Sri Lanka rebels reject government deal

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels today rejected a government proposal for restarting a stalled peace process.

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels today rejected a government proposal for restarting a stalled peace process.

They said it was not suited to carrying out humanitarian work in Tamil areas hit by two decades of war.

The Tigers suspended peace talks last month and pulled out of a donor conference in Tokyo to protest at what they said was a lack of progress on government promises to rebuild the Tamil areas.

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