WORLD BRIEFING / SRI LANKA
At least 28 civilians have been killed in two days of fighting as Sri Lankan troops try to push into a small “no-fire zone” where Tamil Tiger rebels have hunkered down for their final stand, a health official said.
There have been widespread international calls for a cease-fire to allow the more than 100,000 civilians trapped in the 7.7-square-mile zone to reach safety, but the government has rejected a long-term cease-fire, saying it would only give the rebels time to regroup.
An official from a makeshift hospital said 15 civilian bodies with war wounds were brought to his facility Saturday and 13 the day before.
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