2006 - Fighting flares in April-July, raising fears of start of "Eelam War 4." New talks fail in Geneva in October. 2007 - Government captures Tiger's eastern strongholds.

Some analysts have begun dubbing the ongoing violence the beginning of 'Eelam War IV' -- a reference to the repeated failure of peace talks in the 20-year-old civil war in the tiny country off ...

2006 - Fighting flares in April-July raising fears of start of "Eelam War 4". New talks fail in Geneva in October. 2007 - Government captures Tiger's eastern stronghold of Vakarai in January.

25-2. As the ICFI statement explained, none of the so-called independent states established after World War II had met the democratic aspirations or basic material needs of the masses.