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Colombo – Air force jets bombed the Tamil rebel police headquarters in a northern town in Sri Lanka Friday as ground troops were poised in the outskirts of the city, military officials and Tamil rebel sources said.

The rebel police headquarters, located in Kilinochchi town, 380 kilometres north of the capital, was bombed by an undisclosed number of government fighter-bombers on Friday morning.

Colombo - Air force fighter jets bombed the Tamil rebel political headquarters and their peace secretariat in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, as government troops were poised to enter the area, military officials and a pro-rebel website said.

The two buildings, located close to each other in Kilinochchi town, 380 kilometres north of the capital, where the Tamil rebels have been running their administrative activities during the past 10 years.

The air force commander said that the rebel headquarters had been bombed and destroyed.

Colombo  – Air force fighter jets bombed Tamil rebel strongholds in a town in northern Sri Lanka Wednesday as government troops advanced toward the area.

The military claimed they targeted five rebel locations, including two rebel bases in the town of Kilinochchi, 380 kilometres north of the capital, but the rebels said two civilians were killed and 13 others were injured in the airstrikes.

An air force spokesman, Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara, said one of the targets was a training centre for female cadres and the other was a base of senior rebels.

Colombo, Sept. 30 : The Government of Sri Lanka has claimed it is closing in on the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi.

Amid fierce fighting in recent days, the military says it will soon take the rebel base and, within months, end one of Asia''s longest-running conflicts.

The claims come amid fierce fighting in and near the Tigers'' base in Kilinochchi on the northern tip of the island, where government airplanes are pounding rebel positions as ground troops slowly tighten the noose, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

Colombo  – An explosion injured two people Monday in Sri Lanka's capital as government troops advanced on a Tamil rebel stronghold in the north after killing an estimated 25 guerillas and losing one soldier overnight, military officials said.

The explosion occurred in the busy Pettah area in central Colombo. Two people suffered minor injuries and six vehicles were damaged, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.