Soldiers capture rebel bunkers as fighting kills 14 rebels,

Sri Lankan soldiers attacked Tamil rebel bunkers in the embattled north on Monday, triggering battles that left 14 guerrillas and one soldier dead, the military said. Government troops have opened up four fronts around the rebels' de facto state in northern Sri Lanka - , surrounding the territory, while the air force has launched a mission to kill the group's top brass and crush the rebels' decades-old separatist war.
At least 75 rebels and four soldiers were killed in fierce fighting across the north over the weekend, according to the military.

Fighting has raged since the government announced earlier this month that it was pulling out of a Norwegian-brokered cease-fire, which had long been ignored by both sides.

More than 600 people have been killed since the cease-fire officially ended, according to the military.