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Soldiers patrol along the street in northern Vavuniya
08 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Soldiers patrol along the street in northern Vavuniya, September 8, 2008. Sri Lanka's advance into Tamil rebels' heartland has unleashed the bloodiest combat in a decade and opened a new phase of the 25-year-old conflict, but conventional military success won't mean an end to war. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA)
REUTERS/STR/SRI LANKA


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A Sri Lankan army soldier of the bomb disposal unit stands guard near the scene of an explosion in Colombo September 29, 2008. A bomb hidden inside a van exploded in ...




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