Sri Lanka declares fall of rebel east, Tigers defiant
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lankan troops drove Tamil Tiger fighters from their last stronghold in the island's east on Wednesday, the military said, but the rebels vowed to carry on with a guerrilla-style war.
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Thousands abandon their homes as fighting between Tamil Tigers and the army worsens in eastern Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka's government has decided to formally annul a ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tigers, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka's army says it has killed at least 11 Tamil Tiger rebels in continued clashes in the north.
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Three Tamil Tiger rebels and a policeman were killed in a clash in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the military said, minutes before a British minister flew in to the area to visit war refugees and aid workers.
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The Tamil Tigers declared on Monday they now saw no other option than to push for an independent state in what analysts said was notice to Sri Lanka's government that renewed civil war will deepen.
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With a parade of tanks, military brass bands and the roar of fighter jets overhead, Sri Lanka's government on Thursday feted the capture of the Tamil Tigers' last bastion in the east.
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Sri Lanka's military said Thursday its war planes had "completely destroyed" a hideout where Tamil Tiger leaders were meeting, a day after its truce with the rebels officially ended.
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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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The Sri Lankan government formally withdraws from a ceasefire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels.
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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.
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Sri Lanka evicted hundreds of ethnic Tamils from the capital on Thursday citing security concerns, as troops battled Tamil Tiger rebels in jungles in the island's restive east.
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Sri Lankan warplanes pounded Tamil Tiger targets in the east on Tuesday and three soldiers were killed in a suspected rebel ambush, the military said.
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Sri Lanka's army said on Sunday 28   soldiers and dozens of Tamil Tigers had been killed in their   advance across frontlines in the island's far north, as the   rebels accused them of shattering what is left of a 2002 truce.
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Separatist rebels vowed Thursday to hit military and economic targets across the country in retaliation for the army's capture of eastern Sri Lanka, even as government leaders planned a party to celebrate that victory.
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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.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Dec 30  - Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday left the door open for cooperation with their warring partner, the Sri Lankan government, on tsunami relief operations.