PETHALAI, Sri Lanka, Dec 15, SPA -- A boat transporting ethnic Tamil refugees capsized off eastern Sri Lanka on Friday, leaving one child dead and six people missing, a hospital spokesman and witnesses said. The refugees were fleeing the rebel-held village Vaharai in eastern Batticaloa district, where there have been heavy clashes between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/411362
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