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· COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Government troops killed as many as 44 Tamil rebels in northern and eastern Sri Lanka while destroying three small camps in the insurgents' last eastern stronghold, the military said. The clashes came after the navy said it fought off a rebel sea attack Tuesday, killing 40 separatists.
· ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved Kazakhstan's lower house of parliament and called early general elections in what opponents called a maneuver to secure his grip on power.
· TOKYO -- Japan has changed the name of the Pacific island of Iwo Jima, site of the famous World War II battle, to its original name of Iwo To after residents there were prodded into action by two recent Clint Eastwood movies. The original name in Japanese looks and means the same as Iwo Jima -- or Sulfur Island -- but sounds different.
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· PRAGUE -- Czech authorities confirmed the country's first case of bird flu in poultry, the CTK news agency reported. The agency quoted the state veterinary office as saying it would take until Friday to know whether the case, found in a turkey, was the deadly H5N1 strain.
-- From Staff Reports and News Services
