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Galleon boss ‘funded Tamil terror group’

23.10.09
The allegations against beleagured US hedge fund Galleon Group got wilder today when it emerged that victims of attacks by Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers say the company’s founder helped fund the terror group’s “crimes against humanity” ... more

Tamil protest at Parliament is called off after 73 days

17.06.09
The Tamil protest in Parliament Square is ending after 73 days which saw thousands take to the streets, costing millions in policing... more

‘Aunty’ to female Tamil Tigers runs London protests from New Malden

01.06.09
A Tamil terror chief who allegedly handed cyanide pills to child soldiers is living in a London suburb, the Standard can reveal... more

WORLD: 'The massacre of 20,000 Tamils'

29.05.09
New UN reports claim that more than 20,000 Tamil civilians may have been killed by the Sri Lankan army - more than three times the official figure... more

The Tigers are dead but the hatred will live on

20.05.09
Rumour has it that the war in paradise is over and the beautiful island of Sri Lanka will return to its former glory... more

Tamil protests cost the Met almost £8 million

19.05.09
Demonstrations by pro-Tamil supporters have cost the country's largest police force almost £8 million, it was revealed... more

Tamil terrorist chief killed as civil war ends

18.05.09
Sri Lankan army chiefs claimed to have killed the leader of the Tamil Tigers as they announced the end of the 26-year war... more

Hunger strikers: we are ready to die here

18.05.09
Six Tamil demonstrators were on hunger strike in Parliament Square in the continuing protest against the Sri Lankan offensive... more

Terror leader sabotaged peace deals as he clung to power

18.05.09
He transformed a small band of poorly armed rebels into one of the world’s most sophisticated and ruthless insurgencies and then made a string of miscalculations that led his Tamil Tigers to total defeat... more

Tigers’ leader ‘killed when he tried to flee battle in ambulance'

18.05.09
The leader of the Tamil Tigers was thought to be dead after attempting to flee in an ambulance from the final assault by Sri Lankan troops... more

Civilians wade across lagoon to escape war zone

14.05.09
At least 2,000 ethnic Tamil civilians braved rebel fire and waded across a lagoon to break clear of Sri Lanka’s war zone... more

UK urges Sri Lanka ceasefire

13.05.09
Britain and America have urged both sides in the Sri Lanka conflict to lay down their weapons immediately and allow civilians to be evacuated... more

Tamils climb on to Westminster Abbey roof

12.05.09
Four people were arrested after scaling Westminster Abbey in support of the anti Sri Lanka demonstration in Parliament Square... more

Sri Lanka attacks rebel-held village after rejecting truce

27.04.09
The Sri Lankan army launched a fresh assault on the Tamil Tigers with a machinegun attack on a rebel-held village... more

6,432 Tamil civilians killed in fighting

24.04.09
The extent of the bloodshed in Sri Lanka became clear as a private UN document detailed the casualties of the last three months of fighting... more

Sri Lanka army ‘kills 1,000’ as Tamils defy surrender deadline

21.04.09
A thousand people were killed when government troops launched a raid on the last sliver of land controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka... more

Tamil chief guilty of terror charge

17.04.09
The leader of the Tamil Tigers in Britain was found guilty of two terror-related charges... more

Sri Lankan on hunger strike 'close to death'

16.04.09
A Sri Lankan student on hunger strike outside the Houses of Parliament is close to death, his supporters fear... more

Sri Lankan students set to join Commons hunger strike

14.04.09
Dozens of Sri Lankan students are ready to join the Parliament Square hunger strike if the original protester is taken to hospital, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Why these Tamil sons in London, mourning their slain mothers in Sri Lanka, have placed Westminster under siege

09.04.09
Will Self reports on the third day of ­protests by British Tamils inflamed by the military actions of a Sri Lankan government intent on extirpating the last of the Tamil Tiger fighters ... more

UN chief warns of 'bloodbath'

08.04.09
A United Nations human rights expert warned of a "bloodbath" in Sri Lanka unless government and Tamil Tiger forces stop fighting long enough to let civilians flee... more

Tamil protesters to target M&S over Sri Lanka links

07.04.09
The Tamil supporters who brought chaos to Westminster are planning a series of demonstrations this summer at branches of Marks & Spencer... more

70,000 killed in 33-year conflict

07.04.09
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Tamil Tiger bomber kills 10 in Sri Lankan mosque

10.03.09
More than 10 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing by a Tamil Tiger in southern Sri Lanka... more

London Tamil burns himself to death at UN

19.02.09
A Tamil man from London burned himself to death outside the United Nations building in Geneva in protest at his people's treatment in Sri Lanka ... more

Shelling kills nine children in Sri Lanka

02.02.09
Nine children were killed and many more injured when heavy artillery struck a paediatrics ward and women's wing in a Sri Lankan hospital, the Red Cross reported... more

'Hundreds die' as shells hit Sri Lanka safe zone

27.01.09
More than 300 people have been injured and scores more are feared to have been killed by artillery shells fired into a region of Sri Lankan designated a "safe zone" by the government... more

Tamil Tigers 'fool Met into allowing pro-terrorist event'

25.11.08
The Metropolitan Police has been tricked by terrorists after allowing a Tamil Tiger event to go ahead in London, it was claimed... more

Gordon's in trouble - but can Ken save him?

23.04.08
A close Mayoral race shows that Labour's prospects nationally could depend on how the party fares in London next week... more

Ken talks to 'front' for banned Tamil Tigers

22.04.08
Ken Livingstone has addressed a meeting co-organised by a "front" for a banned terror organisation... more

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