COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Tens of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka's northern war zone are facing starvation, the Tamil Tiger rebels warned Saturday as the U.N. sent its top humanitarian official to assess the crisis.
- WATCH VIDEO (AFP)
Reports of chaos in the northern war zone have increased in recent days as the Sri Lankan military pushed forward with its offensive to destroy the rebel group and end this Indian Ocean island nation's bloody, quarter century civil war.
More than 100,000 civilians have fled the tiny coastal strip still under rebel control... More>>
- Video: ''Catastrophe'' in Sri Lanka (Reuters)
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