Free Tony - The Tiger

For the last 15 years the number one complaint that comes to Big Cat Rescue is the story of Tony, a tiger held hostage at the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana.  Sometimes it is because the caller has...

Tamils re-affirm desire for self-rule

Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the party ran on the platform of self-determination won a key council in Sri Lanka. The government was expected to do well for the following reasons: The election was held too soon after the end of the war for people to vote and for democracy...

No excuse for anti-Tamil policies

National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...

Kanha National Park - Tiger Reserve - India

Kanha national park is a beauty of its own with grassy glade, steep rocky slopes and hills. It is the best wildlife spot for wildlife lovers, tourists and animals. The park is sheltered with vast grasslands, bamboo forest and streams stretched over 940 sq.kms.Kanha is best...

Sri Lanka captured Canadian

A Canadian is kept in the camps for the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadres. These camps are different than the detention camps that the Sri Lankan government calls as welfare villages. The Sri Lankan...

Michael Jackson's Neverland Pets and Bubbles: Where are they now?

Since the sudden passing of Michael Jackson, there has been much speculation about what will happen to his famous Neverland Ranch that once housed an amusement park and a variety of exotic and rare animals; none so...

'New government' for Tamil Tigers

" Sri Lankan rebel group the Tamil Tigers say they are forming a "provisional transnational government" to pursue self-rule for the Tamil minority. In a statement released from an unknown location, a Tigers'...

Sri Lanka: Testing Times for India

Early this month in capital Colombo, the Sri Lankan military showcased its finest hardware at a ceremonial parade, apparently to mark its May victory against the LTTE. But, alongside were hundreds of disabled...

Mia Bloom -- What the Tigers Taught Al-Qaeda

" By Mia Bloom Sunday, May 24, 2009 It took a pitched two-hour gun battle with Sri Lankan special forces. Then a rocket launched into his armor-plated ambulance. But last Monday, death finally came to Velupillai...

So, the Tamil Tigers were mortals after all

Much was glorified about the military might of the (late) LTTE. Yet how easily they folded under the relentless pressure excreted by the Sri Lankan security forces, provides much food for thought. In fact they lasted even that long is not due to their might, but thanks to the...

LTTE flip-flop hints at power struggle

An apparent power struggle between Selvarasa Pathmanathan (KP), newly appointed head of the (late) LTTE's international relations division and its overseas administration head Castro (real name, V Manivannan),...

Spin-a-war: how international media spin feeds a civil war in Sri

http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-04-23/Spin-a-war__how_international_media_spin_feeds_a_civil_war_in_Sri_Lanka.html Spin-a-war: how international media spin feeds a civil war in Sri Lanka ----------------------------- We can only imagine American satisfaction if we...

LTTE air fleet destroyed: Sri Lankan army

Since there is no more territory to defend, the eelam airforce is completely defunct now. There is not even a remote chance of revival as SLA claimed  that they unearthed  more of the LTTE aircraft...

Sri Lanka Says LTTE Killed 2,000 Civilians

The Tamil Tigers havecommitted terrorist actsin the past so it is possiblethey shelled their owncivilians. "The Army said the Tigers have positioned their mortars in previously declared "Safe zone" and fired...

35 killed as Lankan troops break through LTTE defence line

After every killing authorities in Sri Lanks says it is final assault, but next day we hear reports of another killing. The mission elimination of  Tamil Tigers will reach its end or not nobody knows at least...

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