World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 9, 2009
Sri Lankan security forces on Saturday captured the strategic northern town of Pooneryn, the last LTTE bastion in the west coast, giving the forces vital land link to Jaffna.
Government troops entered the main town after pitched battles with the Tiger rebels lasting over weeks, thus ending the LTTE domination of the town for nearly two decades.
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