Intense Fighting in Sri Lanka Leaves 44 Dead

( 09 Feb 08 - RV) The Sri Lankan military said today that 44 combatants have died following intense fighting in the country’s embattled north.The gun battles erupted yesterday as government troops closed in on the strategic rebel-held town of Adampan and took control of a nearby strip of land. Speaking from Colombo, Archbishop Oswald Gomis said that capturing Adampan would be a crucial step in the military's campaign to dismantle the rebels' de facto administration...