15 Sri Lanka Troops Slain
<i> Associated Press</i>
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
Fifteen soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in an hourlong confrontation with Tamil Tiger rebels in the eastern Batticaloa district, officials said.
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