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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 26 > Last big rebel town falls in Sri Lanka

Last big rebel town falls in Sri Lanka


January 26, 2009

NEW DELHI — The Sri Lankan government announced Sunday that its troops had captured the last major town controlled by the ethnic Tamil guerrilla army, confining the rebels to a small patch of jungle and raising new fears about the fate of civilians trapped behind the front lines.

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