News tagged with “tamil tigers”. Found:
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Tamil detainees enjoy taste of freedom - but it comes at a high price
Trincomalee :: Sri Lanka | about 19 hours ago
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He was a prisoner, one of 280,000 Tamil civilians interned in Sri Lankan detention camps this year, when the moment came. Memories of his earlier escape from the strip of land held by the Tamil Tigers during their last stand in May were still vivid. “The...
Tags: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Trincomalee, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan Civil War, Tamil Eelam, International Committee of the Red Cross, Tamil Sri Lankans, Eelam War IV, Vaharai Bombing, Politics of Sri Lanka, War Conflict
Authorities eye aid from Tamil Tigers to identify migrants
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 4 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 11:56PM EST C anadian authorities are considering tracking down known Tamil Tigers – some outside the country – to help them distinguish potential terrorists from genuine refugees among the 76 Tamil men who arrived...
Tags: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, sri lankan, Canada, Mr. Gunaratna, lankan government, tamils tigers, Mr. Waldman, Mr. Yamauchi, Colombo, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Politics, Kallarawa massacre, Social Issues, Sri Lankan Civil War, Politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, Provinces of Sri Lanka, War Conflict
Will Terrorism Define the 21st Century?
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 6 days ago
Credibility This post was written on November 26, 2009. I am in New Delhi, India at the moment. As I am sure you are aware, 11-26-09 marks one year since the Mumbai Terror Attacks , a series of bombings and shootings that left well over 150 people dead and hundreds...
Tags: Tamil Tigers, India, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan, Karāchi, Terrorism in India, Terrorism in Pakistan, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ajmal Kasab, Kashmir conflict, Terrorism in Central Asia, Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, War Conflict
Monks escape temple blaze
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 8 days ago
Credibility Some Scarborough Buddhists are accusing the outlawed Tamil Tigers of setting their temple on fire for a second time, sending three monks fleeing to safety. Toronto Police were scouring the Maha Vihara Buddhist Meditation Centre, a Sri Lankan temple on...
Tags: Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple, sri lankan, Tamil Tigers, Toronto Police, Sri Lanka, Colombo, War Conflict, Tamil Sri Lankans, Rohitha Bogollagama, Politics, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan Civil War, Tamil Eelam, Commonwealth Foundation
Toronto-area Tamils observe ‘Martyrs Day'
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 8 days ago
Credibility T heir keynote speaker's ejection from Canada amounted to barely a hiccup for Toronto-area Tamils, thousands of whom flocked to an annual “Martyrs' Day” commemoration of Tamil Tiger fighters who died in Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war.
Tags: tamils tigers, Canada Border Services Agency, Tamil Tigers, Toronto, Sri Lanka, Colombo, War Conflict, Tamil Eelam, Tamil Sri Lankans, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Dravidian peoples, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Civil War, Tamil people, Politics, World Tamil Movement, Battle of Mullaitivu, Vaithilingam Sornalingam, Eelam War IV, Politics of Sri Lanka
U.S. Moves to ‘stump’ Sri Lanka on Human Rights goes through Green Card holder Sarath Fonseka
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 28 days ago
Credibility If it were an ordinary, harmless interview why couldn’t Sri Lanka’s Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka, who was on an official-personal visit to the United States, ignore the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and leave...
Tags: Sri Lanka, sri lankan, Sarath Fonseka, Colombo, France, Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, asked sri, Tamil Tigers, Francois Zimeray, emergency laws
Migrant detained over Tamil Tiger ties
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 month ago
Credibility T he Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered a Sri Lankan Tamil migrant to remain in custody after agreeing that the young man – one of 76 who sailed into Canadian waters last month – could have ties to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, viewed by...
Tags: Canada Border Services Agency, Tamil Tigers, sri lankan
Sri Lanka urges US Homeland Securities to desist from the planned interview with General Sarath Fonseka under oath
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Sri Lanka urges US Homeland Securities to desist from the planned interview with General Sarath Fonseka under oath. It is further learnt that the Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka has agreed to be Sri Lanka Government strongly opposes moves...
Tags: Sri Lanka Army, Sarath Fonseka, general sarath, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, Rohitha Bogollagama, U.S, US Homeland Securities Department, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
Three Lankan nationals detained at Chennai airport
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Three Sri Lankan nationals, who were about to board a flight to Colombo on Tuesday, were detained at the Anna International Airport here, when it was found that they had illegally entered the country sometime back...Irshad (24) and Rushmi (21) were the...
Tags: Sri Lanka, sri lankan, department reports, rights abuses, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, rights group, internally inquiry, tigers rebels, Colombo
Sri Lanka invites Russia for oil exploration
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | about 1 month ago
Credibility Sri Lanka has invited Russia to explore for oil off its northwestern coast, Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Monday after a meeting with his Russian counterpart. Sri Lanka, after a quarter-century war with the Tamil Tiger separatists, is keen to...
Tags: Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, Velupillai Prabhakaran
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