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[Sri Lanka rebels hand over dead
Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:30 PM BST140 By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - [Sri Lanka`s Tamil Tiger rebels on Thursday handed over the bodies of 74 soldiers killed in a battle a day earlier to the Red Cross, taking the army`s death toll in one of the worst clashes since a 2002 truce to at least 129.] Nearly 300 soldiers were wounded in the fighting on Wednesday around the besieged government-held enclave of Jaffna in the far north, and the violence is spurring fears that peace talks scheduled for the end of the month may be cancelled. On Thursday, a suspected rebel roadside bomb attack in Jaffna killed five people. Artillery duels continued to rage in the area. Residents heard fighter jets fly towards Tiger territory and explosions in the distance. The military had already recovered the bodies of 55 troops killed during Wednesday`s battle. A massive 283 soldiers were wounded. The military believes it killed around 200 Tiger rebels. The rebels say 10 of their fighters died. Red Cross officials were taking the 74 corpses to the southern border crossing between government and Tiger territory, where they were due to be handed over to the military. The Tigers and the military each accuse the other of provoking Wednesday`s fighting, which political analysts and the international community fear could derail the upcoming talks, scheduled to be held in Geneva. ] http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-10-12T123009Z_01_SP153285_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SRILANKA.xml&type=worldNews&WTmodLoc=World-C3-More-4 |
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