Sri Lankan forces claim major prize in highway battle
Sri Lanka’s military says it seized Mankulam along a highway from Colombo toward Jaffna after a brutal week of fighting that killed as many as 1300 troops and Tamil rebels. Reinforcements and counterclaims continue amid government censorship and missing details.
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Grenades injure 22 in Hebron amid West Bank tension
In Hebron, an assailant hurled two grenades at Israeli troops in a busy square injuring 11 soldiers and 11 Palestinians. The attacker was shot in the leg and fled into Palestinian areas as Israeli forces imposed a curfew and set roadblocks around the 130,000 resident city.
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