Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers in war of words
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This tropical island nation that has long been an ethnic cauldron of disagreement and violence remains one today, even in the face of a national tragedy that&#39;s seen 12,500 people perish in monster tidal waves.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s feared Tamil Tiger rebels have threatened to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that killed more than 64,000 people if the government does not agree to discuss their demands soon.
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Heavy fighting has gripped Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels and troops blamed each other for the renewed battles and India sent a top envoy to discuss the worsening violence.
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Colombo, Nov 12 (PTI) Terming the proposed Indo-Lanka defence cooperation agreement as &quot;irrelevant&quot;, the Tamil Tigers today said it will &quot;undermine&quot; the fragile truce between Sri Lanka and the LTTE.
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Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have commemorated thousands of fighters killed in battle amid sporadic clashes with government forces in the island's embattled northeast, the rebels said.
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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&#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 Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed on Saturday to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.
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Sri Lankan troops killed at least 20 Tamil Tigers in heavy fighting near a "border" that separates government and rebel-held terrain in northern Sri Lanka overnight, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
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Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were locked in heavy combat in northern Sri Lanka Saturday night, as the military bombed rebel positions elsewhere, official sources said.
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Sri Lanka's troops and Tamil rebels were locked in fierce fighting Sunday in the island's north, the two sides said as the top military chief vowed to kill 3,000 guerrillas by June.
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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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Sri Lanka's president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence.
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Rebels in Sri Lanka warn they may return to war if the government fails to resume peace talks on their terms.
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COLOMBO - The top Tamil Tiger leader has warned he will launch a âfreedom struggleâ unless peace talks resume soon, in what an analyst said was a veiled threat to revive Sri Lankaâs civil war.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger insurgency is threatening to resume armed struggles unless the government accepts the rebels&#39; blueprint for self-rule.
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A sea battle breaks out between government patrol boats and Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's northern sea.