Civilians in danger amid Sri Lanka battle - 22 Apr 09

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Al Jazeera English
  • 12 years ago
The UN has called for a truce to allow civilians to leave a strip of land where the Sri Lankan army is battling Tamil Tiger fighters.

The says it has killed 43 rebels in the last three days and that it has pushed deep into the last piece of Tamil Tiger-held territory. Civilians have told our correspondent that rebel fighters fired on them as they fled the conflict zone.

Harry Fawcett reports.
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