Latest News from Sri Lanka:

* Sri Lankan troops eyeing Elephant Pass and Mullaitivu

Jan 03 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka military says the troops are now moving towards the strategic Tiger stronghold of Elephant Pass, located at the entrance to the Jaffna peninsula.
Defence Ministry said the troops of Army Task Force 1 are marching into the strategically vital Elephant Pass town and the capture of the town is imminent. According to the Army Commander, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka Elephant Pass is just 2 km beyond the Task Force 1 forward boundary.

* Kilinochchi's fall may spell end of Tigers' dream of separate state

Jan 03 (TOI) NEW DELHI- As the Sri Lankan army registered its biggest-ever military victory by capturing the northern town of Kilinochchi, it was also the day of the biggest territorial upset for the Tigers, who ceded their headquarters to the army, and with it, their aspirations for a separate state in the north. But the LTTE struck back with what it does best: a suicide attack at the Lankan air headquarters, killing three and injuring 37.

Quoted from lankapage.com