Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender (KTNV Las Vegas)
Associated Press – April 30, 2009 12:23 AM ET COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – The Tamil Tigers’ political chief says the beleaguered rebel group will not surrender to advancing Sri Lankan forces and…
Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender (Detroit News)
Colombo, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tigers’ political chief says the beleaguered rebel group will not surrender to advancing Sri Lankan forces and denies holding thousands of civilians as shields.
Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Tamil Tigers said Thursday they would never surrender to the advancing Sri Lankan forces, as the government issued a similarly defiant vow to continue the bloody civil war until the rebels’ leader is captured or killed.
Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender (CNews)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Tamil Tigers’ political chief says the beleaguered rebel group will not surrender to advancing Sri Lankan forces and denies holding thousands of civilians as human shields.
Sri Lanka sinks rebels boats, killing 25 (UPI)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, April 29 (UPI) — The Sri Lankan Navy says it sank six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam boats, killing 25 rebels aboard, in a pre-dawn Wednesday attack.
Sri Lanka not to bow to foreign pressure: top defense official (People’s Daily)
Sri Lanka would not halt its current military campaign against the Tamil Tigers until the rebel outfit was completely crushed and its leader Velupillai Prabakaran was captured dead or alive, Gotabhaya Rajapakse the top defense ministry official has said. Rajapakse, whose brother is the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, said this to the English language The Island newspaper here Thursday. …
Sri Lanka: Maori Party raises a very valid point (Scoop.co.nz)
We are an organization mainly consisting of New Zealanders of Sri Lankan origin closely monitoring the current situation in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan rebels say they will not surrender (12:50 p.m.) (Sun Star)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Tamil Tigers said Thursday they would never surrender to the advancing Sri Lankan forces and appealed to the international community to work harder for a ceasefire in the country’s bloody civil war.
