It's good to read the newspapers so you are constantly aware of such issues, and hopefully together with the discussions in class, you will understand the relevance of studying this chapter on conflict.
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43 killed in fresh Sri Lanka fighting
Posted: 29 June 2008 1615 hrs
Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/357098/1/.html
COLOMBO : At least 41 Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers have been killed in fresh fighting in Sri Lanka's embattled north, the defence ministry said on Sunday.
Troops shot dead 20 guerrillas in the district of Vavuniya on Saturday while 14 were killed in neighbouring Weli Oya region, the ministry said, adding that another seven Tigers were killed in the coastal district of Mannar.
The ministry said 33 members of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were also wounded in Saturday's clashes with security forces. Two soldiers were killed and seven more wounded in the fighting, the ministry said.
There was no immediate word from the Tigers on the latest violence.
The defence ministry claims raise the number of rebels reported killed by government troops since the beginning of the year to 4,586, against the loss of 418 soldiers.
Government figures cannot be independently verified as journalists are barred from visiting frontline areas.
- AFP/vm
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Edited: 6th July latest:
Sri Lanka says another 21 killed in fresh fighting
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan troops have killed another 19 Tamil Tiger rebels and lost two of their own soldiers in fresh fighting in the island's north, the defence ministry said on Sunday.
Troops killed the 19 members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and wounded 27 others in the districts of Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Jaffna on Saturday, the ministry said.
A total of 13 government soldiers were also wounded in Saturday's clashes.
There was no immediate word from the LTTE on the latest violence.
However, the Tigers released pictures of their elusive leader Velupillai Prabhakaran commemorating his suicide bombers on the 21st anniversary of the first suicide attack by his guerrillas.
The Tigers have deployed over 250 suicide bombers, known as Black Tigers, to carry out devastating attacks since July 1987.
The defence ministry's latest claims of casualties takes the number of rebels reportedly killed by government troops since the beginning of the year to 4,755 against the loss of 427 soldiers.
Government figures cannot be independently verified as journalists are barred from visiting frontline areas.
Sri Lanka has been wracked by civil war for more than three decades. The rebels are fighting for an independent homeland for minority Tamils on the Sinhalese-majority island.
- AFP/so
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