Conflict

Sri Lanka
Conflict: Military says Sri Lankan forces have entered the guerrillas' de facto capital, Kilinochchi, predicting it will fall within hours.

3. Copy the headlines and the link to a news item reporting on that conflict.
Sri Lanka Says Troops Captured Rebel Center
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/asia/03lanka.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=sri%20lanka%20Kilinochchi&st=cse

4. Summarize the news item in your own words in 5 - 8 sentences. (identify the main ideas)
they announced the capture of the de facto rebel capital, dealing at least a serious symbolic to the ethnic Tamil separatists ambition to create a homeland of their own.

5. Describe the conflict.
Government troops capture the northern town of Kilinochchi, held for ten years by the Tamil Tigers as their administrative headquarters. President Mahinda Rajapakse calls it an unparalleled victory and urges the rebels to surrender.

6. Which ones are the roots of the conflict?
the ethnic Tamil separatists’ ambition to create a homeland of their own.

7. a) Who is involved in the conflict?
president Mahinda, people of the town Kilinochchi and the tamil tigers
b) Where is it happening? Kilinochchi
c) When did it happen and how long has it been going on? last friday