'Tamil Tigers hit' in naval clash
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Sri Lanka's military says it has sunk several boats and killed rebels in a clash with the Tamil Tigers.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels attacked an air force base in the island's north before dawn on Monday and heavy explosions and gunfire could be heard, the Defense Ministry said.
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Sri Lanka's navy says it has recovered claymore mine parts after sinking Tamil Tiger boats off the north-west coast.
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Sri Lankan troops killed 29 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 army mounted an offensive   to capture rebel-held territory south of the strategic   northeastern harbour of Trincomalee on Friday, officials said,   and a naval battle broke out off the island's northern tip.
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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.
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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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One Sri Lankan soldier was killed and 11 were injured in a clash with Tamil Tiger rebels in the far north of the island, the military said on Saturday, adding that it believed the Tigers had suffered heavy casualties.
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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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Sri Lanka's military says it has come under attack from Tamil Tigers the day after the rebels agreed to peace talks.
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Sri Lankan helicopter gunships rocketed Tamil Tigers in the island's far northeast on Tuesday, the military said, forecasting heavy rebel losses -- but there was no immediate word on casualties.
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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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More than 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier were killed in clashes in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the military said, the latest in a rash of confrontations amid renewed civil war.
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Heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tigers broke out in northern Sri Lanka Thursday, hours after Colombo announced it was pulling out of a tattered ceasefire agreement with the rebels.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil   Tiger rebels exchanged gunfire and skirmished at sea on Sunday,   bringing to an end a four-day lull in fighting around the   besieged Jaffna peninsula.
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Sri Lanka's navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger   craft overnight in a fierce naval battle off the island's   northern tip, the military said on Saturday, adding that it   believed it had killed dozens of rebel fighters.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers attacked soldiers and rural police in two separate pre-dawn raids on Wednesday, killing four people, the military said, though the rebels said the death toll was higher.