Sri Lanka's military says 7 rebels, 2 soldiers killed in latest fighting

: A new unit of ammunition of fighting killed seven Tamil Tiger Rebels and two Sri Lankan soldiers in the island's restive north, the military said Sunday.

The clangs on Saturday were along the presences in the countries of Mannar, Vavuniya and Welioya, the military said in a statement.

Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not immediately be reached for remark and it was not possible to acquire independent conformation of the claim.

Fighting have raged in the past respective calendar months around the rebels' northern strongholds, where they run a Delaware facto administration.

Government soldiers are trying to interrupt into the Rebel district from four chief fronts, promising to oppress the insurrectionists by the end of this year. Today in Asia - Pacific

The Tamil Tiger Rebels have got got fought authorities military units since 1983 to make an independent fatherland in the island's North and east for ethnical minority Tamils, who have suffered decennaries of favoritism under authorities controlled by the bulk Sinhalese.

More than 70,000 people have got died in the conflict.

Military says 52 rebels, 15 soldiers killed in fierce battle in northern Sri Lanka

: Tamil Rebels and authorities military personnel waged a ferocious conflict along the presence lines in northern Sri Lanka early Wednesday, killing 52 guerillas and 15 soldiers in the deadliest clang between the warring sides this year, the military said.

Other clangs Tuesday killed 10 Tamil Tiger Rebels and one soldier, the military said.

Wednesday's conflict broke out about 5:30 a.m. when Rebel military units overran the presence lines in the Muhamalai country of the Jaffna peninsula, north of the rebels' Delaware facto state, said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara.

Government military units fought back with little arms, howitzers and army tank fire, eventually repelling the Rebel assault and capturing 500 metres (yards) of rebel-held territory, he said. In improver to those killed, the combat also wounded 74 soldiers, he said.

Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan accused the military of sparking the battle. Today in Asia - Pacific

"They attempted to acquire near our positions. That's when the clangs erupted," he said, adding that he did not have got casualty figures.

Both sides routinely blow up casualty figs for the other side and underreport their ain losses. Mugwump business relationships of the combat are unavailable because the mass media are barred from the warfare zone.

Fighting between the two sides have escalated since the authorities pulled out of a long-ignored cease-fire trade with the Rebels and forced out the Scandinavian armistice monitoring devices who were some of the lone perceivers with entree to the warfare zone.

Senior authorities functionaries have got vowed to capture the rebels' Delaware facto state in the North and crushed leather them by the end of the year. But diplomatists and other perceivers state the regular army is facing more than opposition than it expected, and authorities functionaries have got got begun calling for Sri Lankans to have forbearance with the warfare effort.

In earlier fighting, a series of conflicts along the presence lines Tuesday killed 10 Rebels and one soldier, the military said Wednesday.

Ilanthirayan said only three Rebels were killed in those battles. He said he did not cognize how many soldiers died.

The Tamil Tigers have got got fought since 1983 to make an independent fatherland for Tamils, who have been marginalized for decennaries by consecutive authorities controlled by bulk Sinhalese. More than 70,000 people have got been killed in the violence.

Sri Lanka military says 27 Tamil rebels, 3 soldiers killed in new fighting

: A new moving ridge of fighting between authorities military units and Tamil Tiger Rebels across Sri Lanka's embattled northern part have killed 27 Rebels and three soldiers, the military said Monday.

Reports of fighting have got increased in recent calendar months amid authorities promises to capture the rebels' Delaware facto state in the North and crushed leather the grouping by the end of the year. Diplomats and other perceivers say, however, that the regular army have faced more than opposition than it expected.

Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said fighting erupted Lord'S Day along the presence lines in the northeasterly Welioya region, killing eight insurrectionists and two soldiers. Four other soldiers were wounded.

Also Sunday, regular army military personnel fought conflicts in Mannar territory in which 10 Rebels were killed and two soldiers were wounded, he said.

Scattered combat in the nearby Wanni part killed four Rebels and one soldier, while five Rebels died in the northern Jaffna peninsula, he said. Today in Asia - Pacific

Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not be immediately be reached for remark on the military's claims.

It was not possible to independently corroborate the business relationships because newsmen have got been barred from the warfare zone. Each side often exaggerates the other's casualty figs while playing down its own.

The Tamil Tigers have got been fighting since 1983 for an independent state for Sri Lanka's ethnical Tamil minority in the North and east after decennaries of being marginalized by Sinhalese-dominated governments. The combat have killed more than than 70,000 people.