Sri Lankan navy raid 'kills 12'
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Sri Lanka's navy destroys two Tamil Tiger boats and kills at least 12 off the north-eastern coast, defence officials say.
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Sri Lanka's military says it has killed 59 rebels in the latest fighting - a claim dismissed by the Tamil Tigers.
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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 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 claims it has killed 26 separatist rebels in four different clashes.
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Sri Lanka celebrated its 60th independence anniversary Monday with parades, speeches and a security clampdown that failed to prevent suspected rebels from bombing a civilian bus, killing 12 people, the military said.
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Sri Lanka is probing the reported massacre of 12 construction workers by Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said as the European Union outlawed the guerrillas as a terrorist organisation.
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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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[World News]: Colombo, Dec 27 : At least 5,880 people, including 70 foreigners, were killed in Sri Lanka a day after tsunamis wreaked havoc along most of the island&#39;s coastline, the military and Tamil rebels said today.
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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 Lanka said on Tuesday the death toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island rose to 12,212 people.
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Sri Lanka's navy says it has killed at least eight suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in a sea attack.
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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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Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed and destroyed a Tamil Tiger forward operating and sea training base in the island's rebel-held far north on Friday, the military said.
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Twelve people were killed when Cyclone Gonu struck the Gulf country of Arab, government officials say.
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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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The Sri Lankan navy said Monday it had sunk 11 Tamil Tiger rebel ships loaded with troops and weapons during a five-hour sea battle, killing around 70 separatists.