Aid groups and the U.N. pushed for access to Sri Lanka's former battlefields Wednesday to treat and evacuate any wounded civilians stranded there, as the country celebrated a holiday to honor the military's victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Though the president declared the country free from terror Tuesday, government forces shot and killed two squads of rebel fighters _ a total of eight insurgents _ who were preparing ambushes in eastern Sri Lanka, the military said.
Pockets of rebel fighters are presumed still active in the east and officials suspect that sleeper cells are hidden in several cities _ raising fears the war could continue in the form of …
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