At least 20 killed as Sri Lanka violence grinds on
At least 17 Tamil Tiger rebels and three policemen were killed in Sri Lanka on Saturday, the security forces said, as the worst violence since a 2002 ceasefire grinds on despite peace talk pledges. Police Special Task Force troopers opened fire on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas who attacked a remote police post in the east, killing 15 rebel fighters, while the Navy killed two rebels wearing cyanide capsules around their necks as they tried to land by boat on the northern army-held Jaffna peninsula, officials said. Full Story