Time running out for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers - 21 April 09

  • 12 years ago
Fears are growing for what may be 100,000 civilians still trapped in Sri Lanka's war zone, according to UN figures, as a deadline for the Tamil Tiger separatists to surrender looms.

David Chater, reporting from the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, says time is running out for the Tigers before a "final assault" by the military.

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