Sri Lankan Tamil rebels leave for Europe to seek donor aid ...
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The Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels departed Wednesday in Colombo for Europe vowing to press for international donor aid blockade for the war-torn country.
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Two self-exiled leaders of India's oldest insurgency will return home to the northeast in search of a final peace deal with New Delhi, a rebel spokesman said.
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Hopes for peace rose in Sri Lanka as the elusive Tamil Tigers chief planned to meet Norwegian peace brokers next week amid tension between the government and the rebels over tsunami aid.
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Colombo, Nov 5 (UNI) London-based chief negotiator and political advisor of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Anton Balasingham is likely to visit Wanni early next week to assist elusive rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran during his meeting with Norwegian Foreign
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Sri Lanka has offered fresh talks with Tamil Tigers to avert a return to all-out civil war as the top guerrilla leader wrote off the Norwegian-backed peace process.
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Sri Lankan communities based in the UK rally to help their countrymen affected by the Asian quake
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Norway is set to make a fresh bid to salvage Sri Lanka's peace process two years after kicking off internationally-backed negotiations with hopes of ending three decades of ethnic bloodshed.
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A dispute develops in Sri Lanka over whether the government has given enough aid to tsunami-hit Tamil areas.
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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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Sri Lanka has asked peace broker Norway to suspend contacts with the island's Tamil Tiger rebels pending a review of relations with the guerrillas, a top Sri Lankan official said.
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Truce monitors in Sri Lanka from European Union (EU) member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden must leave the country by September 1, a top Tamil Tiger rebel leader has told AFP.
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Foreign tourists leave in a shuttle bound for Colombo leaving the provisional British High commission office set in the town of Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec.29, 2004.
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Kofi Annan is due to tour tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka amid tension over aid between the government and rebels.
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Sri Lanka's key lenders will hold fresh talks with Tamil Tiger rebels to assess tsunami damage amid hopes of finalising a reconstruction plan estimated to cost 1.5 billion dollars, officials said.
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Aid destined for thousands of people cut off by fighting in eastern Sri Lanka finally begins to arrive.
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Norwegian diplomats were trying Saturday to get the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels to form a body to ensure tsunami aid is fairly distributed, aiming to resolve guerrillas' accusations the government is blocking supplies to their areas.
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen arrived in Sri Lanka on a dual mission to assess the needs of tsunami-hit areas and to try to revive peace talks between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, officials said.