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We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, is alive but surrounded, the Sri Lankan military says.
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Sri Lankan shares jump by the most in four months after the government claims victory in its war against the Tamil Tigers.
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The Sri Lankan military says four senior Tamil Tigers have been killed as fighting rages in a tiny enclave in the north-east.
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Tamil Tiger rebels holed up in a tiny enclave in northern Sri Lanka have "decided to silence their guns", a rebel spokesman says.
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Sri Lanka's army says all civilians who were trapped in the northern war zone have escaped, amid further fighting with Tamil rebels.
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The president of Sri Lanka declares military victory over Tamil Tiger rebels, though officials say fighting continues.
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Sri Lanka's army captures the last section of coastline held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east of the country, the military says.
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Sri Lanka's army captures the last section of coastline held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east of the country, the military says.
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The Sri Lankan army says it is in the final stage of "dominating the whole coast" in its battle with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Sri Lankan Tamils abroad struggle to trace relatives
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The Red Cross says Sri Lanka is facing an "unimaginable" catastrophe in the area where troops have trapped Tamil Tigers.
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The Sri Lankan army says more than 2,000 civilians have crossed a lagoon to flee the war zone in the north-east of the country.
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The UN Security Council urges the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers to ensure the safety of civilians.
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Violence rages in Sri Lanka's war zone, where a makeshift hospital has been shelled again with the loss of 50 lives.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says that one of its employees has been killed in a shell attack in Sri Lanka.
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United Kingdom, 
United StatesThe US and Britain urge an "immediate" end to fighting in Sri Lanka and an evacuation of trapped civilians.
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The Sri Lankan government has shelled a hospital in the war zone, killing at least 49 people, rebel and hospital sources say.
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Sri Lanka war rumbles on despite calls for restraint
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France, United KingdomOutrage is expressed at the UN in New York over the reported heavy loss of life among civilians in Sri Lanka's Tamil war zone.
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The UN says heavy civilian casualties in northern Sri Lanka at the weekend bear out its warnings of a "bloodbath".
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An official in northern Sri Lanka says 378 people have been killed in 24 hours, but the government denies shelling the area.
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United KingdomA team of UK journalists are arrested in Sri Lanka after reporting allegations of abuse in camps for displaced Tamils.
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Sri Lanka's military says it has killed at least 14 Tamil Tiger fighters in a sea battle close to the final area of land fighting.
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Sri Lanka's army says it is continuing to advance into rebel territory as the president says the war is nearing an end.
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The Sri Lankan defence ministry releases what it says are recently captured pictures of the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
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The Sri Lankan government denies Tamil Tiger accusations that the army is intensifying heavy weapons attacks in the north-east.
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The leader of the indigenous community of Sri Lanka says that his community is threatened by illegal tree-fellers.
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United KingdomA cross-party delegation of British MPs holds meetings with Sri Lankan politicians on the first day of a two-day visit.
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Sri Lankan army shelling has killed 91 people since Friday at a makeshift hospital inside a civilian safe zone, doctors tell the BBC.
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UN satellite pictures appear to show shelling damage inside a government safe zone for civilians in Sri Lanka.
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The website of the Sri Lankan army is hacked by suspected rebels installing graphic images of civilians, officials say.
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