Person: Vellupillai Prabhakaran

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Tamil Tigers given surrender warning

SRI LANKA yesterday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.

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Tamil Tigers 'not withdrawing from ceasefire'

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Japanese peace envoy travels to Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka to talk peace with Tigers

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Sri Lankan leader gives green light to peace talks

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Sri Lanka violence leaves one dead, three wounded

Sri Lankan judge assassinated

A Sri Lankan high court judge who took a tough stand against Tamil Tiger rebels was gunned down outside his home in the capital, Colombo, today.

Fri, 19 Nov, 2004

Breakaway faction of Tamils ‘falling apart’

THE renegade rebel army of a commander who defected from the Tamil Tiger separatists and placed Sri Lanka’s cease-fire in jeopardy was falling apart yesterday, following their retreat from battle with the mainstream guerrillas, military sources said.

Wed, 14 Apr, 2004

Patten hoping to revive Sri Lanka peace process

EU external relations commissioner Chris Patten arrived in Sri Lanka today to strengthen efforts to resume stalled peace talks with Tamil Tiger rebels.

Tue, 25 Nov, 2003

Tamils 'committed to peace process'

Tamil Tiger rebels said today they were committed to a Norwegian-brokered cease-fire, allaying fears that a power struggle between Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister would plunge the tropical island back into civil war.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2003