISIS-Linked Terrorists
Sri Lankan security forces exchanged fire with suspected ISIS-affiliated terrorists and killed at least four of them in the east of the country, police and the military said Saturday.
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India Rushes Help To Flood-Hit Sri Lanka;100 Killed
In the worst flood that Sri Lanka has seen since 2003, over 90 people killed and over 100 missing. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), about 20,000 people were driven out of their homes both in the south and western parts of the country.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Slams Sri Lanka Missing Persons Bill
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday alleged that a proposed bill to set up an office of missing persons targeted government troops who defeated the LTTE ending the three-decade ethnic civil war.
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Sri Lankan Judge Says War Crimes Claims 'Credible'
Allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are "credible", a judge appointed by the island's former president has concluded in a report presented to parliament on Tuesday.
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UN Blames Sri Lankan Troops Over 2006 Aid Worker Massacre
The United Nations on Wednesday pointed the finger at Sri Lankan forces over the killing of 17 French charity workers on the island nine years ago, despite repeated denials by the military.
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Financial Support for LTTE Intact, Says US Terror Report
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) international network and financial support are still intact despite its military defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan government troops in 2009, a US government report has said.
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Troops Reduction in Tamil Areas in Future, Indicates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has indicated reduction of army presence in Tamil areas "as time goes on".
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Pledges Fresh War Crimes Probe
Sri Lanka's president, under pressure from his main opponent in upcoming elections, on Tuesday promised a judicial inquiry into allegations that his troops killed thousands of Tamil civilians at the end of the civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops on alert amid storm warning
Sri Lankan troops have been placed on alert to assist in disaster relief as people living in coastal areas in various parts of the island were warned to move as stormy weather hit the country.
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Mahinda Rajapakse denies Sri Lankan army killed LTTE chief's son
Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakse has firmly denied that government troops had executed the 12-year-old son of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009.
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Sri Lanka prison riot toll rises to 27: minister
Sri Lankan troops found 11 bodies of convicts Saturday raising the death toll in an overnight prison riot in the capital to 27, prisons minister said.
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UN calls for probe into Sri Lankan troops' war crime video
The UN has sought a fresh probe into alleged war crimes against Sri Lankan troops after Britain's Channel 4 News released a video featuring soldiers executing naked men and women.The video, which was broadcast on Tuesday, shows government troops executing civilians in the last few weeks of the 26-year-old Sri Lanka war, which ended last year when t...
