Sri Lanka ends ceasefire with LTTE

January 03, 2008

The Tigers have been outlawed as a terrorist group by a host of nations, including the United States, Britain and the European Union, after a series of attacks and assassinations. More than 5,000 people have been killed since early 2006, taking the death toll since the war erupted in 1983 to around 70,000. A previous government lifted a ban on the Tigers in 2002, paving the way for direct peace talks.