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Special Task Force soldiers search passengers at a checkpoint in Colombo
22 Jul 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Special Task Force soldiers search passengers at a checkpoint in Colombo July 22, 2008. Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday dismissed a declaration by Tamil Tiger rebels of a brief unilateral ceasefire from July 26, adding there was no let-up of attacks on rebel positions in the north on Tuesday. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA)
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Government soldiers patrol at the street in northern Vavuniya, September 3, 2008. Battles between Sri Lanka's military and separatist Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed at least 57 people when the rebels counterattacked ...




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