Sri Lankan army soldiers take positions during an operation to regain territory from the Tiger rebels in Mannar, about 312km (294 miles) north of Colombo, March 26, 2008. Sri Lanka's conflict has intensified since 2006, when the military launched fresh offensives as a truce agreement broke down. The six-year truce was formally scrapped in January and Nordic monitors expelled, opening a new phase of a war that has killed more than 70,000 people since 1983. Pictures has taken on March 26. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA)
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