64 Die in Sri Lanka Battle
<i> Reuters</i>
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatist ambushed an army road-clearing patrol Monday, killing 29 soldiers and losing at least 35 of their own, dashing hopes that the island’s civil war is close to an end.
The attack follows weeks of smaller, hit-and-run raids in the east and north after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were routed from their Jaffna peninsula strong-hold earlier this year.
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