Sporadic clashes in Sri Lanka after heavy fighting
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in sporadic clashes in the north of the island Monday, the day after fierce battles left scores dead, official sources said.
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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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Sri Lanka's military said on Saturday troops captured rebel positions in the island's northwest killing 20 rebels, while rebels said they had killed 20 soldiers in the latest clashes in the civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops shot dead at least 12 Tamil Tiger rebels in three separate clashes in the island&#39;s north, the defence ministry here said Thursday.
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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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About 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in overnight clashes in the east of Sri Lanka, the army says.
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Sri Lanka's cease-fire deal ended Wednesday in a spasm of violence, as suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus, gunned down the fleeing passengers and attacked farmers as they retreated into the bush, killing 31
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Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have commemorated thousands of fighters killed in battle amid sporadic clashes with government forces in the island's embattled northeast, the rebels said.
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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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Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels will likely escalate into the bloodiest period of fighting between the foes the island has seen after the government scrapped a tattered truce, experts say.
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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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MANGANTHODUWA NAWATKUDA, Sri Lanka  - Saundrarajan Kannakai has been displaced by Sri Lanka's civil war over a dozen times in the past 16 years.
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The Sri Lankan military says at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in fierce fighting in the country's east.
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Sri Lankan jets bombed rebel positions in the island's far north on Tuesday, the military said, as a 25-year civil war deepens daily.
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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 Lanka's cease-fire deal ended Wednesday in a spasm of violence, as suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus, gunned down the fleeing passengers and attacked farmers as they retreated into the bush, killing 31 people.
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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.