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Ethnic Tamil civilians board a military vehicle to go to a camp for internally displaced people after being checked by the military in Vishvamadu
10 Feb 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Ethnic Tamil civilians board a military vehicle to go to a camp for internally displaced people after being checked by the military in Vishvamadu, a town recently captured by soldiers battling to crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), February 7, 2009. The rate of people fleeing fighting between Sri Lanka's army and the LTTE has picked up sharply in the past week, with the separatist rebels now confined to less than 175 square km (67 sq miles). Picture has take February 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA)
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Soldiers stand next to their motorbike as they secure a road near Dharmapuran, about 8 km (4.9 Mile) west of the current fighting front line February 22, 2009. Dharmapuran was captured ...




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