Sri Lanka Troops, Rebels Worked Together
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Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels, deadly foes for two decades, worked together on tsunami relief efforts &#151; but hopes are fading that the disaster will help heal the animosity.
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Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels has left 28 soldiers dead and 100 hurt, the army says.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have  accused the army of colluding in the killing of a top member of  its political arm and said a two-year truce that silenced the  guns after two decades of civil war faced serious threat.
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Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels has left 28 soldiers dead and 100 wounded, the army says.
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Sri Lankan troops killed and wounded dozens of Tamil Tiger rebels in a series of battles in the far north, the military said on Tuesday, the latest clashes in a quickening of the two-decade civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels including an area leader in fresh fighting in the island's north, the military said on Friday.
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[World News]: Colombo, Dec 31 : Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger rebels appeared to be willing to join the government in relief work for Tsunami victims as President Chandrika Kumaratunga said a war with them was &quot;remoter&quot; now.
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Troops and Tamil Tigers fought fierce battles in northern Sri Lanka, leaving scores killed, officials said as the rebels accused Colombo of ignoring moves by Norway to end the latest bloodshed.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.
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A Sri Lankan rebel leader said Wednesday his group would use all means necessary &amp;#151; including suicide bombers &amp;#151; if full-scale war erupts on the island nation.
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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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(The Sri Lankan military corrected its figures on rebel deaths in fighting from 29 to 11. Changes made in headline, first and third paragraphs)    COLOMBO  - Sri Lankan troops killed 11 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 Lanka mobilised its entire public service and the military into an internationally-backed relief operation to stave off hunger and disease as the tsunami death toll neared 22,500.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug. 31 -- International cease-fire monitors blamed Sri Lankan troops Wednesday for the killing of 17 aid workers during fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels this month.
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Sri Lankan troops killed 30 Tamil Tiger rebels in fighting in the north of the island in which one soldier was killed, the military said on Saturday.
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Heavy fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday as government troops tried to take Tamil rebel-held territory, the defence ministry said, reporting scores of guerrillas killed or wounded.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed on Saturday to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.