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Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand

Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand

Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war.

 

Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils

Sri Lanka to release 130,000 Tamils

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.

 

Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger leader killed

Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger leader killed

Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran ...

 

Sri Lanka rebels offer to lay down arms

Sri Lanka rebels offer to lay down arms

The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government today, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last strongholds in the northeast.

 

Sri Lanka's war grinds on despite U.S., U.N. calls

Fighting in Sri Lanka's war showed no signs of abating on Thursday despite strong words from Barack Obama and the U.N. Security Council, with both sides refusing to budge in the waning days of a 25-year conflict.

 

Tamil war zone hospital hit again

Tamil war zone hospital hit again

Violence rages in Sri Lanka's war zone, where the main hospital has been shelled for a second time with the loss of 50 lives.

 

Tamil Tigers Recruit Child Soldiers As Young As 11

Tamil Tigers Recruit Child Soldiers As Young As 11

It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and detonate grenades.

 

Sri Lanka rejects ceasefire despite fresh pressure

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Thursday his government had no intention of a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger rebels, telling international critics the military's actions constituted a "humanitarian operation."

 

Sri Lanka Rejects Tamil Call for Cease-Fire

Sri Lanka Rejects Tamil Call for Cease-Fire

Encircled by the Sri Lankan military, Tamil Tiger rebels declared a “unilateral cease-fire,” an offer that the government rejected immediately.

 

Sri Lankan Troops Take Rebel Town

Sri Lankan Troops Take Rebel Town

The Sri Lankan government announced Sunday that its troops had captured the last major town controlled by the ethnic Tamil guerrilla army.

 

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