Sri Lanka's military says at least 11 government soldiers and seven separatist Tamil rebels were killed in overnight gunbattles in the north of the Island nation.
The fighting comes on the eve of a South Asian summit in the capital, Colombo, expected to be dominated by first-ever talks between Indian Prime Minister Monmohan Singh and Pakistan's new premier Yousuf Raza Gilani.
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