Sri Lanka president may ban Tamil Tigers
543757
Sri Lanka may outlaw the Tamil Tigers if the rebels continue to mount large-scale attacks, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Monday, a move that would put the prospect of renewed peace talks further out of reach.
117520
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.
124405
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels deny reports of another split in their organisation.
142134
Sri Lankan President Mahinda   Rajapaksa called on the separatist Tamil Tigers on Wednesday to   give up violence and embrace democracy and the peace process,   including international negotiations brokered by Norway.
267200
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.
16293
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.
560869
The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for independence in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government they are resuming their struggle and renewed civil war will deepen.
518959
A panel of political parties tells the Sri Lankan president to devolve power to resolve the decades-old civil war.
552787
Sri Lanka&#039;s Tamil Tigers on Saturday  extended a deadline for European Union truce monitors to  withdraw from the island, while the army accused the rebels of  shooting dead two soldiers in the northwest.
384359
President reiterates vow to crush rebel Tamil Tigers as he marks island's 60th anniversary of independence
374414
Sri Lanka has ruled out a military crackdown against Tamil Tiger rebels following their proscription as a terrorist organisation by the European Union.
210944
COLOMBO - Legal snags are blocking renegade Tamil Tiger rebels from forming a new political party in Sri Lanka, officials said yesterday.
389045
The European Union&#039;s &amp;quot;shocking&amp;quot; move towards blacklisting Sri Lanka&#039;s Tamil Tigers will push the peace process to a critical stage, the head of the rebels&#039; political wing has said.
573804
The killing of a top Tamil Tiger rebel political leader raises fears that Sri Lanka could return to civil war.
412072
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka&#39;s government said yesterday it was ready with new proposals to resume peace talks with Tamil Tiger guerillas and hammer out a political solution to the island&#39;s bloody ethnic conflict.
691281
Colombo: Sri Lanka&#39;s president and top aides were Monday studying the latest Tamil Tiger threat to return to their protracted war amid mounting tension in embattled regions, officials said.
424312
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.