Sri Lanka fighting kills 34 Tamil Tiger rebels, a soldier
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Sri Lankan troops killed 34 Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Saturday, following the government's formal scrapping of an already tattered truce in the two-decade civil war.
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Twenty-four hours of intense fighting across Sri Lanka's north left at least 38 rebels and one soldier dead by early Saturday, the military said, a day ahead of a visit by a Japanese special peace envoy.
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Sri Lanka's security forces killed 11 Tamil Tiger rebels in a pre-dawn clash in the island's restive east on Saturday, police said, as the worst violence since a 2002 ceasefire grinds on despite peace talk pledges.
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Sri Lankan troops fought a series of clashes with Tamil Tiger rebels over the weekend, killing 22 rebels, destroying several bunkers and capturing an insurgent base, the military said on Sunday.
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Colombo: Four people including a top renegade Tamil Tiger rebel were shot dead Thursday in growing factional fighting in Sri Lanka despite efforts to revive the peace process, officials and a pro-rebel website reported.
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Four Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and six others wounded in fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island, the guerrillas said, claiming they lost one fighter in the battle.
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Sri Lankan troops killed 29 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers also died in clashes in the north, the military said on Sunday, as stepped-up fighting continues in the latest chapter of a long-running civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops killed around 30 Tamil Tigers in a clash overnight in jungle in the island's restive east, the military said on Wednesday, hours after the navy said it had killed around 40 insurgents in a sea battle.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed 28 Tamil Tiger rebels in a series of clashes in the island's north in 24 hours, the military said on Thursday, amid near daily clashes as renewed civil war deepens.
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At least 25 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in fresh military attacks along the de-facto border of territory held by the guerrillas, the defence ministry said.
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At least 52 people have been killed in Sri Lanka as heavy sea and land battles erupted while Tamil Tiger rebels warned that the island would plunge in a &amp;quot;fatal war&amp;quot; if the military kept up air strikes.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 29 Tamil Tiger rebels, taking the two-day death toll to 44 amid fresh fighting in the island's north, the military said on Saturday.
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The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers say that fighting on Thursday has left more than 30 dead.
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Sri Lanka's navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger   craft overnight in a naval battle off the island's northern tip   and dozens of rebels, including suicide fighters, are believed   to have been killed, the military said on Saturday.
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Tamil Tiger rebels blew up an army bus in Sri Lanka&#39;s capital Thursday, killing at least one soldier, just hours after the guerrillas said they had stormed a naval base and killed 35 sailors.
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Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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Sri Lanka's navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger   vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour   battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight   after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed   civil war.