Sri Lanka says captures last rebel stronghold in east
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Sri Lanka's military said on Wednesday it had taken the last rebel stronghold in the island's restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau.
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Sri Lankan forces on Saturday ambushed a group of Tamil Tiger rebels allegedly planning to attack a police checkpoint in the east, killing 11 insurgents, while a separate bomb attack killed three policemen, officials said.
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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 Lanka's military battled Tamil Tiger rebels with tanks and fighter jets along a shared "border" in the island's east on Thursday, with each side blaming the other for the outbreak of fighting.
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Sri Lankan soldiers battled Tamil Tiger rebels in jungles in the island's restive east on Thursday, the military said, as Japan's special peace envoy visited camps for war-displaced families in the area.
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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 Lankan helicopter gunships rocketed Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's far northeast on Tuesday, the military said, but there was no immediate word on casualties.
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The Sri Lankan military claims it has killed 26 separatist rebels in four separate clashes.
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Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted losing a key stronghold in eastern Sri Lanka to government forces and said they would revert to guerrilla tactics in the troubled region.
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Recovery efforts were under way in eastern Sri Lanka after overloaded boats carrying refugees from the rebel-held Vakarai region capsized.  At least 13 people are feared drowned, the BBC reported.  Fighting in the area in recent weeks has displaced tens of thousands of people.
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Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have commemorated thousands of fighters killed in battle amid sporadic clashes with government forces in the island's embattled northeast, the rebels said.
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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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The Liberation Tigers met Sri Lankan armed forces representatives Friday at the truce monitoring mission office in Batticaloa for discussions on the security of their political activists who are working in the eastern town.
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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 has agreed to include observers from other countries after Tamil Tiger rebels expelled European Union member states from a ceasefire monitoring mission, an official said.
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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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Sri Lanka's government said it pushed   Tamil Tiger rebels from the mouth of strategic Trincomalee   harbor in the island's restive northeast on Monday, and that it   would therefore halt its offensive.