Sri Lanka's president has said the Tamil Tiger rebels are on the verge of defeat, but dozens of civilians were reported killed as fierce fighting continued in Asia's longest-running civil war. (AFP)Sri Lanka Predicts Imminent Victory Over Rebels
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's president said on Wednesday that the Tamil Tiger rebels are on the verge of defeat, but dozens of civilians were reported killed as fierce fighting continued in Asia's longest-running civil war.
In a national day address, President Mahinda Rajapakse said he was confident the Tigers would be finished within days, even as the United States and Britain called for a ceasefire to get trapped civilians to safety.
But the rebels fighting for a separate Tamil homeland battled on, with a UN spokesman saying the heavy shelling had killed more than 50 civilians late Tuesday and forced the evacuation of the only hospital in the battle zone.
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Sri Lankan President Says Tamil Tiger Rebels Almost Defeated -- Voice Of America
Sri Lanka Will Defeat Tamil Tigers Within Days, President Says -- Bloomberg
Sri Lanka war seen escalating as truce declared dead -- Reuters
U.N. cites Sri Lanka cluster bomb use -- L.A. Times
UN: Cluster bombs hit hospital in Sri Lanka -- Yahoo News/AP
Sri Lanka 'callous' over trapped civilians: rights body -- Yahoo News/AFP
UN: 52 civilians killed, 80 hurt in Sri Lanka war -- Yahoo News/AP
Sri Lankan hospital closes after being shelled -- CNN
UN Says Bombs Hit Hospital in Sri Lanka War Zone -- Associated Press
Wounded Flee Shelling of a Hospital in Sri Lanka -- New York Times
Sri Lanka Tells Civilians to Evacuate to Safe Areas -- Voice of America
Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day -- NDTV
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