Sri Lanka rebels seek Europe help
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A delegation of Tamil Tiger rebels has left Sri Lanka for a three week tour of Europe aimed at putting pressure on the government to resume peace talks.
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Minority Tamils in Sri Lankan capital Colombo appeal to government for protection after a spate of abductions.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have complained to Scandinavian truce monitors that government troops attacked them and have warned the fragile peace process could collapse.
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Representatives of Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tigers rebels, mortal enemies, are working together to help tsunami victims.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami which battered Sri Lanka has opened up a window of opportunity for a renewal of dialogue between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels but has also exposed the tensions that exist between the two sides.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have not abandoned their right to secede despite agreeing to explore a federal solution, the rebels said amid fresh diplomatic moves to salvage a faltering peace bid.
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Sri Lanka has asked peace broker Norway to suspend contacts with the island's Tamil Tiger rebels pending a review of relations with the guerrillas.Comment
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International and Sri Lankan human rights campaigners called for a United Nations inquiry into abuses against civilians by Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces on the strife-torn island.
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Sri Lanka expressed concern over truce violations by Tiger rebels as a top Norwegian envoy prepared to return home empty-handed after failing to end the island's talks deadlock, officials said.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Tamil Tiger rebels held  their first talks with Norwegian peace envoys since the tsunami  Saturday saying the disaster opened up new possibilities for a  solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.
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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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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels today made a fresh offer to President Chandrika Kumaratunga through peace broker Norway to end the 19-month deadlock on negotiations.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have rejected a call from Sweden to reconsider a September 1 deadline for truce monitors from European Union member states to quit, a pro-rebel website said.
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The Sri Lankan Tamil rebel group, the LTTE, has said that despite the nationwide tsunami tragedy, it will not give up its fight for the rights of the minority Tamils.
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Sri Lanka marked its independence anniversary with President Mahinda Rajapakse inviting Tiger rebel proxies in parliament to join his effort to end decades of ethnic bloodshed.
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Britain's junior foreign minister said his country was willing to play a bigger role in helping end Sri Lanka's long-running ethnic conflict.
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COLOMBO : Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas declared they will renew armed struggle unless the Colombo government immediately agrees to revive peace talks based on a rebel blueprint for self-rule.