Sri Lanka helicopter gunships bomb rebels

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan helicopter gunships rocketed Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's far northeast on Tuesday, the military said, but there was no immediate word on casualties.

The attack in the northeastern district of Trincomalee comes just days after President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed to defeat and tame the Tigers while offering to resume peace talks to end a new chapter in their two-decade civil war. read more