66 killed in jungle fighting.Fierce fighting between government troops and rebels has left 66 dead in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. . Troops flushed flush 1 v. flushed, flush·ing, flush·es v.intr. 1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush. 2. out Tamil Tamil (tăm`ĭl), Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. Tamil Any member of a people originally of southern India who speak the Tamil language. Tiger guerrillas List of famous guerrillas, ordered by region: Afghanistan
Four soldiers died and eight more were wounded in the fighting, 130 miles east of the capital, Colombo. Later, military snipers killed four more rebels in the north of the island. The fighting comes a month after the government called off their longest and bloodiest offensive in which more than 6000 people died. |
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