Sri Lanka says 21 killed in latest fighting

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, September 29, SPA -- Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka'sintensifying civil war killed 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and onesoldier, the military said Monday. In new fighting Sunday, troops captured part of astrategic road in the Kilinochchi district after aseven-hour battle that killed seven rebels and one soldier,the military said in a statement. Attacks on rebel bunkers and other scattered fightingkilled 11 rebels in the Welioya, Jaffna and Vavuniyadistricts, it said. Another two rebels were killed in a brief firefight inAmpara in the east, the military was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/594111

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