Chandrika says war threat with LTTE recedes after tsunami:
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[World News]: COLOMBO, Dec 30 : Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga said today that the threat of a war with Tamil Tigers was &quot;remoter&quot; after destruction of key rebel military bases by Sunday&#39;s tsunamis.
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The Finnish presidency of the European Union has called on the warring parties in Sri Lanka to return to the negotiating table after another day of bloody fighting on the island.
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Jeremy Bowen reports on the devastation caused by Sunday's  sea surges in parts of Sri Lanka controlled by Tamil Tigers rebels.
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The World Bank has welcomed Sri Lanka's move to boost tax revenues and pump money into rural areas, but warned a return to war with separatist Tamil rebels could be disastrous for economic stability.
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KILLINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  &#151; Danger comes in many forms in the aftermath of a natural disaster: aftershocks, landslides, falling debris.
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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&#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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MANGANTHODUWA NAWATKUDA, Sri Lanka  - Saundrarajan Kannakai has been displaced by Sri Lanka's civil war over a dozen times in the past 16 years.
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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 any hope of renewed peace talks even further out of reach.
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Sri Lanka's army chief has renewed a vow to defeat Tamil rebels, but refused to set a deadline for ending the decades-old conflict, saying the separatists remain a potent force, a report said Sunday.
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The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal
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Sri Lanka&#39;s army has closed off entry points to areas controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels for the first day since a 2002 ceasefire after Red Cross officials said they feared for their safety amid sporadic violence.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s feared Tamil Tiger rebels has threatened to resume a two-decade war for self-rule that has killed more than 64,000 people if the government does not agree to discuss their demands soon.
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Thousands of people living on Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered coasts fled inland after comments by a minister triggered fears that more massive waves were about to hit the island.
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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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Colombo, Nov 27 (PTI) Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran today declared he will return to the &quot;freedom struggle&quot; unless the government agreed to resume peace talks based on his blue-print for self-rule.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger  rebels said on Saturday they had put politics aside to clear up  after the Asian tsunami, but added that swifter, fairer  government aid distribution could boost peace prospects.