Sri Lankan rebel leader threatens to launch freedom struggle
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader said Saturday the rebels would be compelled tolaunch the freedom struggle for the Tamil nation if peace talks were further delayed, the pro-rebel website TamilNet said.
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COLOMBO - Sri Lankaâs president Chandrika Kumaratunga offered to revive stalled peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in a message conveyed to rebels by Norwayâs foreign minister Jan Petersen, her office said on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka will hold large-scale civilian and military independence day celebrations in the capital next month despite fears of Tamil rebel attacks and an escalation of fighting, officials said.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga urges the Tamil Tiger rebels to restart peace talks.
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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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A DR Congo rebel leader says he will resume hostilities if the government does not protect ethnic Tutsis.
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The Sri Lankan government urged separatist rebels Monday to resume stalled peace talks before the country descends into all-out civil war.
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Shadowy Sri Lankan rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran on Friday mourned his chief negotiator, ideologue and best friend, saying his death was an irreplaceable loss as the group intensifies its fight for independence.
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A caller claiming to be from a little known Sri Lankan rebel group warned of bomb attacks on Independence Day celebrations on Monday due to take place in the capital Colombo within hours.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s government has rejected demands from Tamil Tiger rebels to unconditionally resume peace talks. The rebels threatened at the weekend to return to military action unless discussions based on their blueprint for self-rule began again.
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THE President of Sri Lanka and the leader of the countryâs rebel Tamil Tigers have appealed for international assistance after the tsunami left at least 4,300 dead and made up to one million people homeless.
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Sri Lanka's military chief promised to step up training for the armed forces and praised his rank and file for upholding a truce with Tiger rebels despite provocation.
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader told AFP.
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Tiger rebels have stepped up attacks against rivals and government forces despite a truce, amid growing international concern for Sri Lanka's faltering peace process, officials and diplomats said.
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Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have killed four people, including a leader of a renegade guerilla faction, in growing factional violence that is threatening the country&#39;s fragile cease-fire.
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Under fire amid a rash of civil war  human rights abuses, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has  turned the tables on the United Nations, questioning its  efficiency, and ability to help tackle terrorism.
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COLOMBO  - Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels said they conveyed a secret message to President Chandrika Kumaratunga through peace broker Norway on ending a 19-month deadlock on negotiations.