In this undated photo released by the Sri Lankan army on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, ethnic Tamil civilians who fled the Tamil tiger-controlled areas near the war zone wait to receive food distributed by Sri Lankan soldiers in Sri Lanka.
(AP Photo/Sri Lankan Army, HO)

In this undated photo released by the Sri Lankan army on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, an ethnic Tamil couple arrives at the government-controlled areas as they hold their child near the war zone in northern Sri Lanka.
(AP Photo/ Sri Lankan Army, HO)

Civilians arrive at the village of Putumatalan in Puthukkudiyirippu, northern Sri Lanka April 22, 2009 after fleeing an area still controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the 'No Fire Zone'. Thousands more civilians surged out of Sri Lanka's war zone on Wednesday, while soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia's longest-running war despite calls to protect those still trapped. In the third day since troops blasted through a massive earthen wall built by the LTTE and unleashed the exodus, the military said 81,420 people had been registered for onward transit to refugee camps. REUTERS/Stringer
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