Sri Lankan rebel faction announces ceasefire
A breakaway Tamil Tiger faction said it has offered its rival mainstream rebel group a ceasefire ahead of the Tigers’ talks with the government, hoping to bring Sri Lanka permanent peace.
The government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE – the mainstream Tigers’ official name – agreed last week to meet for the first time in about four years to try saving a ceasefire, which is under severe pressure from violence that has killed at least 150 people since December.
