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.

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.

An explosion near a school spread panic among students and teachers in Sri Lanka today.

Sri Lankan officials today said commandoes had found torture chambers at a captured rebel base, but the separatists said the cement cells were for holding prisoners and denied any torture had taken place.

Armed police guarded the office of Dutch aid group ZOA Refugee Care in the Sri Lankan capital today after angry Buddhist monks stormed into the building and accused the group of aiding Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.

A bomb tore through a passenger bus in southern Sri Lanka today, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens, police said, a day after six people died in a similar bus blast near the capital.

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated a roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka today, killing two police officers and wounding another, the military said.

Assassins killed two Tamils in separate incidents in Sri Lanka’s north, the rebels and the military said today.

At least 45 Tamils were killed and 125 wounded today when government forces fired artillery and rocket launchers toward a Tamil Tiger rebel-held region in eastern Sri Lanka, a senior rebel official said.

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a roadside bomb that wounded three police officers today, as government and rebel negotiators prepared for peace talks.

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.

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

Sri Lanka’s military has lost 28 soldiers in three days of artillery attacks as it advanced on Tamil Tiger rebel strongholds, officials said today.

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

Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a government defence line in northern Sri Lanka today, killing an army officer and a soldier.

An explosion killed two neighbourhood guards today as officials announced a visit by a Japanese peace envoy aimed at easing tensions that have pushed Sri Lanka to the brink of civil war.

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.

The Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels have signed a permanent ceasefire as a crucial step toward end their 18 year civil war.

The Sri Lankan army has blocked some 130,000 minority Tamil voters from reaching the polls.

An American journalist was wounded in a skirmish between Sri Lankan Government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern battle field, police and hospital sources said today.