Dozens Die in Fighting; Rebels Say Truce Is Over
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From Times Wire Reports
Clashes between Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 46 fighters, and a roadside bomb killed 18 soldiers, the military said.
A senior rebel leader declared the country’s cease-fire over.
The clashes in the northeastern district of Trincomalee and in Jaffna, a port on Sri Lanka’s northern tip, were among the fiercest since the 2002 cease-fire and as close to open war as the two sides have come in months.
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