After earlier disagreements between the Geneva-based parent organization and its Indian unit, the WWF in 1998 set up an independent office to run the tiger project.

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But the roots of Tiger's problems run deeper.

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The alleged masterminds of the blasts, Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, have been on the run since 1993.

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The next Liberty-Movement candidate, therefore, must be prepared to give the run his all, fight like a tiger to the end but also be willing, if necessary, to accept a strategic defeat to position the movement to win the next time around.

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But assuming it does fall - and few doubt that it will - what then will be the next step of the Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, who has run his organisation over the years with a vice-like grip?

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Annika Sorenstam's career has run almost entirely parallel with that of U.S. golfing legend Tiger Woods, and comparisons between the two aren't without basis.

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