With tanks, jets, Sri Lanka fetes fall of rebel east
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With a parade of tanks, military brass bands and the roar of fighter jets overhead, Sri Lanka's government on Thursday feted the capture of the Tamil Tigers' last bastion in the east.
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Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed and destroyed a Tamil Tiger forward operating and sea training base in the island's rebel-held far north on Friday, the military said.
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Sri Lanka's army pushed into Tamil Tiger territory to neutralize artillery and mortar fire in the island's east on Friday, military sources said, as the rebels warned of low expectations at peace talks due later this month.
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Sri Lankan troops killed up to 44 Tamil rebels in clashes in the country's north and east while destroying three small camps in the insurgents' last eastern stronghold, the military said Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan troops killed around 30 Tamil Tiger fighters overnight in a jungle on the island's restive east and captured a rebel bunker line, the military said on Wednesday.
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Government forces drove the Tamil Tigers from a key town Monday, adding to rebels' diplomatic woes.
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Sri Lanka's air force bombed separatist rebel positions in the embattled north on Wednesday, a day after the insurgents agreed to peace talks with the government.
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Thousands are fleeing villages in eastern Sri Lanka amid fighting between Tamil Tigers and government forces.
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Sri Lanka says it has killed dozens of Tamil Tiger separatists in a sea battle off the eastern coast.
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Tamil Tigers say 30,000 people are dead or missing in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka's government said it pushed   Tamil Tiger rebels from the mouth of strategic Trincomalee   harbor on Monday, and that it would therefore halt its   offensive.
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Sri Lanka's military says it has used fighter jets to bomb a Tamil Tiger sea base in the north of the country.
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Sri Lanka's military said on Sunday it had driven Tamil Tiger fighters from jungle camps in the island's restive northeast and inflicted heavy losses.
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Government negotiators and rebel groups reached a deal to end fighting in the vast country's restive east, where some 800,000 people had to flee their homes over the last year, officials said Monday.
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Sri Lanka's military says its fighter jets have destroyed a Tamil Tiger  base where its leaders were meeting.
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Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger military base in the rebel-held far north on Friday triggering multiple explosions, the air force said, while a suspected rebel roadside bomb killed one civilian in the east.
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The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers say that fighting on Thursday has left more than 30 dead.