Sri Lankan rebels say children freed from their ranks
May 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have released 16 youths who lied about their age to join the guerrilla movement, the rebels said in a statement …
May 26, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have released 16 youths who lied about their age to join the guerrilla movement, the rebels said in a statement …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - The Tamil people are preparing for war and nobody can defeat them, a top Sri Lankan rebel military commander was quoted as saying …
LONDON, May 25, 2006 (AFP) - An impending European ban on the Tamil Tiger rebels will leave the group with little choice but to engage in peace talks, Sri …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's twin-tower World Trade Centre banned vehicles Thursday fearing a car bomb attack by Tamil separatist rebels, police and …
May 25, 2006 (AFP) - Deadly mine attacks and a bomb scare in Sri Lanka's capital Thursday brought home the challenge faced by a Norwegian envoy who was set to …
May 24, 2006 (AFP) - Three security personnel died in a mine blast Wednesday, the Sri Lanka military said, as a Norwegian peace envoy arrived to salvage a …
MUHAMALAI, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - A narrow strip of land in Sri Lanka's northern peninsula of Jaffna is a flashpoint that could ignite a new war in …
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - Peacebroker Norway is "extremely concerned" about the high level of violence in Sri Lanka, Oslo's ambassador said …
COLOMBO, May 23, 2006 (AFP) - The European Union on Tuesday demanded action against those responsible for bombing three international charities operating in …
May 23, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday rejected a call by Buddhist and Christian clergy for a direct meet between the president and the …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - A United Nations agency Monday condemned the bombing of international aid agencies in Sri Lanka and said it was appalled by the continuing …
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2006 (AFP) - An elderly Sri Lankan fisherman described Monday how gunmen shot dead six members of his family on a navy-controlled …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka was banking on the European Union to tame Tamil Tiger guerrillas as the rebels warned that the killing of their top intelligence …
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, May 22, 2006 (AFP) - The European Union's "shocking" move towards blacklisting Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will push the peace process to …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Monday accused government forces of killing a senior field commander in the island's restive eastern …
May 21, 2006 (AFP) - The chief negotiator for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels warned Sunday that an imminent European ban on the group could scuttle future …
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, May 21, 2006 (AFP) - Refugees who fled after an alleged military massacre on a northern Sri Lanka islet arrived at the inland Tamil …
May 22, 2006 (AFP) - A top Tamil Tiger field commander was shot dead in eastern Sri Lanka Sunday by an unidentified gunman, rebel and military sources said. …
May 20, 2006 (AFP) - Government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels traded artillery fire across a de facto front line in the island's north Saturday, military …
COLOMBO, May 19, 2006 (AFP) - A European Union ban on Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will only lead to war in the country, the rebels' top negotiator said in …