The Tamil people are struggling for their right to self-rule in an independent state, Tamil Eelam.

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Called front for Tigers, first Canadian-based organization to make government terror roll

Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers, in his condolence message following the demise of Brigadier Balraj, elaborated on the characteristics that he admired in Brigadier Balraj as an exceptional military leader.

Rights group says the repugnant impunity that aids and abets violence against journalists and media personnel must come to an end.

Heightened tension in the Batticaloa District, following clashes between the Tamil Makkal Vidudalai Puligal (TMVP) and the Muslims.

The newly appointed Chief Minister of the Eastern Province has admitted that members of his organisation are responsible for recent kidnappings in Eravur.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighters belonging to a special marine wing of the Sea Tigers launched a pre-dawn attack against a strategic naval base on an islet off Jaffna peninsula.

Development is possible only when there is permanent peace.

US ambassador for Sri Lanka urged LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan to give up the demand for a separate Tamil.

Is Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict and dismal human rights record an issue for international corporations and multinationals doing business in the country?

International actions have revealed the hollowness of external assurances.

A Tamil television journalist working in a Sri Lanka army-held area in the northern Jaffna peninsula was hacked to death along with his friend on Wednesday evening.