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SRI LANKA BATTLES: Scattered battles in the war-torn jungles of northern Sri Lanka killed 20 guerrillas and a soldier, the military said, while the rebels accused the government of killing eight civilians in an air strike.
JOURNALIST FREED: Belarusian authorities released an independent journalist from prison, a decision that appeared to be part of the authoritarian president’s efforts to improve ties with the West. Alexander Sdvizhkov, a former deputy editor of the Zgoda newspaper, was convicted in January of inciting religious hatred by publishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and had been sentenced to 3 years in prison.
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Briefs compiled from Tribune news services
