Sri Lanka fighting kills 21 in north and east
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Sri Lankan soldiers killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels in a clashes in the north and east of the island while six military personnel were also killed, the military said on Saturday.
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Heavy fighting raged Sunday in northern Sri Lanka where Tamil Tiger rebels said they lost a key leader, as Norwegian-led monitors began pulling out before the formal end of a tattered truce.
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At least 26 people, including two security personnel, were killed in a fresh wave of violence in Sri Lanka&#39;s embattled north, the defence ministry said.
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Seventeen Tamil civilians doing post-tsunami relief work for an international aid group were found slain in northeastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the government over water supplies, relief agency officials said Monday.
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Anti-insurgency commandos overran a rebel base in eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, killing at least 20 guerrillas, the military said.
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Fierce artillery duels in northeast Sri Lanka have killed at least 45 people, including 15 civilians, Tiger rebels said, as a fresh Norwegian peace bid failed.
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Sri Lankan soldiers battled Tamil Tiger rebels in jungles in the island's restive east on Thursday, the military said, as Japan's special peace envoy visited camps for war-displaced families in the area.
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Heavy fighting raged in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the defence ministry said, reporting that 49 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in weekend battles.
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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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Tamil Tiger rebels pounded military bases in northeastern Sri Lanka with heavy artillery and mortar bombs, sparking a battle with government troops in which at least 20 civilians were wounded, officials said.
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GUWAHATI (India) - Six people were killed and nine wounded yesterday in a fresh burst of violence in India&#39;s troubled north-east, taking the death toll in three days of rebel attacks to 69 with 210 injured.
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Clashes between Sri Lankan soldiers and separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in the country's embattled north left 31 guerrillas and one soldier dead, the military said Saturday.
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Sri Lanka's military said on Friday troops had killed 35 Tamil Tigers in a series of land clashes in the island's north in 24 hours as the death toll from renewed civil war climbs inexorably higher.
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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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About 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in overnight clashes in the east of Sri Lanka, the army says.
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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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Security forces say they have killed at least 22 Tamil Tiger rebels in a pre-dawn ground battle in eastern Sri Lanka, hours after war planes pounded guerrilla positions in the area.Comment