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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 3590852" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka says 145 killed in northern fightingSome 120 Tamil Tiger rebels and 25 government soldiers are dead following fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's embattled north.The Sri Lankan military said 10 soldiers are missing following the fighting on Tuesday.Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said fighting broke out in two villages on the northern Jaffna peninsula and areas surrounding the insurgents' de facto capital of Kilinochchi.Rebel officials could not be contacted for comment. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVoaDFmbCYS-Usz9ACDRIengj21QD953Q0IO0" target="_blank">AP</a>At least 25 government soldiers and 120 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, a military spokesman said.Security forces carried out simultaneous attacks against Tamil Tiger defences near their northern political capital of Kilinochchi and on the Jaffna peninsula, spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.He said a further 162 government soldiers and an estimated 250 rebels were also wounded in Tuesday's heavy fighting along several Tamil Tiger defence lines.The pro-rebel Tamilnet.com website, however, said at least 40 government soldiers were killed and another 120 wounded in the Jaffna peninsula alone.It said the fighting went on for nine hours, but did not give rebel casualties.The figures point to some of the fiercest fighting in the north of the island, where government troops are battling to dismantle the rebels' mini-state, for several months. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irRsHWQtlBF1G0OAxHfGAcF9GDjA" target="_blank">AFP</a></blockquote>

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