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Police search for gunmen who attacked cricketers
Six police and two security personnel were killed in an attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team on Tuesday in Lahore. Police are searching for up to 12 gunmen who "appeared to be well-trained terrorists", according to the city's police chief.
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Govt rejects talk of truce with Tigers
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have appealed for international action to halt a major offensive against their shrinking fiefdom while the island's military have rejected any talk of a truce. The rebel forces are cornered in the northeast of the island.
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Tamil rebels agree to ceasefire, but refuse to disarm
Sri Lanka's rebel Tamil Tigers have announced that they are ready to comply with an internationally brokered ceasefire but say they will refused to lay down arms.
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Tamil Tigers say air raid was suicide mission
At least 38 people were injured in the bombing of the Inland Revenue building in Colombo. The raid was carried out by two Tamil Tiger aircraft, one of which was reportedly shot down. The Tigers claim the attack was a suicide mission.
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Rebels call their suicide air-raid mission a 'success'
The Tamil Tiger rebels called the air raid on the Sri Lankan capital a success, despite planes missing their stated targets. One hit the main government tax office in central Colombo, killing at least two people and wounding 53, the military said.
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In the papers

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Tamil Tiger rebels open fire at refugee bus
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a bus taking civilians out of Sri Lanka's war zone. Elsewhere, at least four died and over 100 were injured in a shelling on a home for the elderly and in a safe zone in the northeast Puttumattalan area.
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Tamil Tiger suicide bomber targets refugees
A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber targeted a refugee camp for civilians fleeing Sri Lanka's war zone, millitary officials said on Monday. The blast killed several soldiers and injured at least 45 people.
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Thousands flee fighting as Tigers make a last stand
At least 10,000 civilians have fled the battle zone in northern Sri Lanka over the past four days as a government onslaught threatens to deal a death blow to the Tamil Tiger rebels' 30-year campaign for independence.
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Gov't offers amnesty to surrendering Tamil rebels
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has told parliament that the government will offer amnesty to Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender. Military sources report that troops have captured the last known rebel naval base on the island.
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