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Sri Lanka controls coast, cuts off sea escape

Other News Materials 16 May 2009 08:21 (UTC +04:00)

Sri Lanka's military says it has taken control of the island's entire coastline and cut off any sea escape for Tamil Tiger leaders trapped in a tiny slice of remaining rebel territory, AP reported.

Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says two army divisions moving along the island's northeastern coast linked up Saturday morning to deny the Tamil Tiger rebels sea access for the first time in its quarter-century separatist insurgency.

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