BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka troops 'kill 30 Tigers'

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka troops 'kill 30 Tigers': "Sri Lanka's military says its troops have killed at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels in fierce fighting in the east of the country.

'We have captured and destroyed four Tamil Tiger camps during battles over the last 48 hours,' said military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe.

He said one Sri Lanka soldier had been killed and 17 wounded. There has been no confirmation from the Tamil Tigers.

Despite an official truce, Sri Lanka has been sliding back to civil war.

More than 4,000 people have been killed in violence in the past 15 months." Read complete post here.