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A Sri Lankan government soldier helps ethnic Tamil civilians who crossed over to government controlled area in Vinayagapuram, about 250 kilometers (156 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka , Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. Hundreds of Tamil civilians fled Tamil Tiger rebel held areas and entered government control territory fearing escalation of violence. Sri Lanka's government on Wednesday accused Tamil Tiger rebels of abducting at least 455 underage boys and girls from government-controlled areas this year to be trained as combatants and asked the insurgents to stop the practice. full story