Sri Lanka Rebels stories:
Sri Lanka Rebels Concede Defeat
May 17th, 2009 - VOA News
Sri Lanka's rebels have announced they would be laying down their guns to prevent what they call further unnecessary slaughter of Tamil civilians by government troops...
In Sri Lanka, Rebels 'Silence Their Guns'
May 17th, 2009 - VOA News
their battle has reached "its bitter end." President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka from a visit to Jordan, where earlier he had declared victory. | This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Sri Lanka rebels 'call ceasefire'
May 17th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
The statement said 3,000 trapped civilians had died in the last 24 hours Tamil rebels trapped in a tiny enclave of northern Sri Lanka have declared a ceasefire, a rebel spokesman says.
Sri Lanka rebels forcing children to fight, UN says
Apr 25th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Children as young as 12 are being given guns and forced to fight on the frontline alongside desperate Tamil Tiger rebels cornered inside Sri Lanka's no-fire zone, the UN said today.
Sri Lanka Rebels videos from YouTube:
0:43Sri Lanka: Rebel Leader Has Been Killed
Sri Lanka declared Monday it had crushed the final resistance of the Tamil Tigers, killing rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and ending his three decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils. (May 18)
2:27Sri Lanka claims rebel town capture - 02 Dec 08
Sri Lanka's military says it's captured a town controlled by the rebel Tamil Tigers deep inside the rebels' territory. The Tamil Tigers have controlled Kokavil since 1990. It's only a few kilometres from the LTTE defacto capital, Kilinochchi ...
2:14Sri Lanka rebels deny UN war crimes claims - 17 Feb 09
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have denied UN claims that they shot civilians fleeing the country's war zone and have been recruiting child soldiers. Al Jazeera's David Hawkins reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital.
1:34Sri Lanka Rebels Offer to Lay Down Arms
The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government Sunday, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last strongholds in the northeast. (May 17)
