Sri Lanka takes key rebel town, death toll hits 376
Sri Lankan troops have captured the main rebel stronghold in the island’s east after weeks of heavy clashes which killed at least 376 combatants, the defence ministry said. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) pulled out of Vakarai, their main bastion in the Batticaloa district, in the face of the military advance, the ministry said in a statement Friday. Full Story