Most Sri Lankan bus ambush victims were shot: military
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Sri Lanka's military said on Thursday most of the 27 people killed in a bus ambush were shot by rebels as the passengers tried to flee rather than in the blast that struck the vehicle.
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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 27 Tamil Tiger rebels and soldiers have been killed in clashes in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels fatally shot 10 ethnic Sinhalese civilians in southern Sri Lanka, the Defense Ministry said Friday, amid escalating violence following the government's withdrawal from a cease-fire.
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Government troops killed up to 44 separatist rebels in clashes in northern and eastern Sri Lanka while destroying three small camps in the insurgents' last eastern stronghold, the military said Wednesday. The guerrillas disputed the death toll figures.
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A roadside bomb attack blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels tore through a civilian bus in northeastern Sri Lanka on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 17, the military said.
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Sri Lankan soldiers killed seven Tamil Tiger rebels in two clashes in the north of the island, the military said on Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan warplanes pounded Tamil Tiger targets in the east on Tuesday and three soldiers were killed in a suspected rebel ambush, the military said.
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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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Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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Tamil rebels kill at least 10 Sri Lankan soldiers in a roadside bomb attack in the north, the military say.
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A roadside bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus killing 26 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, officials said, as a six-year ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels formally expires.
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Heavy clashes broke out between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's volatile north and east, killing a large number of insurgents and wounding at least six soldiers, the military said Friday.
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A powerful land mine ripped through a bus packed with commuters and schoolchildren in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing at least 62 people, the army said. Sri Lanka&#039;s air force responded by bombing rebel-held areas in the northeast.
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The Sri Lankan defence ministry says at least 15 rebels and two soldiers have been killed in fighting in the east.
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A prominent Sri Lankan opposition Tamil parliamentarian was shot and killed on Tuesday, the military said, as the opposition charged that a lack of security made the government responsible for the death.
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Sri Lankan troops killed 36 Tamil Tigers in the island's north, taking the death toll from fierce fighting at the weekend to 79, most of them rebels, the military said on Monday.