Sri Lanka demands rebels disarm
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The Sri Lankan government said Thursday that the Tamil Tiger rebels must disarm before any future peace talks, a day after the authorities decided to withdraw from an internationally brokered cease-fire with the insurgents.
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The Sri Lankan military says at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in fierce fighting in the country's east.
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Sri Lankan security forces are on red alert, officials said, as Tamil Tiger rebels remembered 18,742 comrades killed in their decades-long campaign for a separate homeland.
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Sri Lanka's government said it pushed   Tamil Tiger rebels from the mouth of strategic Trincomalee   harbor on Monday, and that it would therefore halt its   offensive.
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Buddhist monks demanded the government end its tattered ceasefire with Tamil rebels on Thursday, the fifth anniversary of the agreement
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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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Sri Lanka's army claims to have inflicted heavy casualties on Tamil rebels in fighting in the north.
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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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The leaders of Britain and Ireland appealed Thursday to the Irish Republican Army to disarm and disband as part of a new diplomatic push to bring a stable Catholic-Protestant government to Northern Ireland.
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The European Union has urged Nepal's Maoist rebels to disarm before constituent assembly elections due next year.
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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'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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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels dismiss new government proposals to restart peace talks.
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Clashes between Sri Lankan soldiers and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the country's embattled north left 31 guerrillas and one soldier dead, the military said Saturday.
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Sri Lanka's military says it has sunk several boats and killed rebels in a clash with the Tamil Tigers.
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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 Lanka urgently needs an international rights monitoring mission following Colombo's decision to pull out of a ceasefire pact with Tamil rebels, a London-based rights group said.