Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels clashed AGAIN in northern Sri Lanka today, as Britain suspended some aid payments to the country amid the intensified fighting.

Tamil rebel planes bombed government military positions in northern Sri Lanka today in their second airstrike.

A roadside bomb tore through a civilian bus in northern Sri Lanka today, killing seven people and wounding 26, the army said, blaming Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack.

Government soldiers killed four Tamil Tiger rebels in two separate clashes on northern Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula, the Defence Ministry said today.

Tamil Tigers handed the bodies of 74 dead soldiers to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today, a day after the rebels claimed they were killed during intense battles on northern Jaffna peninsula.

More than 200 Tamil Tiger rebels and 43 soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the government said today.

A grenade exploded in a busy market area in northern Sri Lanka today, injuring 15 people, police said.

A battle raging in northern Sri Lanka between government troops and Tamil rebels has killed 185 combatants over the past six days, government officials said today.

The International Committee of the Red Cross today said it would send a passenger ferry to northern Sri Lanka to evacuate foreign nationals.

Fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has claimed the lives of at least 700 rebels and 106 soldiers in less than a week, the military said today.

Government forces killed five separatist Tamil Tiger rebels during a gun battle in northern Sri Lanka, an official said today.

Soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery and mortar fire in northern Sri Lanka today, an official said, as schools closed in the capital over fears that civilians could be targeted by insurgent bombings.

A roadside bomb exploded near an ambulance in a Tamil rebel-held part of northern Sri Lanka today, killing five people, including a doctor and two nurses.

A senior Tamil Tiger leader has apologised to India for the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by a Tiger suicide bomber.

A powerful land mine ripped through a bus packed with commuters and schoolchildren in northern Sri Lanka today, killing at least 62 people.

A sea battle launched by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has left about 50 insurgents and 17 sailors dead or missing, in a sharp escalation of violence that shoved the country back onto brink of civil war today.

A top Japanese peace envoy said today he would travel to northern Sri Lanka to confer with Tamil Tiger rebels despite reports that the insurgents’ chief has rejected any meeting with the envoy.

Police today found the bodies of three blindfolded men with stab wounds on the side of a road in northern Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka reopened roads linking government and Tamil Tiger rebel-held territory today after two days of airstrikes against guerrilla areas ended, but the threat of a return to civil war remained amid continuing bloodshed.

Norwegian envoy Eric Solheim arrived in northern Sri Lanka for crucial talks with the reclusive leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels today, amid fears the island could return to civil war after four years of relative calm.

SRI LANKA'S military launched an investigation into the poisoning of 17 soldiers yesterday amid allegations they had been forced to eat plastic explosives during a training exercise.

Torrential rains have forced more than 100,000 people to leave their homes in eastern and northern Sri Lanka, an official said today.

The Tamil Tiger chief - one of Asia's most wanted men - has appeared at his first news conference in 15 years.