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Sri Lanka's main Tamil party wins polls

Sri Lanka's main ethnic minority Tamil party secured a landslide victory in a provincial poll that has threatened to rekindle animosity between the government and Tamils, four years after the military crushed separatist rebels and ended a 26

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India govt says still stable as party pulls out

  The Indian government said on Wednesday it was still able to pass reform legislation in parliament, a day after its biggest ally abruptly quit the ruling coalition, but ministers did not answer questions on whether it would cal

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Sri Lanka's long war in bloody final climax

Tamil Tiger rebels launched suicide attacks against Sri Lankan troops fighting to deliver a death blow to the separatists after the president declared victory in Asia's longest modern war, the military said. President Mahinda Rajapaksa ret

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Sri Lankan war in endgame, 81,000 escape zone

Thousands more civilians surged out of Sri Lanka's war zone on Wednesday, while soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect those still trapped. In the third day since

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Sri Lanka gives Tigers 24-hour ultimatum

Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said. Sri Lanka's quarter-

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Fall of Tiger HQ imminent says Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan soldiers would soon capture the headquarters of the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said on Wednesday, and had reached the outskirts of the key town as an assault in the north ground ahead. The battle for Kilinochchi

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Film draws record crowds

An Indian film is proving so popular in Bahrain that it is the only movie being shown at two theatres and tickets are selling on the black market. Sivaji - The Boss stars Rajinikanth, one of the highest paid actors in India, along with Vi

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