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Tuesday, January 06,  2009
      Editorial:Let him be caught first!

The army yesterday captured the southern entrance to Elephant Pass after a fierce battle.

Troops of the 58 Division fighting their way along the A-9 highway northwards wrested control of the southern part of the Elephant Pass causeway known as Thamilamadam.

"We are pushing the enemy further into the North," Military Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.
All Government schools reopened after the Christmas holidays yesterday and children observed two minutes silence at 8.30 am in memory of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the liberation of Kilinochchi. Students of Buddhist Girls’ School, Mount Lavinia pay their respect to war heroes. (Photo-Kamal Wanniarachi)

 

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