COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 07, SPA -- Seven insurgents were killed asSri Lankan soldiers pressed forward to capture a tiny sliceof land still controlled by ethnic Tamil separatists, themilitary said Saturday. Government troops have seized nearly all the rebels'strongholds and the insurgents _ who once controlled a vastswath of territory _ are now cornered in an area less than19 square miles (50 square kilometers), according to themilitary quoted by Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/641798
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