In Sri Lanka, Rebels 'Silence Their Guns'

May 17th, 2009 - VOA News

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their battle has reached "its bitter end." President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka from a visit to Jordan, where earlier he had declared victory. |

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TheSri Lankan army has been leading what it called a "final push" against TamilTiger rebels. A military spokesman told VOA that the army hoped to free allcivilians trapped in rebel territory by Sunday. The military said troops were movingin from the north and the south on the narrow area of coastline still held bythe rebels.

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