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The capture of Kilinochchi is the culmination of more than two years of brutal fighting since President Mahinda Rajapakse effectively tore up the 2002 ceasefire and relaunched the war in July 2006.

Terumurikandy, located just 8-km from Kilinochchi, is the fourth major town to fall to government forces in the last two months. The army has recently taken control of Kokkavil, Olumadu and ...

Those who pass through Kilinochchi, which served as the headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) till the end of 2008, hardly miss the sight of a fallen overhead water tank in ...

The Sri Lankan cabinet is holding a special meeting in the former capital of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, Kilinochchi in the far north of the island. The town was the guerrillas’ stronghold ...

Sri Lanka's military has been closing in on Kilinochchi since September. Over the past month, it has been assaulting Tiger defences encircling the town and both sides have claimed to have ...

Will Kilinochchi prove a similar turning point in the battle being fought between the SL Army and the LTTE? If the LTTE loses the battle, it could mark the beginning of its end as an insurgent ...

Government officials in LTTE-held Kilinochchi say Internally Displaced People (IDP) are starving following restrictions on food transport in the area. Kilinochchi Government Agent (GA) Rasalingam ...

South Asia News: Dealing a massive blow to the LTTE, Sri Lankan army on Friday captured the rebels' de-facto capital Kilinochchi after ten years.

Early January 2009, Kilinochchi fell to the advancing Army, which in a way marked the beginning of the end of the LTTE saga under Prabakaran. Besides the two-hour Cabinet session, Mr. Rajapaksa ...