At least 52 Tamil Tiger rebels and 15 soldiers have been killed in clashes in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, the country's defence ministry says.

Fighting broke out at 0200 local time (2030 Bomb blast kills Sri Lanka priest ...
'Rising threats' to S Lanka media ... GMT) in the Tiger stronghold of Muhamalai.

Fighting in Sri Lanka has intensified since January, when the government pulled out of a formal ceasefire deal with Tamil Tiger rebels.

At least 70,000 people have died since the war began in 1983.

(BBC)

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