Sri Lanka says rebels shell school, wound students
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Tamil Tiger artillery fire hit a school and its surroundings in northeast Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing three civilians including a child and wounding 10 students, the military said.
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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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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.
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Sri Lanka&#039;s air force pounded Tamil Tiger rebel positions for a second day Friday in retaliation for a bus bombing that killed 64 people in the worst violence since a 2002 truce, a senior insurgent leader said.
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Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up part of a rail track, derailing a train in Sri Lanka's east on Wednesday and injuring four people, the military said, a day before Japan's peace envoy was due to visit the district.
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At least 31 Sri Lankan guerrillas and one soldier were killed in heavy fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels across the embattled north, the defence ministry said.
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The Sri Lankan military says Tamil Tiger rebels have kidnapped 24 school children in the east of the country.
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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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The Sri Lanka army said it had attacked   and overrun several rebel Tamil Tiger bunkers on Saturday, with   at least 11 soldiers and many rebels killed.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 27 -- Rebels fired on Sri Lankan military helicopters carrying six foreign envoys Tuesday, slightly wounding the U.S. and Italian ambassadors and sending the group screaming and running for cover.
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The Sri Lankan military claims it has killed 26 separatist rebels in four different clashes.
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Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday accused Sri Lankan forces of killing at least six civilians in the embattled north-east as police investigated the &quot;execution-style&quot; murders of five men near the capital.
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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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Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka clashed with security forces and civilians in a strategic port town today, leaving one person dead and three injured.
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The military attacked Tamil rebels from land and air Thursday, and they retaliated with artillery and small arms fire in heavy fighting that left 13 combatants dead, officials said. A cease-fire monitor warned that the situation was worsening.
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An airstrike last month wounded the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels' reclusive leader, the Sri Lankan military said Wednesday. The rebels made no immediate comment on the claim.
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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.