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| The leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, is alive and surrounded by government troops, the Sri Lankan military has said. | The leader of the Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, is alive and surrounded by government troops, the Sri Lankan military has said. |
| Prabhakaran is guarded by about 200 rebels and encircled by Sri Lankan troops in a small patch of jungle, a military spokesman said on television. | Prabhakaran is guarded by about 200 rebels and encircled by Sri Lankan troops in a small patch of jungle, a military spokesman said on television. |
| Sri Lankan forces have routed the rebels in the past few weeks, bringing a 26-year war to its conclusion. | Sri Lankan forces have routed the rebels in the past few weeks, bringing a 26-year war to its conclusion. |
| Earlier, four senior rebel leaders were killed in fighting, the army said. | Earlier, four senior rebel leaders were killed in fighting, the army said. |
| They are said to include the head of the Tigers' political wing, Balasingham Nadesan, the head of rebels' peace secretariat Seevaratnam Puleedevan, and a military leader known as Ramesh. | They are said to include the head of the Tigers' political wing, Balasingham Nadesan, the head of rebels' peace secretariat Seevaratnam Puleedevan, and a military leader known as Ramesh. |
| The army also says it has found the body of Prabhakaran's son, Charles Anthony. | The army also says it has found the body of Prabhakaran's son, Charles Anthony. |
| The latest claims cannot be verified as reporters are barred from the war zone. | The latest claims cannot be verified as reporters are barred from the war zone. |
| 'No escape' | |
| Sri Lanka's army says the last Tamil Tiger (LTTE) fighters have been penned into a 1.5 square kilometre (0.6 sq mile) patch of jungle. | |
| VELUPILLAI PRABHAKARAN Born November, 19541972: Founded Tamil New Tigers (TNT), forerunner to LTTEWanted in Sri Lanka and India Profile: Velupillai Prabhakaran | |
| The military spokesman said he could not predict exactly what would happen next but added: "We won't allow him [Prabhakaran] to escape." | |
| The television also showed what it said were Tamil Tiger (LTTE) ammunition dumps and heavy weapons burning after the rebels set fire to them. | |
| As the offensive continued, more than 1,000 Sri Lankans protested outside the British High Commission in the capital, Colombo. | |
| The demonstrators, accusing Britain of siding with the Tigers, threw stones and burnt an effigy of UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband. | |
| A High Commission spokesman said it was "an outrage" that the Sri Lankan authorities let the demonstration become so violent. |