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VIDEO: Sri Lankan army claims new victory
27 Jan 2009 05:28:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 26 - The country's military says it has captured the last major town held by Tamil Tiger rebels.

The eastern port of Mullaittivu was one of the last targets of a military onslaught aimed at ending the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which has raged for 25 years.

Paul Chapman reports.




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Medical staff treat an ethnic minority Tamil child, who was injured by heavy combat between Tamil tigers and government military in Tamil rebel territory, at a hospital in Vavuniya, about 260 ...



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