Sri Lanka declares fall of rebel east, Tigers defiant
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lankan troops drove Tamil Tiger fighters from their last stronghold in the island's east on Wednesday, the military said, but the rebels vowed to carry on with a guerrilla-style war.
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Sri Lanka&#039;s Tamil Tigers on Saturday  extended a deadline for European Union truce monitors to  withdraw from the island, while the army accused the rebels of  shooting dead two soldiers in the northwest.
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Sri Lanka's government has decided to formally annul a ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tigers, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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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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Sri Lanka's army and Tamil rebels say there have been many casualties in clashes in the east.
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Tamil Tigers say 30,000 people are dead or missing in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
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The ceasefire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers formally comes to an end.
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Sri Lankan government to formally withdraw from its ceasefire with rebels amid escalating violence
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Sri Lanka's military said on Friday troops had killed 29 Tamil Tigers in a series of land clashes over 24 hours, as the death toll from renewed civil war continued its inexorable climb.
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Sri Lanka's defence ministry says soldiers have recovered the bodies of 14 Tamil Tigers after a battle in the east.
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Sri Lanka says it has killed dozens of Tamil Tiger separatists in a sea battle off the eastern coast.
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Sri Lankan troops killed 34 Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Saturday, following the government's formal scrapping of an already tattered truce in the two-decade civil war.
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Sri Lankan troops killed seven Tamil Tigers in the island's far north on Monday, taking the death toll from fierce fighting to 73, mostly rebels, since Saturday alone, the military said.
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President reiterates vow to crush rebel Tamil Tigers as he marks island's 60th anniversary of independence
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Sri Lanka's army chief has renewed a vow to defeat Tamil rebels, but refused to set a deadline for ending the decades-old conflict, saying the separatists remain a potent force, a report said Sunday.
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The Sri Lankan government plans victory celebrations after troops seized the last Tamil Tiger base in the east.
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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.