Sri Lankan Airstrike Destroys Rebel Base
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 27 -- Air force jets destroyed a Tamil rebel naval base in Sri Lanka's north Thursday, a day after a fierce sea battle and a wave of infantry attacks killed at least 66 rebels and 14 government troops, the military said.
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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 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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Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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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 it believed   it had killed dozens of rebel fighters.
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Sri Lankan war planes bombed suspected Tamil Tiger positions in northeast Sri Lanka after the rebels allegedly blocked an irrigation canal, a government minister said.
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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's Air Force bombed Tamil Tiger bases for a third day on Thursday, and suspected rebels clashed with government soldiers, after the foes agreed to crunch talks aimed at halting renewed civil war.
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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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Fighting between the government and Tamil insurgents and a suicide bombing killed dozens Monday, including youths at what the rebels said was a school and the government insisted was an insurgent base.
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A rebel attack on an air base this week caused far more damage than previously acknowledged, destroying eight aircraft, including a vital surveillance plane, Sri Lanka's prime minister said Wednesday.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 29 Tamil Tiger rebels, taking the two-day death toll to 44 amid fresh fighting in the island's north, the military said on Saturday.
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Sri Lankan helicopter gunships rocketed Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's far northeast on Tuesday, the military said, but there was no word on casualties.
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Sri Lankan war planes bombed a suspected Tiger rebel camp in the northeast on Friday as part of an increased offensive against the guerrillas, a defence official said.
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Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties against each other in fierce fighting in the country's north.
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The Tamil Tigers' air wing bombed a north Sri Lanka air force base before dawn on Monday, the military said, while the Tigers said suicide fighters mounted their biggest ground assault since the two-decade civil war began.
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The Tamil Tigers today launched a coordinated ground and air attack on an airforce base in northern Sri Lanka, killing five servicemen and wounding 22 others, the military said.