UN Says Many Civilians Killed In Sri Lanka Clashes -- Yahoo News/APCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The United Nations said Monday that "many" civilians have been killed in recent fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war and said the situation for thousands of displaced people trapped in the northern conflict zone had become a crisis.
In recent weeks, government troops pushed the Tamil Tigers out of the de facto state they ran in the north, forced the rebels into a broad retreat and boxed them into a small patch of jungle along with hundreds of thousands of civilians.
The military captured the rebels' final stronghold of Mullaittivu on Sunday and fought heavy battles with the separatists in the jungles throughout Monday, the military said.
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More News On The Sri Lanka War
Rebels flee to jungle as Sri Lankan troops advance - -AFP
Sri Lanka rebels retreat to jungle -- Al Jazeera
Sri Lanka Claims Rebels Now Cornered in Swath of Jungle - -Voice of America
Sri Lanka Says Last Rebel Stronghold Captured -- Voice of America
Army targets 'last Tiger pockets' -- BBC
Sri Lanka Captures Rebel Stronghold -- New York Times
Sri Lankan forces take key rebel strong-hold -- CNN
Sri Lanka: Army Seizes Last Rebel Stronghold -- Associated Press
Last Tamil Tiger Bastion 'Taken' -- BBC News
SCENARIOS: Is Sri Lanka about to finish the Tamil Tigers? -- Reuters
TIMELINE-Sri Lanka says 25 years of civil war almost at end -- Reuters
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