Tamil Tiger Rebels

Tamils Skeptical Of Conflict's End, Sri Lankan Acceptance

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sri Lankans were given the day off Wednesday as the government declared a national day to celebrate its victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels....

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Velupillai Prabhakaran, Tamil Tiger Rebel Chief, Killed: Sri Lanka

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending hi...

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Sri Lanka Shelling: Doctors Flee From Last Hospital

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...

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Sri Lankan Civilians Now Able To Flee Safely, Government Says

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...

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Sri Lanka Hospital Attack Kills Over 50 Civilians

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...

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Sri Lanka artillery barrage kills 378, doctor says

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An unrelenting hail of artillery in Sri Lanka's war zone killed at least 378 civilians, according to a government doctor wh...

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Tamil Tigers Recruit Child Soldiers As Young As 11

Sydney Morning Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and ...

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Sri Lanka To Cease Airstrikes, Shelling But Rejects Cease-Fire

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka agreed to stop firing heavy weapons into the northern war zone to safeguard thousands of civilians trapped there,...

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Tamil Tigers Airstrike Injures 27 In Colombo

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two Tamil Tiger aircraft launched a ­surprise bomb raid on the Sri Lankan capital last night, hitting a tax building in Colombo and injuring at least...

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