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The International Committee of the Red Cross says that the Tamil Tiger guerrillas in Sri Lanka have handed over to the government the bodies of nineteen soldiers killed in some of the latest fighting in the north of the island. At the same time the Red Cross passed on to the Tigers the bodies of two rebels killed by the army. Both sides say that they've inflicted dozens of casualties on the other over the past few days of fierce clashes in Sri Lanka. The Tigers have been coming under sustained pressure recently, with government forces capturing the town of Mallavi on Tuesday. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said that only some of the bodies have been identified and others are in a decomposed state. “The LTTE has handed over bodies only once they are decomposed “said Brigadier Nanayakkara.
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