Young protestor chants protests at US Sec'y of State Hillary Clinton, in front of the US Dept. of State, against Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka. Thousands of mem-bers of the Tamil diaspora rallied Friday outside the White House to demand US pressure on the Sri Lankan government as it pursues a major offensive against Tiger rebels (AFP/Paul J. Richards).COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels, facing likely defeat on the battlefield, appealed for a cease-fire Monday — a call immediately rejected by the government as a final effort by the separatists to "save their miserable skins."
The Tamil Tiger rebels have lost most of their strongholds to government forces and are trapped on a sliver of land in the northeast along with tens of thousands of civilians. The government says it will soon take the remaining rebel territory. More>>
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