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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sri_lion" data-source="post: 911629" data-attributes="member: 4103">AFP reports:Tamil Tiger political chief killed: rebels3 hours agoCOLOMBO (AFP) — The political head and chief peace negotiator of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers was killed in a government air strike on Friday, the guerrillas announced.S.P. Thamilselvan, 40, the public face of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) died with five others in an attack by the Sri Lankan air force on rebel-held territory, they said.The defence ministry said it had targeted a venue where rebel leaders were meeting but gave no further details.Military officials said they had a report of a top-level gathering near the northern town of Kilinochchi, the political capital of the LTTE where Thamilselvan was based, and ordered the air raids.<a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jSJOXlHHC3J5krJyfHNo1JC6AMzw" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jSJOXlHHC3J5krJyfHNo1JC6AMzw" target="_blank">Read More >> </a>And last but NOT least here's <a href="http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=23655" target="_blank">Tamilnet</a></blockquote>

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