UN Warns Sri Lanka Rebels Over Tsunami Children
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The United Nations said on Friday it had received reports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were recruiting children displaced by Asia's tsunami and had told the rebels to leave under-age survivors alone.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Indonesia warned aid workers yesterday that separatist rebels have taken shelter in camps for survivors, and a burst of violence hit Sri Lanka, signaling a potential resurgence of long-simmering rebellions in both countries that could hamper help for victims of the tsunami disaster.
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The UN says Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have recruited 40 child soldiers since December's tsunami.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s government condemned a threat by Tamil Tiger rebels to return to fighting unless peace talks based on their demand for autonomy are revived.
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Sri Lanka's truce with Tiger rebels has brought fear instead of the expected peace dividend because of the continued forced recruitment of thousands of child soldiers, a rights group said.
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The UN warns it may suspend aid operations in Sri Lanka after the military are accused of killing 17 aid workers.
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An international group urged Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels to leave animals out of the country's civil war after the guerrillas were blamed for a grenade attack at a zoo.
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Sri Lanka has vowed to wage more attacks against Tamil rebels but analysts warn it faces the prospect of devastating retaliation and risks international isolation over rising rights abuses.
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Respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out within days in areas affected by southern Asiaâs tsunami disaster, the UN warned tonight.
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[World News]: COLOMBO, Dec 30 : Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said today that the threat of a war with Tamil Tigers was &quot;remoter&quot; after destruction of key rebel military bases by Sunday&#39;s tsunamis.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels threatened on Saturday to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that killed more than 64,000 people if the government did not agree to discuss their demands for self-rule soon.
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GENEVA - Respiratory and water-borne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster &quot;in the next few days,&quot; a UN official warned Wednesday.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka -- Members of the Tamil Tigers, separatist rebels who control large swaths of Sri Lanka's north and east, are appealing to international organizations to bypass the central government and send aid directly to the tsunami-devastated regions within their territories, saying they have received little help in the 10 days since the disaster.
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The United Nations warned that fighting between troops and Tamil guerrillas had badly hit tsunami reconstruction as war planes bombed rebels and eight people were killed in new violence.
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At least 52 people have been killed in Sri Lanka as heavy sea and land battles erupted while Tamil Tiger rebels warned that the island would plunge in a &amp;quot;fatal war&amp;quot; if the military kept up air strikes.
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The United Nations and Nordic truce monitors have voiced grave concern for 35,000 &quot;desperate civilians&quot; caught in the crossfire between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Kofi Annan is due to tour tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka amid tension over aid between the government and rebels.