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| LTTE air raid over Colombo |
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 The city of Colombo was brought under a total blackout shortly after midnight today as two Tiger rebel aircraft entered the city to attack targets. One of the aircraft had dropped bombs at a fuel dump in the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation's (CPC) oil installations in Kolonnawa. Another bomb was reported to have fallen at an LPG gas facility in Muthurajawela, triggering off a large fire. The Colombo Fire Brigade was called in to douse them. |
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| Blackouts to foil LTTE air attacks |
| Colombo City will be plunged into darkness at short notice on the orders of the Defence Ministry in a series of tough, new and unprecedented security measures during feared air attacks byTiger guerrillas. |
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| LTTE killed fishermen: TN Police |
| It was the most dramatic disclosure by the Tamil Nadu police in recent memory. The state police chief said on Friday night that it was the ‘Sea Tigers’ who killed five Indian fishermen off the coast of Kanyakumari on March 29. |
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| Like Sri Lanka’s President, shawl for all |
| The Sri Lankan delegation to the Arabian Travel Mart 2007 has been asked to wear colourful shawls (Satakaya) in what is said to be aimed at giving a ‘common identity’ to the participants of the event. |
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| Detectives search Tamil MP’s house |
| The official residence of a Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP has been searched by the Criminal Investigation Department following a tip-off that the residence was allegedly being used as an office to coordinate matters with the LTTE. |
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| Brilliant girl’s career ends in blaze |
| A Sri Lankan girl who had completed her studies in computer science after having been awarded a scholarship to study in China, met a tragic end when she died in a gas cylinder explosion in Hong Kong where she was seeking employment. |
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