Heavy fighting is continuing around the key LTTE-held town of Kilinochchi in northern Sri Lanka, according to the army. Last month, the government told foreign aid agencies to leave areas held by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) because it could not guarantee the security of aid workers. The BBC News website spoke to a doctor in the town who describes the fear as people wait for the war to arrive.

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