Definitions
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- noun the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
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A civil war in Sri Lanka, extending nowhere else, untainted on either side by even a whiff of Islamism -- a war in which a minority people, slaughtered mercilessly for decades, have come to identify (at least to some extent) with a brutal counterforce called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, is now effortlessly connected to 9/11.
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Unmaiyin Tharisanam 28. 04. 09 genocide tamils Tamils in TamilEelam are desperatly fighting for Freedom and libration of NorthEast TamilHomeland since 1981.
WN.com - Articles related to Bill on child sexual abuse likely in monsoon session: Moily 2010
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Unmaiyin Tharisanam 24.04 .09 genocide tamils Tamils in TamilEelam are desperatly fighting for
WN.com - Articles related to Bill on child sexual abuse likely in monsoon session: Moily 2010
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Unmaiyin Tharisanam 28. 04. 09 genocide tamils Tamils in TamilEelam are desperatly fighting for Freedom and libration of NorthEast TamilHomeland since 1981.
WN.com - Articles related to Bill on child sexual abuse likely in monsoon session: Moily 2010
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You are able to obliterate vast numbers of your citizens in Tamil Eelam or the Swat Valley and all of the risk is removed.
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The Mullaitivu marathon® - LTTE tactically withdraws® from last major bastion, Eelam definitely on the way More Than 30,000 Tamil Civilians Feared Killed, People Bleed To Death on Streets in Tamil Eelam
Kottu 2009
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More Than 30,000 Tamil Civilians Feared Killed, People Bleed To Death on Streets in Tamil Eelam Add comments
Kottu 2009
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The Tamil Tigers launched what is known as the Eelam war II.
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Eelam, which is locked in a bloody war with the Sinhalese government over an independent Tamil state.
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The Tigers are fighting for a separate state called Eelam for their 2.5 million minority Tamil community, who live mostly in Sri Lanka's north and east.
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