The World : Sri Lanka Truce Called Off

Tamil guerrilla groups said they are calling off an eight-month-old, Indian-mediated truce with Sri Lankan troops, the Press Trust of India reported. The news agency quoted a spokesman for the Eelam National Liberation Front alliance of Tamils as saying that the cease-fire failed because of Sri Lankan army atrocities. The spokesman, in the Indian city of Madras, said the guerrillas will take action to protect the minority Tamils in their longstanding ethnic conflict with the Sinhalese majority.