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KP- he knows secrets that have never been told
Submitted by shehal on Sun, 2009-08-09 12:30Two weeks earlier, he had been declared successor to the late Velupillai Prabhakaran as leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The man with many names, different faces at different times held several passports. Law enforcement agencies of a number of countries hunted for him but he eluded them. For years, he headed the LTTE's weapons procurement operations, named after his initials as KP wing.
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Thai PM orders probe over KP arrest
Submitted by shehal on Fri, 2009-08-07 17:25BANGKOK, Aug 7 (TNA) - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday that he has ordered the country’s security agencies to provide details following a news report that the head of Sri Lanka's recently defeated Tamil Tiger separatists was captured in Thailand.
The French news agency Agence-France-Presse (AFP) earlier reported that Selvarasa Pathmanathan, a foreign-based leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday for questioning after being arrested in Thailand.
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KP being questioned in Colombo
Submitted by shehal on Fri, 2009-08-07 17:24Kumaran Pathmanathan also known as KP is now being questioned in Colombo. The Hindustan Times today quotes MP Basil Rajapaksa as saying KP was flown down to Colombo following his arrest although details of how arrest was conducted was not revealed.
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KP Arrested
Submitted by shehal on Fri, 2009-08-07 17:18LTTE’s self appointed leader after the annihilation of its top leadership and the organization’s long term international arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP had been arrested in an East Asian country following a joint intelligence and military operation by a Sri Lankan team, defence sources confirmed last night.
Government Defence Spokesman and Minister Keheliya Rambukwella speaking to Rupavahini last night confirmed the arrest of KP and said it was a big blow to the remaining foreign network of the LTTE.
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Child soldiers fight LTTE ghosts
Submitted by Romayne on Thu, 2009-06-25 00:50Kumudha absent-mindedly fiddles with her left forefinger. Then, looking embarrassed, she hurriedly tucks it into the folds of her skirt. She often forgets that she has no forefinger. Only a stub.
The finger was sliced off by a sniper's bullet while she was guarding an LTTE bunker in Konavil village in Kilinochchi in 2008. Heavy fighting had broken out as the Sri Lankan army pushed ahead in the north. This was just a couple of months after bullets pierced her right thigh and she was hospitalized.
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Lessons from Sri Lanka
Submitted by Romayne on Mon, 2009-06-22 14:12Sri Lanka recently emerged victorious from one of the world's longest-running conflicts, once termed an "unwinnable" war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers.
The LTTE is considered one of the deadliest terrorist groups, having invented the concept of the modern-day suicide bomber and carried out the murder of two sitting heads of state. In addition, the Tamil Tigers pioneered use of female suicide bombers, homemade minisubmarines, ultralight aircraft and "warehouse ships" pre-positioned on the high seas to resupply terrorist operations on shore.
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Pakistan’s Victory Described as a Gift to a Nation
Submitted by Romayne on Mon, 2009-06-22 14:10“World champions, we are the world champions,” the young woman in the green shirt said as she walked away from Lord’s cricket ground Sunday night. She said it again and again, her tone mixing proud assertion with disbelief after watching Pakistan’s cricket team complete its march to the World Twenty20 championship, defeating previously unbeaten Sri Lanka by the conclusive margin of 8 wickets.
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Tamil protest ends after 73 days
Submitted by Romayne on Thu, 2009-06-18 14:05A 73-day protest involving thousands of people demonstrating over the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has ended.
The protest featured hunger strikes, mass sit-ins blocking central London roads and people throwing themselves into the River Thames.
One of those involved, Ambi Seevaratnam said: "After 73 days, nothing has worked. The Tamils have been betrayed by the international community."
Protesters have at times clashed with police in Parliament Square.
Last month, a senior Metropolitan Police officer warned the long protest was diverting resources from other areas.
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HARDtalk: Erik Solheim
Submitted by shehal on Thu, 2009-06-18 04:10In a HARDtalk interview broadcast on 15th June 2009, Stephen Sackur talks to Erik Solheim, Minister of International Development, Norway.
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Sri Lanka Health Ministry issues severe warning on Swine Flu
Submitted by Romayne on Wed, 2009-06-17 23:52Sri Lanka Health Ministry today issued a severe warning for the passengers who reached the country via Singapore Airlines flight number SQ 466 on last Sunday over Swine Flu.
Following the detection of the first Swine Flu case in the country on an 8-year-old boy, arrived from Australia, the Health ministry strongly advised those passengers on the Singapore Airlines flight to get tested for the virus.
The government has decided to subject all the passengers and crew on the flight to medical check-ups, the Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.
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