BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Casualties' in Sri Lanka clashes

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Casualties' in Sri Lanka clashes: "Clashes between troops and Tamil rebels have continued in northern Sri Lanka after fighting at the weekend which the two sides said claimed dozens of lives.

The rebels say they killed at least 30 soldiers in the north, while the army said it had killed more than 50 rebels.

Neither claim could be independently verified. Meanwhile, the Red Cross has urged the authorities to investigate the killing of two of its staff.

Despite a truce on paper, Sri Lanka has been sliding back towards civil war.

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