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<img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;Sri Lanka declares victory as troops close in on Tamil Tigers

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Sri Lankan troops closed in for what they said would be the last hours of their 25-year war against Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday night, claiming their foes were planning to commit "mass suicide" rather than surrender.

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