Mine blasts rock Sri Lanka amid fresh bid to save truce

Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tiger rebels set off two more mines and fought a gun battle with troops Tuesday as the United Nations urged talks and Norway made a fresh bid to pull Sri Lanka back from the brink of war.
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Jan 17, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tiger rebels set off two more mines and fought a gun battle with troops Tuesday as the United Nations urged talks and Norway made a fresh bid to pull Sri Lanka back from the brink of war. Military officials said members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ambushed a navy bus by setting off a landmine in the restive northeast port district of Trincomalee, leaving 10 sailors wounded.

The explosive device rigged up to a bicycle went off as the bus passed by, a military official said, adding that the vehicle escaped the full impact.

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He said the guerrillas immediately opened fire at the bus and sailors retaliated, killing at least two of their attackers.


A civilian was wounded in the crossfire.

"When the Claymore mine narrowly missed the bus, there was a hail of bullets from the side of the road," the official told AFP.

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"Out of the sailors injured, one is in a critical condition and has been sent to Colombo for treatment.

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He said troops searche

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