— 1975: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam group forms. The group demands a separate state for minority ethnic Tamils in the island's north and east.— 1987: Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayawardena sign a pact.— 1991: Tamil Tiger suicide bomber assassinates Gandhi, apparently in revenge for sending Indian peacekeeping troops who ended up fighting the...
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Naxalites are acquiring arms from abroad isonly the tip of the iceberg, as central intelligence agencies have found freshevidence of joint training camps and meetings conducted by the Red guerrillaswith Tamil Tigers in the forests of south and central India.Does itindicate that Maoists are getting logistic support and training from LTTE? Arethe Maoists and the Tamil Tigers brothers in arms? If intelligence...
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French court has jailed Tamil Tiger militants convicted of extorting millions of dollars from the Tamil community in France.Twenty-one people were found guilty, including the leader of the Tamil Tigers in France, Nadaraja Matinthiran, AFP news agency reported.The prosecution said the Tigers imposed what was described as a "revolutionary tax" on Tamil immigrants to France.Many of the immigrants were...
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Political settlement 'very important' in Sri Lanka: Minister (Interview) < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateNow that the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, it is 'very important' to have a political settlement to end Tamil grievances, a senior Sri Lankan minister said here. Home Affairs and Public Administration Minister Sarath Amunagama also said in an interview that Sri Lanka considered itself 'closest...
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that the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, it is "very important" to have a political settlement to end Tamil grievances, a senior Sri Lankan minister said here. Home Affairs and Public Administration Minister Sarath Amunagama also said in an interview that Sri Lanka considered itself "closest to India" despite the huge support extended by Pakistan and China to the war against the Liberation Tigers...
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M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Nov 13 : Now that the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, it is 'very important' to have a political settlement to end Tamil grievances, a senior Sri Lankan minister said here. Home Affairs and Public Administration Minister Sarath Amunagama also said in an interview that Sri Lanka considered itself 'closest to India' despite the huge support extended by Pakistan and China...
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VISAKHAPATNAM:Union home minister P Chidambaram’s assertion that Naxalites are acquiringarms from abroad is only the tip of the iceberg, as central intelligenceagencies have found fresh evidence of joint training camps and meetingsconducted by the Red guerrillas with Tamil Tigers in the forests of south andcentral India.Does it indicate that Maoists are getting logisticsupport and training from LTTE?...
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Vancouver, Nov 12(ANI): The 76 Sri Lankans, detained on a migrant ship off the West Coast last month, may be the first wave of defeated LTTE fleeing to Canada, a terrorism expert has said.Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert who is advising Canada on detained men, said that one of the 76 Sri Lankans was a key player in the LTTE network that transported weapons from North Korea to Sri Lanka.He also defended...
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Vancouver, Nov 12 : The 76 Sri Lankans, detained on a migrant ship off the West Coast last month, may be the first wave of defeated LTTE fleeing to Canada, a terrorism expert has said.Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert who is advising Canada on detained men, said that one of the 76 Sri Lankans was a key player in the LTTE network that transported weapons from North Korea to Sri Lanka.He also defended...
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Sri Lankans, detained on a migrant ship off the West Coast last month, may be the first wave of defeated LTTE fleeing to Canada, a terrorism expert has said.Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert who is advising Canada on detained men, said that one of the 76 Sri Lankans was a key player in the LTTE network that transported weapons from North Korea to Sri Lanka.He also defended his claim that most migrants...
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