COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, December 25, SPA -- Sri Lankan soldiers found the bodies of three Tamil Tiger rebels killed in the latest fighting in the embattled northern region as air forcefighter jets bombed militants building fortifications toprotect their de facto capital, the military said Thursday. Fighting has escalated in recent months in the 25-year-oldcivil war and the military has captured a series of rebelbases and large chunks of territory in the north, according to a report of Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/619454