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Government soldiers stand near a building damaged by Tamil rebels at Palali military base in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
24 Apr 2007
Source: Reuters
 
Government soldiers stand near a building damaged by Tamil rebels at Palali military base in Jaffna, about 396 km (246 miles) north of Colombo, April 24, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday two of their airplanes bombed the main government air base in the north, while the military said it repulsed the attack with anti-aircraft fire but lost six soldiers.
REUTERS/STR/SRI LANKA


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Tamil civilians walk past a government military controlled entry/exit point as they enter a rebel-held area in Omanthai, Vavuniya May 30, 2007, which was re-opened for traffic this morning after a being closed for nearly two weeks. Tamil Tiger rebels killed four soldiers in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the military said, while the Red Cross resumed operations in the north a week after pulling back over safety concerns.



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