| Sri Lanka Rejects Tamils Offer to Revive Ceasefire |
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The Sri Lankan government says it will push ahead with an offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels, rejecting a rebel offer of restoring the 2002 ceasefire the government formally ended last week. Sri Lankan defense officials Friday vowed to continue military operations to eliminate the rebel group. Officials say the Tamil Tigers used the ceasefire to regroup and plan more terrorist attacks.
In the north, the military says its warplanes carried out raids Friday, destroying a rebel sea base. The military says ground forces also targeted rebel positions along several fronts. Tamil Tigers are fighting for a Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. An estimated 70,000 people have died since the war erupted in 1983. |
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