India wanted LTTE ‘put in its place’: Norway report
November 11th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, Nov 11 (IANS) Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its ... Read more...
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Credible allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka war: UN report
April 26th, 2011 - 7:14 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, April 26 (IANS) A UN panel of experts' report released Monday has found "credible" allegations of serious human rights violations committed by both government forces and the Tamil ... Read more...
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Tamil activists accuse Lankan Army of purchasing, making landmine parts
January 25th, 2011 - 11:20 am ICT by ANI
Colombo, Jan.25 (ANI): Tamil activists have claimed that they have obtained classified documents that show the Sri Lankan military seeking tenders from Colombo-based suppliers for the purchase of remote-control detonators for Claymore ... Read more...
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LTTE tells India it is not trying to regroup
November 12th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) In an obvious bid to regain legal status in India, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have told Home Minister P. Chidambaram that it is ... Read more...
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Resettlement of Sri Lankans displaced in LTTE battle by September end: Official
August 20th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Aug 20(ANI): A top Sri Lankan official has said that the resettlement of those displaced in the country's battle against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would be finished by ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka military court finds former Army chief guilty
August 13th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 13 (IANS) A military court here Friday found the former Army chief General Sarath Fonseka guilty of doing politics while still in uniform, Xinhua reported.
Fonseka would be accordingly stripped of ... Read more...
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Ex-LTTE rebels to apply for university courses
July 20th, 2010 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 19 (IANS) Over 300 former Tamil Tiger rebels, currently under rehabilitation, will sit for an examination that would prepare them for higher education in the universities, the government said Monday.
Brigadier ... Read more...
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A year later, few in Sri Lanka mourn Prabhakaran
May 17th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) One year after Tamil Tigers chieftain Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed the same way he sent so many to their death, Sri Lanka remains ethnically ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Tamil party bats for federal structure
March 13th, 2010 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 13 (IANS) Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has, in its manifesto for the upcoming parliamentary elections, called for a federal structure as the solution to ... Read more...
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New Tamil group People’s Liberation Army vows to start a fresh war in Lanka
December 7th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Dec.7 (ANI): A Marxist group of Tamil militants with connections to the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Cuba is reportedly preparing to mount a new insurgency in Sri Lanka six months after ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to probe US charges of troops ‘atrocities’
October 27th, 2009 - 4:35 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lanka will appoint a committee to probe into the allegations made by the US State Department of alleged "atrocities" by its troops during the final battle against ... Read more...
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People can leave relief camps after rebels identified: Sri Lanka
August 11th, 2009 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 11 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government has said the displaced people living at the relief camps in the country's north would be allowed to leave only when the members of ... Read more...
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Senior Sri Lankan official arrested for rebel links
August 3rd, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 2 (Xinhua) A senior civil administration official in the Sri Lankan government has been arrested for alleged links with the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, police said Sunday.
Nagalingam Vethanayagam, the government ... Read more...
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Tamil death toll at Lankan refugee camp ‘is 1,400 a week’
July 10th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, July 10 (ANI): About 1,400 Tamil refugees are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp in Sri Lanka, senior international aid sources have told The Times.The death ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to rehabilitate child soldiers recruited by LTTE
May 25th, 2009 - 7:08 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 25 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government has said it will rehabilitate the child soldiers who were recruited by the Tamil Tigers to reintegrate them into the society.
The announcement comes after ... Read more...
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Brit, Canadian Tamils vow to sustain Ealam struggle
May 22nd, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
London/Ottawa, May 22 (ANI): Large Tamil communities in Britain and Canada have vowed to continue the struggle for Tamil self-determination rights in Sri Lanka following the death of LTTE chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran.Holding ... Read more...
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SMS campaign LTTE claims Prabhakaran is alive
May 21st, 2009 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 21 (ANI): Sympathizers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) have launched an SMS campaign claiming that their chief, Vellupillai Prabhkaran, is alive and will continue to lead the ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to open key highway in north
May 21st, 2009 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 21 (Xinhua) The A9 highway linking Jaffna peninsula in north Sri Lanka and the town of Kandy in the centre of the country is likely to be opened to the ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka’s 26-year war ends as LTTE leader Prabhakaran killed (Intro Roundup)
May 18th, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka's 26-year-long insurgency ended with a blaze of bullets as Velupillai Prabhakaran, the dreaded chief of the Tamil Tigers that was responsible for assassinating Indian prime minister ... Read more...
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Death blow for LTTE as Prabhakaran, aides killed in Sri Lanka (Roundup)
May 18th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 18 (IANS) Velupillai Prabhakaran, the feared leader of Sri Lanka's ruthless Tamil Tigers, was killed Monday while trying to flee the battle zone in the island's north with two top ... Read more...
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LTTE ’silences’ guns, says war has reached ‘bitter end’ (Second Lead)
May 17th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas Sunday dramatically announced that they were silencing their guns, ending a dragging armed struggle for a Tamil state that has killed thousands since ... Read more...
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LTTE leader Prabhakaran reported dead as Tamil Tigers surrender
May 17th, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by John Le Fevre
Surrounded on all sides by the Sri Lankan Army, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers as they are more commonly termed, have announced their surrender amidst news ... Read more...
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LTTE decides to end its bloody armed struggle (Lead)
May 17th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerrillas announced Sunday that they had decided to "silence" their guns amid intense rumours that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was dead.
In a statement posted ... Read more...
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BJP distances itself from Eelam demand
May 9th, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday distanced itself from the demand for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka and said instead that the Tamils needed "peaceful ... Read more...
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PMK backs Jayalalitha’s demand for separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka
May 4th, 2009 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 4 (IANS) PMK founder S. Ramadoss Monday backed AIADMK chief Jayalalitha's demand for a separate Tamil 'eelam' (homeland) in the Sri Lanka's north.
"After the constitution of the new parliament, ... Read more...
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Canadian Tamils plan massive protest against Sri Lanka
May 4th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, May. 4 (ANI): Demanding that Canada, US and the UN to intervene to end the Sri Lankan crisis, tens of thousands of Tamil Canadians will form a human chain on Tuesday ... Read more...
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Tamils in Australia protest to boycott Sri Lankan goods
April 26th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Canberra, April 26 (Xinhua) About 800 of Tamil protesters rallied in Sydney's Central Business Distinct Sunday, stopping traffic and residents in their tracks.
"This time around we're calling on our friends, our ... Read more...
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Jayalalitha’s separate Eelam call welcomed by PMK, Nedumaran
April 26th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) AIADMK chief Jayalalitha's sudden support for a separate Tamil homeland as the only solution to the problems of the ethnic minority in Sri Lanka was welcomed by pro-LTTE ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi clarifies - LTTE is terrorist group (Lead)
April 20th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) A day after reportedly declaring that Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was not a terrorist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday did a U-turn saying the Liberation ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi now says LTTE is terror group
April 20th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) A day after he reportedly said Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was not a terrorist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday did a U-turn saying the Liberation ... Read more...
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Tamils protest outside Australian PM’s home
April 14th, 2009 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Canberra, April 14 (Xinhua) Over 100 Tamil protesters converged outside the Australian prime minister's Canberra residence Tuesday and demanded that Australia play a greater role in efforts to end violence in Sri ... Read more...
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Tamil protesters surround Australian PM’s house
April 14th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Apr 14 (ANI): More than 100 Tamil protesters have converged on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Canberra residence, demanding that Australia play a greater role in ending the violence in Sri ... Read more...
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Tamil demonstrators protest continues outside Oz PM’s house
April 13th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Apr 13 (ANI): Hundreds of Tamil demonstrators protesting outside the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Sydney residence say that they will stay there until the Australian Government urges the Sri Lankan ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Navy rescues fleeing civilians
March 18th, 2009 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 18 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued a group of civilians fleeing the Tamil Tigers' last pocket in the northern Mullaittivu district, the military said Wednesday.
Some 550 ... Read more...
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Tamil leader jailed under tough law for pro-LTTE speeches (Lead)
March 15th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), March 15 (IANS) Nanjil Sampath, MDMK propaganda secretary and an open supporter of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was Sunday charged under the National Security Act ... Read more...
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