71.   The Sri Lankan government said it was willing to accommodate the rebels in every possible way, except dividing this small tropical island into separate Sinhalese and Tamil homelands.

72.   The Tigers are fighting the predominantly Sinhalese government for an independent Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

73.   The Tigers consider anyone opposed to the idea of an independent Tamil homeland as an enemy.

74.   The Tigers said the U.S. action would only escalate the war for a Tamil homeland.

75.   They are all confined to their five-star Lanka Oberoi Hotel because of fears of attacks by rebels fighting for a Tamil homeland.

76.   They have been asked not to stray from the Lanka Oberoi Hotel because of fears of attacks by rebels fighting for a Tamil homeland.

77.   A section of its political parties are sympathetic to the Tamil homeland campaign in Sri Lanka, which is separated from Tamil Nadu by a strip of sea.

78.   The Tigers are fighting for a Tamil homeland in the north and east of the island.

79.   The two incidents marked an upsurge in rebel activity in the northern and eastern regions where the Tigers are leading a protracted battle to establish an independent Tamil homeland.

80.   The Tigers are leading a protracted campaign to establish an independent Tamil homeland called Eelam by carving out a third of the country.