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Sri Lanka claims 100 dead in sea battle

FIERCE CLASHES The navy said they sank 12 Tamil Tiger boats and killed around 100 fighters in a six-hour-long battle off the coast of the island's Jaffna Peninsula

AGENCIES , COLOMBO

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has flatly ruled out the Tigers' demands for a separate homeland and the Tigers vow to continue their struggle until they achieve it.

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