The same day, and again on Wednesday, airforce planes supported by naval artillery pulverised rebel positions near the northern port of Trincomalee.
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The latest round of fighting started as a spat over the waters of a small river in the eastern district of Trincomalee.
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The government also needs the harbour and naval base at Trincomalee.
In a Trincomalee town hall with views of the glittering Indian Ocean, more than 80 families sleep on a concrete floor amid battered cardboard boxes of possessions.
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