Sri Lankan troops killed around 30 Tamil Tigers in a clash overnight in jungle in the island’s restive east, the military said June 20, hours after the navy said it had killed around 40 insurgents in a sea battle. The military said soldiers had captured a rebel bunker line during the fight in a swathe of landlocked eastern jungle called Thoppigala, where Tiger fighters are still entrenched after the fall of their eastern stronghold earlier this year. It was the latest in a series of land and sea battles since the long-running civil war flared again in recent months. (Reuters)
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