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Sri Lankan Waterway Reopens

HeadlineAug 09, 2006

In Sri Lanka, government and rebel forces are each taking credit for the reopening of a water canal at the center of two weeks of fighting. Over four hundred have been killed and thousands displaced as Tamil Tiger rebels have battled Sri Lankan forces in Trincomalee.

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