U.S. demands Sri Lanka's government, Tamil Tigers honor cease-fire

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States urged Sri Lanka's government and leaders of the Tamil Tigers on Tuesday to keep their ceasefire agreement signed in 2002.

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers to resume independence struggle

    COLOMBO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said Monday they will resume their struggle for independence for the Tamil people abandoning six years of negotiations to end the conflict, but the military has played down the threat.

Sri Lankan Air Force bombs rebel positions

    COLOMBO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Air Force carried out more air raids on Tamil Tiger training camps in the north on Wednesday amid the rebels' rejection of a government offer to send food convoys through the closed A9 highway, said defense officials.

Sri Lankan Navy sinks rebel ship

    COLOMBO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday destroyed a large trawler of the Tamil Tigers that carried massive quantities of arms, ammunition and explosives in the northwest coast of the country, said the military.

UN slams Sri Lanka gov't, rebels on child recruitment

    COLOMBO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- A special advisor to the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict on Sri Lanka Monday blamed both the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels for child recruitment for combat in the island's battle zones.

Sri Lanka's security situation worsens

    COLOMBO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's security situation continued to deteriorate after the failed Geneva talks between the government and the rebel Tamil Tigers as clashes continued and more people being killed.

Sri Lankan Air Force raids Tiger's targets

    COLOMBO, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan Air Force raided three targets of the Tamil Tigers in the north and east Friday morning, causing heavy damages to the targets, said the military.

Sri Lanka gov't, rebel talks collapse over highway issue

    COLOMBO, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- The face-to-face talks between the Sri Lanka government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels in Geneva over the weekend have failed due to the issue of opening a highway, said the government on Monday.

Sri Lankan warring parties end talks with no agreement

    GENEVA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels wrapped talks in Geneva on Sunday without agreeing on any measure to halt escalating violence in the South Asian island country.

Sri Lanka says Swiss talks to deal with core issues

    COLOMBO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government is hoping to discuss core issues of the island's long drawn out separatist armed conflict at this week's Geneva talks with the Tamil Tiger rebels, a senior government minister said here Wednesday.

Sri Lanka: talks with Tigers a difficult process

    COLOMBO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government chief negotiator said Wednesday that this week's direct talks with the Tamil Tigers would be a difficult process but the government would be determined to make progress.

Sri Lanka Navy-rebel clashes continue despite proposed talks

    COLOMBO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The clashes between Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels and the Navy continued Saturday despite the rebels and the government agreed to hold talks at the end of this month, defense officials said.  

At least 20 rebels killed in Sri Lanka's sea battle

    COLOMBO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in a sea battle with the Sri Lankan Navy Friday evening, defense officials said. 

Sri Lanka arrests 10 for attack on port

    COLOMBO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan police in the southern port city of Galle has arrested at least 10 people suspected of being involved in Wednesday's Tamil rebel attack on the city.

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers to attend peace talks

    COLOMBO, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have told the Norwegian peace facilitators that they would attend the proposed face to face talks with the government to be held later this month in Geneva.

Sri Lankan peace talks illusive

    BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) appear doomed as the military clashes escalated this week.

Tamil Tigers' radio facility possibly bombed

    COLOMBO, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan military said that the Air Force conducted air raids on identified Tamil Tiger targets on Tuesday with the rebel saying one of its radio facilities was destroyed by the bombing. 

Blast kills 99 soldiers in Sri Lanka

    COLOMBO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the attack against Sri Lankan Navy personnel blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels has risen to 99 with 116 others injured, a government minister said.

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