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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