War displaced Tamil civilians escape from Tamil rebel-held areas. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels lashed out at the United Nations on Tuesday after it accused them of shooting civilians who try to escape the island's bloody ethnic conflict. (AFP/MoD/Ho)Sri Lanka Rejects Truce Call -- Yahoo News/AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka rejected a fresh call on Wednesday for a truce with the Tamil Tigers as troops took another village from rebel control and concern mounted for thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone.
The government's defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said the government was firmly committed to wiping out "terrorism" and described the demand for a ceasefire from a Tamil Tiger proxy as "laughable."
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