Roadside blast kills civilian, wounds 5 soldiers in northern Sri Lanka , military says

Associated Press, Sat February 17, 2007 04:45 EST . - - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) A roadside bomb blast killed a civilian and wounded five soldiers in northern Sri Lanka - on Saturday, the military said.

The attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels targeted a bus transporting soldiers in Tamil-majority northern Jaffna city, the government's national security media center said.

Sri Lanka military finds assault rifles hidden in former rebel-held village

Associated Press, Sat February 17, 2007 04:22 EST . COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka - 's army found assault rifles Saturday hidden in an eastern village that it captured last month from Tamil Tiger rebels, a military spokesman said. The rebels have been fighting since 1983 to establish an independent homeland for Sri Lanka - 's minority ethnic Tamils following decades of discrimination under the majority Sinhalese-dominated government.