A ship headed to Australia carrying 260 asylum seekers was intercepted in Indonesian waters in early October 2009. The ship was then diverted back to Indonesia, but those on board refused to get off the vessel. In recent days the asylum seekers have threatened to blow their...
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The Taliban are now carrying out attacks and suicide bombings deep in the heart of Pakistan. A sign that the Islamic extremist have the resources and the support to strike in two nations at the same time. It's safe to say that at this moment in time the Taliban have gained...
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"SYDNEY: Australia told a group of rescued Sri Lankan asylum-seekers they could not choose their destination and refused to rule out using force after they refused to disembark in Indonesia. Foreign Minister...
" Founder of the Galleon Group, Raj Rajaratnam, is in more hot water. The world's 551st richest person is now facing a civil suit, in New Jersey, for funding the terrorist group Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam....
" A SENIOR member of the Australian Tamil community says former Tamil Tiger fighters are definitely among the influx of boatpeople to arrive on our shores. Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations secretary...
" Vinojan’s boyhood ended when Sri Lanka’s civil war reignited. Fifteen at the time, he says he joined the separatist Tamil Tigers to save his older brother from forcible conscription, and became a reluctant...
" Lankan asylum ship in Canada belongs to LTTE: experts October 25, 2009 10:32 am The migrant smuggling ship intercepted off the West Coast carrying 76 Sri Lankan men is owned by the outlawed Tamil...
" Tiger Supporters Boycotting Sri Lankan Airlines – a Breath of Flat Air London, 26 August The Asian Tribune reliably learns that the sympathisers of the Tamil Tigers who are hell bent on destroying anything of...
"COLOMBO: In a startling disclosure, the detained LTTE chief Kumaran Pathmanathan has told investigators that the rebels had tried to acquire nuclear weapons and know-how to be used against the Sri Lankan...
"The government has lodged a strong protest with the US Department of State over Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert Blake’s recent meeting with pro LTTE activists, sources...
" COLOMBO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The former Tamil Tiger rebels now living in government-run welfare camps pose a serious threat to national security if allowed to leave the camps, the top defense official Gotabhaya...
" Police have charged a 25-year-old man with attempted murder in relation to a violent attack on two Sri Lankan students in which they were splashed with acid and stabbed. A group of men allegedly forced their way...
" Military: No room for Tamil Tiger militancy ever again in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels defeated by the government troops would never be able to regroup, a...
" COLOMBO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Guidelines for a structured amnesty to former Tamil Tiger rebels and their sympathizers are being drawn up by the government's legal...