Tamil Tiger Separatists

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  Sri Lanka President Seeks Unprecedented Third Term As Critics Seek to Unseat Him

  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today called a presidential election, seeking an unprecedented third six-year tenure, but demands for his power to be curbed and a possible split in his vote base means re-election won't be a walkover.

• Sri Lanka troops kill three men in search for Tamil Tigers

  Sri Lanka's military on Friday shot dead three men during an operation against suspected Tamil separatist rebels, in the first major confrontation since the end of the island's war nearly five years ago, a spokesman said.

• Sri Lanka blames India for protracted war

  Sri Lanka today blamed India for the Tamil separatist war which dragged for 30 years on the island.

• Hillary Clinton welcomes UN resolution on Sri Lanka

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday welcomed a UN resolution urging Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" allegations of war crimes during its battle against Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009.

• Sri Lanka: Gun battles kill 14 Tamil rebels

  Government forces and separatist Tamil Tigers fought a series of gun battles in Sri Lanka's volatile north, leaving 14 rebels dead, the military said on Sunday. Separate clashes on Saturday in Vavuniya district killed eight rebels and wounded five soldiers, the defense ministry said in a statement. Other battles on Saturday in Jaffna and Welioya ...