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SRI LANKA TURMOIL: Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan troops fought one of their fiercest battles in years, battering each other with small arms and mortar fire in a confrontation that the military said killed 52 guerrillas and 38 soldiers.
FOOD AID: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joined with leftist allies from Cuba, Bolivia and Nicaragua to create a $100 million program to fight the rising cost of food for Latin America’s poor.
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