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paper 30.03.98 Heavy fighting in Jaffna 30.03.98 Meeting with LTTE blocked 30.03.98 SLA advance in Vadamaradchi 29.03.98 Delegation to meet LTTE 29.03.98 Jaffna posters decry creeping social evils 29.03.98 Neervely SLA post attacked 29.03.98 Police post attacked 29.03.98 Two women arrested 28.03.98 Jaffna stripped of its largest industrial venture 28.03.98 Girl student stripped naked and whipped by SLA 28.03.98 SLMC leader condemns attack on muslims 28.03.98 New SLA strategy to capture Mankulam? 27.03.98 Protest over transit delays 27.03.98 6 Tigers killed - STF 27.03.98 Cuts in Chloroquine supply fuel Malaria epidemic 27.03.98 Details emerge of SLAF bombing 27.03.98 Air strike wounds 2 civilians 27.03.98 18 Tigers killed near Mankulam - MoD 27.03.98 Arduous journey for Vadamaradchi travelers 26.03.98 SLAF jets kill 8 civilians 26.03.98 Parliamentarians to visit Norway 26.03.98 Army pulls back half kilometer 26.03.98 Hindu Congress meet Indian official 26.03.98 2 missing after navy attack 26.03.98 60 year old woman on terrorism charge 26.03.98 Civilians warned not to return 26.03.98 Postal workers protest resumes 25.03.98 70's budget for 90's detainees 25.03.98 PLOTE offers to screen Tamils 25.03.98 Auto-rickshaw drivers demonstrate 25.03.98 Disease worst problem in Vanni - Church 25.03.98 Reports in Sinhala hamper Jaffna judiciary 25.03.98 Tamil parties protest over arrests 25.03.98 SLA spearheads Sinhala Colonisation 25.03.98 Disease adds to Jeyasikurui toll 25.03.98 Norway to return asylum seekers - official 25.03.98 Detentions at Valaichenai sports meet 25.03.98 Grenade injures TELO cadre 25.03.98 4 Tigers killed 24.03.98 Two Tigers killed near Mankulam - Radio 24.03.98 Nurses threaten strike over demands 23.03.98 Hindu priest injured 23.03.98 SLA-LTTE firefight in Pashaiyoor 23.03.98 Kalutara prisoners begin fast unto death 23.03.98 SLA comments on Jaffna rape 23.03.98 2 EPDP cadres released 23.03.98 UNDP operations hampered 23.03.98 US delegation visits Jaffna 22.03.98 Unexploded bombs cause panic 22.03.98 1500 Tamils arrested in Colombo 22.03.98 LTTE refutes STF advance claim 22.03.98 Six troopers killed in kodikamam 21.03.98 LTTE's proscription gazetted 21.03.98 High incidence of Tuberculosis in Jaffna 21.03.98 Informant takes revenge on his neighbours 21.03.98 Education system in disarray 21.03.98 Jaffna water tanks remain empty 21.03.98 SLA 'discovers' 3 dead bodies in Kodikamam 21.03.98 Attempted suicides increase in Jaffna 20.03.98 5 Tigers killed in sporadic clashes 20.03.98 LTTE shells injure 7 soldiers 20.03.98 US Antiterrorism Law challenged in courts 20.03.98 Homeguards defy orders amid fear of LTTE attacks 20.03.98 Suresh to be released on bail 20.03.98 Old Kandy road to lead SLA to Kilinochi? 20.03.98 Police claim surprise attack on LTTE camps 20.03.98 SLA raids PLOTE office 20.03.98 Capture of Mankulam proving elusive? 19.03.98 Police torture suspected in detainee's death 19.03.98 Torture victim admitted to Jaffna hospital 19.03.98 Postal strike delays deliveries 19.03.98 Ghost candidates submit resignations 18.03.98 Mankulam battle continues 18.03.98 Palmyrah palms become victims of EPDP 18.03.98 Kfir bombs force thousands to flee 18.03.98 Parents of the Missing die of grief 18.03.98 Heavy SLA shelling displaces civilians - Radio 18.03.98 Krishanthi case accused escape police custody 18.03.98 Coverup of rape underway? 18.03.98 Jaffna Medical College vacancies yet unfilled 17.03.98 Research objectives of Buddhist monks questioned 17.03.98 Army orders to close down dispensary 17.03.98 Batticaloa MPs decline dinner invitation 17.03.98 Travel restrictions to be reviewed 17.03.98 Young woman raped in Jaffna 17.03.98 German Bank pledges reconstruction aid 17.03.98 Caste clashes on the increase in Jaffna 16.03.98 LTTE mortars inflict heavy damage 16.03.98 Eastern province facing isolation 16.03.98 Constable caught molesting a pregnant woman 15.03.98 SLA advance stalled - VoT 15.03.98 55-Division GOC and his deputy injured 15.03.98 Massive round up in Valaichenai 15.03.98 SLA officer killed and 41 injured - VoT 15.03.98 Heavy fighting in Olumadu 14.03.98 Vehicle ban temporarily lifted 14.03.98 Softdrinks for SLA eat 50% of ceremony funds 14.03.98 Army mounts fresh offensive 14.03.98 Joy ride at checkpoint damages lorry and its cargo 14.03.98 Revenge killing by STF? 14.03.98 Corruption rampant at Sri Lanka Telecom (Jaffna) 13.03.98 Candy floss vendor beaten 13.03.98 SLA advance in Jaffna repulsed - Radio 13.03.98 Mohan group members misbehave 13.03.98 4 SLA soldiers killed in Jaffna 13.03.98 Complaints fall on deaf ears 13.03.98 Transport restrictions hit Batticaloa 13.03.98 Passengers turned back at Manammpiddi 12.03.98 Protests against vehicle ban 12.03.98 Batticaloa vehicles barred 12.03.98 4 SLA soldiers killed - Radio 12.03.98 EPDP ignores its own pledge 12.03.98 Batticaloa Traders stop bringing goods from Colomb.. 12.03.98 Two SLA officers killed 12.03.98 SLA patrol attacked in Vantharumoolai 12.03.98 Child killed in SLA's retaliatory fire 12.03.98 Corrupt practices of Sudu Nelum denied 12.03.98 Civilians assaulted after grenade explosion 12.03.98 Bodies washed ashore 11.03.98 TELO member remembered 11.03.98 Sea tigers sink SLN boat 11.03.98 Two Sea Tigers killed - Radio 10.03.98 SLA shelling injures Kurunagar civilians 10.03.98 Security threat grounds passenger ship 10.03.98 4 Tiger boats sunk - SLN 10.03.98 SLN gunboat severs fisherman's arm 10.03.98 Sri Lankan intelligence officer commits suicide 09.03.98 SLA shells village west of Mankulam 09.03.98 Court fines illegal abortion 09.03.98 UNP briefs diplomats on PA violence 09.03.98 Police camp attacked - VoT 09.03.98 Uthayan editorial raises language issue 09.03.98 SLA-LTTE fire-fights in the North 09.03.98 Bomb explodes near Eravur Police station 09.03.98 Eravur explosion kills six 09.03.98 Three policemen killed 09.03.98 EPRLF pursues compensation cases 09.03.98 International Women's Day observed in Vanni - radi.. 08.03.98 CWC convention cancelled following court order 08.03.98 Gun boats attack Mullaithivu coast 08.03.98 CWC holds 'party meeting' in Colombo 08.03.98 9 Naval personnel killed in Vanni - VoT 07.03.98 Firing near Eravur Police sentry 06.03.98 Militiaman shoots relatives 06.03.98 Reward for policeman 06.03.98 EPDP cadre sought on molestation charge 06.03.98 Three Tigers killed 06.03.98 Prize winner must wait 06.03.98 Arrests in Batticaloa over Colombo blast 05.03.98 Police officer's rifle snatched 05.03.98 Colombo blast: details emerge 05.03.98 President calls emergency meeting 05.03.98 Powerful bomb explosion in Colombo 05.03.98 Mannar fishermen face more problems 04.03.98 Tigers release EPDP cadres 04.03.98 SLA tank destroyed - Radio 04.03.98 Urgent pleas over Tellippalai hospital 04.03.98 Jaffna Commissioner seeks German funding 04.03.98 Land mine defused by SLA 04.03.98 Cash-strapped TELO seen 'down-sizing' 04.03.98 Senior SLA officer wounded 04.03.98 Leprosy cases seen in Jaffna again 04.03.98 Kfir jet bombed Church - Radio 04.03.98 Stadium opening hangover 04.03.98 Church intervenes over student malnutrition 04.03.98 Road accident case dismissed 04.03.98 1 killed, three hurt in Chenkalady 03.03.98 Shortage of anti-tetanus vaccine in Jaffna 03.03.98 LTTE fighter killed in Moondumurippu 03.03.98 Mannar ferry service in limbo 03.03.98 UNP to boycott parliament 03.03.98 State Department declines LTTE request 03.03.98 Computers destined for Jaffna re-routed to Polanna.. 02.03.98 First flight fiasco 02.03.98 Mankulam artillery duels continue 02.03.98 SLA claims Mankulam advance 02.03.98 Renovated Jaffna Stadium opened 02.03.98 Indian fishermen arrested 02.03.98 Fisherman shot dead 01.03.98 Suicide after long detention 01.03.98 Malaria patients die in Vanni hospital 01.03.98 Vanni artillery battles continue 01.03.98 Police interrogate girl over convoy attack 01.03.98 War to end this year - President	Latest 15 Reports 18.08.19 23:50 SL TID detains outspoken Tamil doctor at Pazhai hospital 17.08.19 23:08 SLA Jaffna commander refuses to release Palaali lands at meeting presided by Wickramasinghe 16.08.19 13:25 SL Archaeology Department resumes plans to construct controversial ‘chaitya’ at Koonith-theevu 15.08.19 21:39 Wickramasinghe lacks courage to meet protesting Tamil mothers in North 14.08.19 23:31 2006 genocidal massacre at Chengchoalai campus marked in Vanni, Jaffna amidst PTA-threats 13.08.19 17:45 Tamil awareness urged on geopolitics-driven genocidal ‘development’ in Mannaar 12.08.19 20:04 Percival's 19th century Tamil proverb compilations collated and sorted in new publication 11.08.19 20:32 PTA-threats against constructing memorial arch for student victims of 2006 aerial massacre 10.08.19 22:49 Sinhala encroachers storm into 100 acres of lands at Kanneeraavi in Pulmoaddai 09.08.19 14:28 SL Forest Department retains 8,034 hectares of pasturelands in Paduvaan-karai, Batticaloa 08.08.19 20:05 Colombo converts 2000 acres of ex-HSZ lands citing India-assisted airport expansion in Jaffna 07.08.19 23:28 Book on Santhiya becomes narration of Tamil struggle incorporating Marxist ideas in early 80s 06.08.19 23:27 State discrimination causes death of 1000 cows, milk production drops by 5,500 litres in Batticaloa 05.08.19 23:55 Pirapaharan’s statements between 1984 and 1993 reproduced in book form in Europe 04.08.19 23:47 Threatened female activist suffers injuries in suspicious ‘accident’ in Batticaloa
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