India is ready to help evacuate them, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told the Indian parliament.
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Sri Lanka says 10,000 civilians flee fighting
The Sri Lankan government said Sunday that more than 10,000 civilians have fled fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka over the past week, a "sudden increase" in people displaced by the violence. Most of the 10,501 displaced civilians are from Kilinochchi, while others are from the Jaffna peninsula, according to a news release from Sri Lanka’s defense ministry