51.  Front sources said that opposition was echoed by another Tamil party, the DMK.

52.  Front sources said that opposition was Friday echoed by another Tamil party, the DMK.

53.  Gunmen killed the deputy leader of a pro-government Tamil political party outside the Sri Lankan capital on Saturday, a party spokesman said.

54.  I believe that the majority community desperately wants peace as much as Tamil parties.

55.  Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao Wednesday suffered a blow when two ministers quit his government to protest his alliance with a Tamil party to fight upcoming general elections.

56.  A moderate Tamil party on Wednesday voted against the minority government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga for the first time during a parliamentary vote on the defence budget.

57.  A Tamil regional party led by veteran politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi took office in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Monday with a pledge to combat corruption.

58.  EPDP chief Douglas Devananda was in Jaffna for the opening of their new office, officials said adding that other minority Tamil parties too were expected to return soon.

59.  The Tamil parties had asked Kumaratunga to declare a ceasefire and enable displaced people in Jaffna peninsula to return home.

60.  The Tamil parties had asked Kumaratunga to declare a ceasefire and enable displaced people in the embattled northern Jaffna peninsula to return home.