Sri Lanka said fewer than 500 fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam remain in the last rebel-held territory in the northeast, as the LTTE called for a cease-fire to allow aid to reach civilians.Soldiers captured Iranapalai near Mullaitivu at the weekend, the army said on its Web site. The LTTE is blocking food supplies and firing on supply vessels to try to create the “myth” of starvation among civilians, it said.
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