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LITE admits losing 126 Tigers

Lankan opposition to talk amendments to constitution
COLOMBO. Aug 4: Sri Lanka's main opposition party is meeting today to discuss proposed amendments to the country's election system in a new constitution, a party official said, reports Reuter.
The meeting of United National Party (UNP) lawmakers is seen as crucial because it could reflect its thinking on the government s plan to change the countiy's constitution.
The ruling People's Alliance government, which has a single seat majority in the 225-seat Parliament, requires the support of the UNP to get a two thirds majority vote in Parliament to pass the new constitution.
The UNP has yet to state openly its position on the new constituUon. but other minority parties have indicated their
■file government has said it will present its constitutional reform package In Parliament ahead of the November Budget Session.
"No major decision will be arrived at today's meeting. But it will be an opportunity for detailed discussion," said the UNP official who declined to be identified.
AFP adds: Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger guerillas today said 126 of (heir fighters were killed in a
major battle with government forces in the north of the coun-
The separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a statement from Its London office that their fighters attacked the “heavily defended military fortifications" in the town of Omanthai on Friday night.
It said that over 100 soldiers were killed and many more were wounded in a battle that lasted about seven and a half hours.
"Many highly sophisticated weapons and large stocks of ammunition were captured, one hundred and twenty six LITE fighters lost their lives," the LTTE statement said.
The Defence Ministry placed the Li lt losses in the latest attack at over 200 killed and many more wounded and said 67 government troopers were killed while resisting the Tiger onslaught.
Defence officials said troops recovered the bodies of 107 Tiger rebels, including those of ■"’«& Tiger rebd. step|>ed up their attacks to stall Sri Lanka's biggest military offensive aimed at opening a highway in the north of the country through rebel-held territory.