Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels launched a new attack overnight on the besieged northern Jaffna peninsula, the army said on Thursday, as a U.S. envoy visited the island for talks on the worst fighting since a 2002 truce. The military said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had launched a night-time offensive along the front line with assault boats and infantry, but said it had largely been repulsed with some 70 rebel bodies left in no-man’s-land. Full Story