[lbo-talk] Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting

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Tue Aug 8 08:20:34 PDT 2006


Reuters.com

Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-08-04T102307Z_01_SP249151_RTRUKOC_0_US-SRILANKA.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-worldNews-3

Fri Aug 4, 2006

By Peter Apps

TRINCOMALEE (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians fled Sri Lanka's eastern battle zone by tractor and on foot on Friday as shells fell nearby during an artillery battle between Tamil Tiger rebels and the army, survivors said. Small pockets of rebels continued firefights with troops in the eastern Muslim town of Mutur, where aid workers say between 20,000-30,000 people were trapped by the fighting. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-08-04T102307Z_01_SP249151_RTRUKOC_0_US-SRILANKA.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-worldNews-3



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