Sri Lanka gunbattles kill 6 in north
Sri Lankan soldiers killed six Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island, the military said on Monday, in the latest clashes in a renewed civil war. The fighting, in the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, was the latest in a spate of land and sea battles, ambushes and air raids between the armed forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels. Full Story