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  2005
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 Sri Lanka, January 2005
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| Jan.7 |
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 UN chief visiting tense Sri Lanka Secretary General is in Sri Lanka amid tension between the government and rebels that threatens to undermine relief
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| Jan.8 |
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 Politics limits Annan's trip| Secretary-General agreed to a government request not to visit disaster-stricken areas controlled by Tamil Tigers | |
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 Tigers' fury at Annan travel ban A Tamil rebel leader has warned that the government's restrictions on UN head may have negative consequences
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| Jan.19 |
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Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000| The December 26 earthquake and tsunami killed 166,320 people in Indonesia. 6,245 people were still missing | |
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| Feb.2 |
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Tsunami baby ruling sparks chaos A court rules that a couple must undergo a DNA test to prove they are the parents of the baby
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| Apr.26 |
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Rail crash kills 37 people An express train slammed into a bus packed with commuters on a level crossing near the town Polgahawela
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| Jun.24 |
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Tsunami aid deal signed The government and Tamil Tiger rebels have signed a controversial aid-sharing deal
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| Aug.12 |
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Foreign Minister killed  Map of Colombo Sri Lanka| Lakshman Kadirgamar has been assassinated in a gun attack in Colombo. The murder was blamed on the Tamil Tigers | |
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 State of emergency declared The government has declared a state of emergency hours after Foreign Minister was killed outside his home
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| Aug.14 |
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President blames rebels Chandrika Kumaratunga has laid the blame for assassination of Foreign Minister directly on the Tamil Tigers
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| Aug.18 |
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 Tamil Tigers agree to peace talks The rebels have agreed to hold direct talks with the Colombo government.
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| Sep.23 |
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Tsunami dead to get voter cards Sri Lanka is to send out voting cards for those people believed to have died because it cannot be sure who survived
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| Nov.16 |
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Sri Lanka votes for new president 13 candidates are running but the vote is seen as a straight contest Rajapakse and Wickramasinghe
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| Nov.17 |
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Deadly blast mars vote Police in are blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for an explosion that killed 2 voters in the district of Batticaloa
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Rajapakse 'wins' poll| Prime Minister has won the presidential election by a narrow margin against opposition leader Wickramasinghe | |
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| Nov.18 |
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President Rajapakse swears in Map of Colombo Sri Lanka| The hardliner who won presidential election, has been sworn into office in the capital, Colombo | |
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| Dec.23 |
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Blasts kill 13 sailors A mine was detonated as a navy bus and truck passed by in Mannar district. The army blamed Tamil Tiger rebels
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| Dec.24 |
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Gunmen kill pro-Tamil Tiger politician Unidentified gunmen have shot dead Joseph Pararajasingham, 71, at a Christmas Midnight Mass
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Main Event: Foreign Minister killed