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August - 1 
Two persons were killed and a woman injured in a bomb blast at Baduraliya in the Kalutara District in the night of August 1, Police said on August 2, reports Xinhua. The explosion occurred in a jungle patch in the rural part of Baduraliya.
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Two persons were killed and a woman injured in a bomb blast at Baduraliya in the Kalutara District in the night of August 1, Police said on August 2, reports Xinhua. The explosion occurred in a jungle patch in the rural part of Baduraliya.
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August - 6 
Police on a tip off conducted a search on Erathusa Road in the Wellawatte area of Colombo District and found two suicide jackets, one micro pistol, two hand grenades and two electric detonators August 6, reports Sri Lanka Army.
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Police on a tip off conducted a search on Erathusa Road in the Wellawatte area of Colombo District and found two suicide jackets, one micro pistol, two hand grenades and two electric detonators August 6, reports Sri Lanka Army.
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August - 7 
The newly appointed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, who was arrested from Bangkok in the night of August 6, was brought to Colombo the next morning, said Defence Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, according to Daily News. Addressing the medi
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The newly appointed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, who was arrested from Bangkok in the night of August 6, was brought to Colombo the next morning, said Defence Affairs spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, according to Daily News. Addressing the media in Colombo, the Minister disclosed that Kumaran Pathmanathan is in the custody of defence authorities and will be dealt with according to the law of the land following investigations. “KP who was posing as a national of several countries and carrying out multi- faceted activities was capable of convincing some of them even though the LTTE was defeated. This led some people to believe the LTTE might re-emerge again,” he remarked. The Minister observed that the arrest sends a strong message that the Government has the support of the International Community in combating LTTE operations in foreign countries. Replying to a question whether Kumaran Pathmanathan will be extradited to India to face charges in connection with the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Rambukwella said there has been no such request so far and if such a request is made, the Government will deal with it according to International norms, treaties and conventions.
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August - 9 
In both the Northern elections, the main opposition UNP was defeated and failed to secure more than two percent of the votes. Colombo Page, August 9, 2009.
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In both the Northern elections, the main opposition UNP was defeated and failed to secure more than two percent of the votes. Colombo Page, August 9, 2009.
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August - 11 
Two youths were arrested from Kalutara South in the morning of August 11 along with three T56 rifles and 45 rounds of ammunition, Daily News reported.
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Two youths were arrested from Kalutara South in the morning of August 11 along with three T56 rifles and 45 rounds of ammunition, Daily News reported.
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August - 13 
The Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Gampaha Division over alleged connections with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 13. The Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Ranith G
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The Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Gampaha Division over alleged connections with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 13. The Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Ranith Gunasekara said the SP, Laxman Cooray has been taken into custody following the details disclosed by a LTTE suspect arrested by the TID earlier. The SP Cooray has worked in the Jaffna region before he was transferred to Gampaha Police division. According to TID sources, further questioning is now underway.
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August - 15 
Police recovered a bomb inside a culvert in the Mahiyangana city of capital Colombo in the evening of August 15, Colombo Page reported. The Police confirmed that a bomb weighing 20 kilograms was found on information given by an arrested suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant.
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Police recovered a bomb inside a culvert in the Mahiyangana city of capital Colombo in the evening of August 15, Colombo Page reported. The Police confirmed that a bomb weighing 20 kilograms was found on information given by an arrested suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant.
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August - 21 
Police in the capital Colombo seized the vehicle of the Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian S. Jeyanandamoorthy over his alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 21. The vehicle was seized from the residence of the Madiwela Member of Parliam
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Police in the capital Colombo seized the vehicle of the Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian S. Jeyanandamoorthy over his alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Colombo Page reported on August 21. The vehicle was seized from the residence of the Madiwela Member of Parliament. The Police said they have received complaints that the vehicle had been used to transport suspected LTTE cadres in the past. Jeyanandamoorthy is currently out of the country.
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August - 24 
The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on August 24 uncovered a plan to assassinate Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse with the recovery of a suicide kit, arms and ammunition from a house in Mutwal, a suburb in the capital Colombo, Daily News reports. According to the Deputy Inspector General of
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The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on August 24 uncovered a plan to assassinate Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse with the recovery of a suicide kit, arms and ammunition from a house in Mutwal, a suburb in the capital Colombo, Daily News reports. According to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Nimal Mediwaka, the NIB officials found a cache of arms and ammunition, including a suicide kit weighing over five kilograms, a machine gun and 13 Cyanide capsules, concealed in a cupboard in a housing unit at Mutwal under the directive of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader in Colombo. The unnamed LTTE leader had reportedly planned to launch a well coordinated attack on the Defence Secretary. "It is believed that they had planned to hurl hand grenades at Rajapakse’s motorcade as a part of the massive assassination bid. The terrorists had planned to launch this attack using a explosive laden motor bike. Officials are combing the island to trace the explosive laden bike and the suicide cadre who were directed to crash into the motorcade of the Defence Secretary," Mediwaka said. The Defence Secretary had earlier in 2006 survived a LTTE suicide attempt in Colombo escaping with minor injuries although eight of his security guards were killed.
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August - 26 
Senior officials in Colombo said that the Government is gearing to re-settle in the next two weeks 44,000 of the nearly three lakh war displaced, reports The Hindu. These displaced persons, housed in relief camps on the outskirts of Vavuniya town, are to be sent back to their places of residence in
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Senior officials in Colombo said that the Government is gearing to re-settle in the next two weeks 44,000 of the nearly three lakh war displaced, reports The Hindu. These displaced persons, housed in relief camps on the outskirts of Vavuniya town, are to be sent back to their places of residence in Jaffna District before the onset of monsoon.
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August - 27 
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress chief Rauf Hakeem, at a news conference in Colombo, charged that 70 Muslim families re-settled in Verugal in the East had been chased away while 450 Muslim persons in Musali in the North had not been allowed to get on with their livelihood. “The Government is carrying out s
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Sri Lanka Muslim Congress chief Rauf Hakeem, at a news conference in Colombo, charged that 70 Muslim families re-settled in Verugal in the East had been chased away while 450 Muslim persons in Musali in the North had not been allowed to get on with their livelihood. “The Government is carrying out showpieces just to show the world that it is re-settling the displaced people but the essential thing should be a proper programme of re-settlement,” he said.
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August - 28 
Police conducted a search operation in the Angulana area of capital Colombo and recovered two claymore mines buried near the bus stand in front of the Angulana church at around 1.00pm (SLST) on August 28, Sri Lanka Army reports. While one of the mines weighed approximately 24.3 kilograms the other w
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Police conducted a search operation in the Angulana area of capital Colombo and recovered two claymore mines buried near the bus stand in front of the Angulana church at around 1.00pm (SLST) on August 28, Sri Lanka Army reports. While one of the mines weighed approximately 24.3 kilograms the other weighed about 11.5 kilograms.
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August - 28 
Police recovered one hand grenade from the Thelawala road in Ratmalana.
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Police recovered one hand grenade from the Thelawala road in Ratmalana.
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August - 28 
The Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, revealed that the Government has reliable information that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres have infiltrated the welfare camps in the North for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), according to Colombo
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The Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, revealed that the Government has reliable information that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres have infiltrated the welfare camps in the North for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), according to Colombo Page. Delivering the key note speech at a seminar on 'Winning the War to Winning the Peace: Post-war Rebuilding of Society' organized by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) in Colombo, he emphasized that until the screening process is complete and these elements are identified and arrested, the Government has to take utmost care in permitting even limited freedom of movement as the risk exists of LTTE cadres posing as civilian IDPs and entering the general population. "This is a chance we cannot afford to take. The decision was not taken lightly but rather by a careful balancing of the rights of the IDPs against those of the rest of the population, especially given the LTTE's propensity to cause maximum carnage among the civilian population by launching terrorist acts," he said. He also noted that the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization, a proscribed LTTE front organization, continues to disseminate falsehood regarding the situation of the IDPs. "These are attempts to generate ill-will against Sri Lanka and distance her from her many friends and we must be alert to such machinations," the Minister cautioned. Citing the recently broadcasted video by British news channel Channel 4, allegedly showing execution of Tamil prisoners by the Sri Lankan soldiers, the Minister said that "we need to be on guard against those, particularly Western media outlets which, by disseminating disinformation spread by the LTTE network's remnants and their proxies, constantly seek to besmirch the name of Sri Lanka."
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August - 28 
The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to file charges or release the LTTE suspects in custody, reports BBC. Chief Justice (CJ) Asoka de Silva ordered the Attorney General to take a policy decision on the matter after discussing with the secretary to the justice ministry and create a
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The Supreme Court in Sri Lanka has ordered authorities to file charges or release the LTTE suspects in custody, reports BBC. Chief Justice (CJ) Asoka de Silva ordered the Attorney General to take a policy decision on the matter after discussing with the secretary to the justice ministry and create a mechanism to implement it. The Supreme Court made the order after considering a fundamental rights petition filed by one J. A. Francis, who claimed he was under detention for over one and half years. The Government has admitted that nearly 10,000 cadres were arrested and detained during the last stages of the war against the LTTE. It is also estimated that nearly 2000 suspected LTTE militants were detained before the fighting intensified. The hearing has been postponed until September 8.
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