In Sri Lanka, some 43 Tamil rebels and four soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting in the island's north.
The army struck Tamil rebels in Jaffna in a pre-dawn attack today, killing five rebels and wounding 25 others. The latest deaths came after the little mounted a counter-offensive in Vavuniya district late last night. Some 38 rebels were slain and another 94 injured in the clashes in the northern region, while four soldiers were killed and 13 wounded.
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