61.   The rebels fighting for an ethnic Tamil homeland have been driven across a broad lagoon into the jungles of the Sri Lankan mainland.

62.   The rebels want to carve out a Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

63.   The rebels, fighting for an independent Tamil homeland, are, however, holding eight crew members, whom they want to swap for two captured women militants.

64.   The rebels, fighting for an independent Tamil homeland, want to sway their remaining hostages for two captured women militants.

65.   The rebels are fighting for a Tamil homeland in the north and east, claiming discrimination by the majority Sinhalese.

66.   The rebels are fighting for a Tamil homeland in the north and east, claiming discrimination by the Sinhalese majority.

67.   The rebels are fighting to establish a Tamil homeland in the north and east.

68.   The rebels have been fighting for a separate Tamil homeland, claiming their minority is discriminated against by the majority Sinhalese.

69.   The Tamil Tiger rebels are fighting for a Tamil homeland in the north and east of this Indian Ocean island just south of India.

70.   The Tigers are fighting to establish an independent Tamil homeland in the northeast.