LTTE were on the verge of total collapse with just a kiolmetre separating two Army divisions from overrunning the entire coastal area held by them.
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Thursday , 14 May '09
Obama called on Sri Lanka to immediately take steps so as to alleviate the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in the northern conflict zones of the country.
Wednesday , 13 May '09
Tamil Tigers launched a wave of suicide attacks on land and sea using explosive-laden boats, but failed to stall advance of Sri Lankan forces.
Wednesday , 13 May '09
New satellite imagery and eyewitness accounts contradict Sri Lanka's claims that its armed forces are no longer using heavy weapons in the conflict area in northern part of the country.
Saturday , 9 May '09
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh favoured a solution to the problems of Tamils within the framework of a united and federal Sri Lanka.
Wednesday , 6 May '09
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to call a humanitarian pause to the fighting against LTTE.
Tuesday , 5 May '09
PM Manmohan Singh has said he would ask the External Affairs ministry to quickly 'work out details' of the Rs 100 crore package that has been announced for the Lankan Tamils.
Tuesday , 5 May '09
The UN says it remains concerned about continued military operations in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka.
Monday , 4 May '09
The Lankan army expressed confidence that it would get Prabhakaran, saying the LTTE supremo was hiding in the 'No-Fire-Zone' along with his top commanders.
Monday , 4 May '09
PMK founder S Ramadoss, whose party is a constituent of the AIADMK-led front in Tamil Nadu, said the LTTE would 'not be finished'.
Monday , 4 May '09
The Sri Lankan President has vowed to eliminate terrorism, but asserted that the government stands for a political solution to the issue of the ethnic Tamils.
Sunday , 3 May '09
With the Tiger rebels on their last legs, the Sri Lankan government is mulling a general amnesty to the surrendering LTTE cadres.
Saturday , 2 May '09
Sri Lanka has demanded that ways to counter terrorism be highlighted in the agenda of Non-Aligned Movement.
Friday , 1 May '09
UN Security Council members see no point withholding an IMF loan or taking other steps to punish Sri Lanka, the council's president said.
Thursday , 30 April '09
Closing in from three sides on the cornered LTTE, including its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan forces pushed back the rebels further killing 41 of them.
Thursday , 30 April '09
A former top commander of the LTTE has said the elusive Tiger chief would not be able to escape from Sri Lanka in view of the strict vigil across the island.
Thursday , 30 April '09
United Nations said that the conditions were 'far from satisfactory' in camps for displaced Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.
Wednesday , 29 April '09
Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman hatched the diabolical plot to kill ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi 'silently' without the knowledge of anyone in the outfit.
Wednesday , 29 April '09
Indian Army, Navy and Coast Guard are on high alert along the southern coastline to prevent LTTE cadres from entering Indian territory.
Wednesday , 29 April '09
India and Pakistan have trained and equipped the Lankan army to prepare and fight its only enemy, the LTTE.