Sri Lanka Keeps Up Offensive -- AFPCOLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lankan troops have kept up their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels cornered in the northeast, the defence ministry said, ignoring mounting international appeals for a ceasefire.
The island's government accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of firing heavy artillery and mortars from an area it has designated as a civilian "safe zone," and that its troops were retaliating.
The United Nation says up to 100,000 civilians are trapped in the area in "dire humanitarian conditions."
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