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Aid Slowly Reaching Sri Lanka’s War Refugees A mother walked with her children as other civilians stood in line to receive food at the Manik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya on Tuesday. — NY Times

Aid Slowly Reaching Sri Lanka’s War Refugees

A mother walked with her children as other civilians stood in line to receive food at the Manik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya on Tuesday. — NY Times

‘Hospital hit’ in Sri Lanka, civilians dead At least 64 civilians were killed and another 87 wounded Saturday in an attack on the last remaining medical facility inside rebel-held territory in northeastern Sri Lanka, a pro-rebel website reported. Tamilnet.com said two shells fired by government forces hit the make-shift hospital at Mulliavaikal in the Mullaittivu district three days after its location was given to the military through the International Committee of the Red Cross. — AFP

‘Hospital hit’ in Sri Lanka, civilians dead

At least 64 civilians were killed and another 87 wounded Saturday in an attack on the last remaining medical facility inside rebel-held territory in northeastern Sri Lanka, a pro-rebel website reported.

Tamilnet.com said two shells fired by government forces hit the make-shift hospital at Mulliavaikal in the Mullaittivu district three days after its location was given to the military through the International Committee of the Red Cross. — AFP

Sri Lanka rejects international call for ceasefire with Tamil Tigers Sri Lanka snubbed the international community’s call for a ceasefire today, saying troops would not suspend their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels despite reports of a growing civilian death toll. The government said it would offer a limited amnesty to rebel forces that were ready to lay down their arms as they were on the brink of defeat in their 25-year-old struggle for a Tamil homeland. But ministers refused to hold peace talks, saying they would accept nothing less than total surrender. — Guardian

Sri Lanka rejects international call for ceasefire with Tamil Tigers

Sri Lanka snubbed the international community’s call for a ceasefire today, saying troops would not suspend their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels despite reports of a growing civilian death toll.

The government said it would offer a limited amnesty to rebel forces that were ready to lay down their arms as they were on the brink of defeat in their 25-year-old struggle for a Tamil homeland. But ministers refused to hold peace talks, saying they would accept nothing less than total surrender. — Guardian

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka, with hundreds of civilians killed in the past two weeks and 250,000 trapped by intense fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday. — Reauters

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka, with hundreds of civilians killed in the past two weeks and 250,000 trapped by intense fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday. — Reauters