EU nations slam Tiger rebels as fresh killings dim Sri Lanka peace hopes
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European Union nations criticised Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels for killing rivals and recruiting child soldiers, appealing to the guerrillas not to undermine the Island's Norwegian-led peace bid.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels gunned down another rival after Norway failed in its latest bid to end a prolonged deadlock in Sri Lanka's peace process, officials and diplomats said.
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At least 40 Tiger rebels, five troopers and two civilians were killed when troops repulsed an attack by the guerrillas on army camps and the town of Muttur in northeastern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.
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At least 52 people have been killed in Sri Lanka as heavy sea and land battles erupted while Tamil Tiger rebels warned that the island would plunge in a &amp;quot;fatal war&amp;quot; if the military kept up air strikes.
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Sri Lanka on Tuesday welcomed a  European Union ban against the island&#039;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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Sri Lanka's military says it has killed 59 rebels in the latest fighting - a claim dismissed by the Tamil Tigers.
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The Sri Lankan government said a wave of killings blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels was undermining confidence in the peace process which has been stalled since April 2003.
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An international group urged Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels to leave animals out of the country's civil war after the guerrillas were blamed for a grenade attack at a zoo.
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Norway's ambassador held talks with Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka on Monday and three military personnel were killed in clashes in the Jaffna peninsula.
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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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Fierce fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka Monday as government forces mounted a fresh push into territory held by Tiger rebels, with the official death toll from the new clashes at more than 50.
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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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Security forces say they have killed at least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels in a pre-dawn ground battle in eastern Sri Lanka, hours after war planes pounded guerrilla positions in the area.Comment
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Sri Lanka's cease-fire deal ended Wednesday in a spasm of violence, as suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus, gunned down the fleeing passengers and attacked farmers as they retreated into the bush, killing 31 people.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels including an area leader in fresh fighting in the island's north, the military said on Friday.
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Norway, which is the peace broker in Sri Lanka, has asked Tamil rebel group LTTE to stop killing its political rivals as such killings are jeopardising the peace process in the island nation.
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Sri Lanka's military on Friday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of murdering nine civilians in the island's south as violence between the two sides escalated after the formal end of a ceasefire.