"… adjoining Elephant Pass since 11 December.By late December last year, the Tamil Tigers had seized Paranthan, the southernmost strategic town in the line of gover …"

"… xpected scope of the LTTE’s success in the first phase. In November, the Tamil Tigers overran military positions in Kanakarayankulam, Mankulam, Odusuddan and Ne …"

"… €™, in the north and east for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. VoT said 9,558 Tamil Tigers were lost during Kumaratunga’s first administration.The two earlier stag …"

"… ment leaders declared unequivocally that there would be no talks until the Tamil Tigers laid down their arms. But last week state-run media were giving wide cover …"

"… stroying Bandaranaike International Airport in the capital of Colombo, the Tamil Tigers cut the country's only link to the outside world.Half of the civilian flee …"

"… on, Mangala Moonasinghe, was instructed to open negotiations, not with the Tamil Tigers, but with the City's brokers.Eight Sri Lankan government negotiators& …"

"… initiative had resulted in the first ceasefire in eight years between the Tamil Tigers and the Colombo government. On March 1, 2002, Sri Lanka's prime minister t …"