Sri Lankan troops kill 34 Tamil rebels
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Series of clashes break out on land and sea in the war-torn north
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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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The Sri Lankan military said it repulsed an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels on a navy base on Tuesday, amid increasingly bloody violence between government forces and the Tiger militants.
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The Sri Lankan army said on Sunday 28   soldiers and dozens of Tamil Tiger rebels had been killed   during their advance across rebel frontlines in the north of   the Indian Ocean island.
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At least 40 Tiger rebels, five troopers and two civilians were killed when troops repulsed an attack by the guerrillas on army camps and the town of Muttur in northeastern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.
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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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Sri Lanka's navy sank three Tamil Tiger rebel boats off the island's northeast coast, killing 18 rebels on board, the military said on Friday.
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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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(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's navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger   vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour   battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight   after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed   civil war.
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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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Government troops attacked separatist Tamil bunkers along the front lines in Sri Lanka's embattled north, triggering gunbattles that killed 34 rebels and one soldier, the military said Friday.
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Sri Lanka's navy said on Saturday it   sank 12 Tamil Tiger craft in a pre-dawn naval battle off the   island's northern tip, killing dozens of guerrillas including   suicide fighters, but the rebels dismissed the claim.
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Tamil Tiger rebels blew up an army bus in Sri Lanka&#39;s capital Thursday, killing at least one soldier, just hours after the guerrillas said they had also stormed a naval base and killed 35 sailors.
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Sri Lanka's navy rescued 34 Bangladeshi nationals who were aboard a crippled merchant vessel that sank off the island's southern coast, officials said.
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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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Sri Lankan troops killed 15 Tamil Tiger rebels and three soldiers died in clashes in the north, the military said on Sunday, as stepped-up fighting continued in the latest chapter of a long-running civil war.