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Sri Lanka seizes town held by rebels for 18 years
Monday, 1 December 2008 - 10:36 PM SL Time
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan soldiers have recaptured a key northern town near the headquarters of Tamil Tiger rebels 18 years after the area was seized by the insurgents, the military said Monday.
Troops seized Kokavil town, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of the insurgents` de facto capital of Kilinochchi, on Sunday, military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said. He did not give casualty details.
The capture was the latest sign of the government`s recent dominance in the island`s decades-old civil war since it promised to defeat the insurgency by the end of the year. The rebels have been forced to abandon vast areas of land and retreat to territory in the northeast during months of heavy battles.
The Tamil Tigers have controlled Kokavil since they overran a military camp there in 1990, Nanayakkara said.
The military has been closing in on Kilinochchi for weeks and continued its march Monday. Air force jets bombed a village from which the Tamil Tigers have launched counterattacks on government forces` attempting to break through to the rebel stronghold, the military said in a statement.
The military said three targets were successfully hit but did not provide casualty details.
Separately, army snipers killed three rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula on Sunday and Monday, a Defense Ministry statement said.
Rebel officials could not be contacted for comment. It is difficult to verify battlefield reports because most journalists are barred from the war zone.
Tamil Tiger rebels have fought since 1983 to create an independent homeland for the country`s ethnic minority Tamils, who have suffered marginalization at the hands of successive governments controlled by ethnic Sinhalese.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence.
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gonnamba
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Sri Lanka seizes town held by rebels for 18 years
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 1 Dec 2008 16:44:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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How many inch to go !
Probably a question your girlfriend would wish she could ask you |
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 1 Dec 2008 16:46:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Probably a question your girlfriend would wish she could ask you
Well !
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1 Dec 2008 16:47:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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YES WE CAN !
President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions.
Obama on Monday announced Democratic primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state and said that President George W. Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, is staying on.
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1 Dec 2008 16:49:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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Nothing left to imagine for Girl friend in this aspect !
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Only a little more to go... Muluthiv next |
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 1 Dec 2008 16:50:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Obama on Monday announced Democratic primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state and said that President George W. Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, is staying on.
If Obama wants to have Vaiko in his cabinet what would be his portfolio?
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1 Dec 2008 16:51:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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If Obama wants to have Vaiko in his cabinet what would be his portfolio?
Secretary of Public Sanitation and waste disposal |
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 1 Dec 2008 16:51:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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The Tamil Tigers have controlled Kokavil since they overran a military camp there in 1990, Nanayakkara said.
Tigers will overrun a military camp there again .. soon.
Edited By - TNTamil - 1 Dec 2008 16:51:59 GMT |
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