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Meanings of tigers in English
Portuguese
tigres de liberação do tamil eelam A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel.
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Examples for "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam"
Examples for "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam"
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were not immediately available for comment.
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Authorities have blamed the attack on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam could not be reached for comment.
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There was no immediate comment from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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Rajapaksa's administration crushed the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.
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The LTTE must also renounce terrorism and violence permanently, the statement said.
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With that electoral history, expectations remain low in the former LTTE areas.
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The LTTE for years has funded politicians in India's Tamil Nadu state.
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Several senior officials accuse aid workers of being bribed by the LTTE.
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The LTTE has subsequently landed on U.S., EU and Indian terrorism lists.
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There are also claims the Tamil Tigers used civilians as human shields.
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The United States designates the Tamil Tigers as a foreign terrorist organization.
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It added the Tamil Tigers to that list some time ago.
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There are also claims that the Tamil Tigers used civilians as human shields.
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The Tamil Tigers were not immediately available for comment on the latest fighting.
Usage of tigers in English
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World Animal Protection says 614 tigers are being kept at such sites.
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About 500 Sumatran tigers exist in the wild, according to recent estimates.
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The zoo said fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild.
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Any cubs the tigers produce will be the property of the state.
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White varieties are found in the New Continent even among the tigers.
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They're all top predators; the lions and tigers of the food chain.
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Like tigers, they simply lay in wait until fresh meat came along.
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Thailand is one of the centres of the illegal trade in tigers.
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The circus initially refused to hand over six of their 15 tigers.
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Conflict between humans and tigers is also a continued threat, conservationists say.
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The endangered cats, also known as Amur tigers, were born on Friday.
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Suddenly the two tigers turned their heads toward the forest, and disappeared.
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In any case, India's overcrowded zoos have little space for more tigers.
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It would be so jolly to begin with the tigers right away.
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The sound the cyclone gave off was of millions of roaring tigers.
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None of them moved in time, or decisively enough-noteven the tigers.
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