http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP139419.htmThousands of civilians fled Sri Lanka's eastern battle zone by tractor and on foot on Friday as shells fell nearby during an artillery battle between Tamil Tiger rebels and the army, survivors said.
Small pockets of rebels continued firefights with troops in the eastern Muslim town of Mutur, where aid workers say between 20,000-30,000 people were trapped by the fighting before they headed south in search of safety.
Tamil Tigers also attacked army camps, while the Army said it killed dozens of rebels as Norway's peace envoy flew in to discuss the future of Nordic truce monitors as the island slides back to civil war.
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The government must reply to terrorism with force. The problem is not an ethnic problem, it is terrorism," said Buddhist monk Karadhogolle Pachchasekase, standing in a red robe in the east, not far from the site of a disputed water supply which triggered the fight in the first place(more@link)
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