COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's navy sank a trawler carrying a suspected Tamil Tiger arms shipment off the island's northwest coast on Monday, hours ahead of the rebel leader's annual address expected to chart the course for more war.
The military said the navy came under fire from the 45-ft trawler in open seas, returned fire and the boat exploded, the latest in a string of such clashes in recent weeks as a new chapter in the two-decade civil war escalates.
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