Sri Lanka hopes EU ban will push rebels to talks
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Sri Lanka on Tuesday welcomed a European Union ban against the island's Tamil Tiger rebels that diplomats said would freeze the their assets, saying it hoped it would convince the rebels to resume peace talks.
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Tamil Tiger rebel leaders were set to travel to Europe for talks on Sri Lanka&#39;s stalled peace process, as fears that the island nation could slide back into war fester, a senior guerrilla official said.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka could slip back to a protracted war within months unless the government agrees to revive peace talks based on a controversial rebel blueprint for self-rule, analysts said on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s president offered to open peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday even as security forces were locked in combat with the guerrillas.
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Sri Lanka's President  Mahinda Rajapakse tells the BBC  the door is still open for peace talks with the Tamil Tigers.
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Sri Lanka said Friday it could not return to the negotiating table with the Tamil Tigers unless there was a guarantee from the rebels that they would not walk away from the talks.
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The Sri Lankan government and the   Tamil Tiger guerrillas have told Norwegian peace mediators they   are willing to return to peace talks without conditions,   Japan's peace envoy to the country said on Tuesday.
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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.
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Sri Lankan rebels warned of a "bloodbath" if international mediators are unable to restrain government forces, after holding talks on Monday with Norway's ambassador in the strife-torn northern part of the country.
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Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga urges the Tamil Tiger rebels to restart peace talks.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are ready for   talks with the government to halt a new episode of civil war, a   top rebel leader said on Tuesday, but he warned violence would   spread if army offensives continued.
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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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Heavy artillery exchanges rocked northern Sri Lanka as the European Union, after banning the Tamil Tigers earlier in the week, promised further action to push the rebels and the government back to the negotiating table.
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A breakaway Sri Lankan rebel leader says he has no plans to disarm his fighters in the east.
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By SHIMALI SENANAYAKE Associated Press Writer COLOMBO, Sri Lanka . Norwegian envoys held a key meeting Thursday with the reclusive Tamil Tiger chief to bring the rebels and Sri Lanka&#39;s government closer
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger guerrillas have declared they will renew their armed struggle unless the government immediately agrees to revive peace talks based on a controversial rebel blueprint for self-rule.
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Sri Lanka agreed on Wednesday to hold peace talks with the Tamil Tigers in Geneva on October 28-30, amid fears the worst violence since a 2002 truce could spiral into full-blown civil war.