Tigers hand over SLA bodies

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 April 2000, 06:53 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers handed over the bodies of 126 soldiers who were killed at Elephant Pass to the International Committee of the Red Cross at kilinochchi around 12.30 p.m. today. ICRC spokesman Harsha Gunawardena said that the bodies are being transported to Vavuniya and that it is expected that the convoy would cross the lines late this evening.
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ICRC medical supplies blocked

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 April 2000, 12:25 GMT]
Sri Lankan troops this week prevented the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from taking its MoD authorised medical supplies for its mobile and primary health clinics in the Vanni, the ICRC spokesman Harsha Gunawardena told TamilNet Thursday. He expressed concern for the civilians in the Vanni who relied on the ICRC facilities.
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SLA blocking essential medical supplies - MSF

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 April 2000, 12:51 GMT]
Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), the international aid agency said Monday Sri Lankan security forces were preventing it from taking urgently needed medical supplies into the Vanni region. The shortage of essential drugs in the region had become "critical" MSF said in a statement.
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Bomb damages inter-city train

[TamilNet, Sunday, 16 April 2000, 18:35 GMT]
The engine compartment of a Colombo-Vavuniya Inter-city train was damaged when a bomb placed inside exploded at 10.30 pm today, said sources in Vavuniya.
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Eight SLA killed in Vavuniya attack

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 April 2000, 07:56 GMT]
Six Sri Lanka army soldiers were killed and fifteen wounded when the reinforcements which were rushed to the Police sentry post at Arawantalawa that was attacked by the Liberation Tigers this morning were hit by a claymore mine this morning around 11.45 a.m.
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Thirty-three SLA wounded in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 April 2000, 07:27 GMT]
Thirty-three Sri Lanka army soldiers were injured and one was killed when the Liberation Tigers shelled SLA's current defence positions on the southeastern coast of Jaffna yesterday according to a press release of the Operational Headquarters of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence this morning.
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Offensive for MSR thwarted -VoT

[TamilNet, Sunday, 02 April 2000, 17:58 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers said this evening that they thwarted a two pronged operation by the Sri Lanka army (SLA) this afternoon to attack and overrun their defences on the A9 at Muhamaalai, about 14.5 kilometers south east of Chavakachcheri. They said that a main battle tank was destroyed and another damaged when their troops counter attacked the SLA. A South African 'Buffle' fitted with .50 heavy machine gun was also captured from the army in the battle they said.
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Radio lists Tiger KIA

[TamilNet, Friday, 31 March 2000, 10:54 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said in its special noon broadcast today that thirty one Tigers including two black Tigers and a member of the organisation's 'border force' were killed in the latest phase of Operation Unceasing Waves III in Jaffna. The total number of Tigers killed so far in the Jaffna offensive since Sunday night is sixty.
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Woman injured, youth killed in STF fire

[TamilNet, Sunday, 26 March 2000, 19:39 GMT]
A woman was wounded in the stomach when the Special Task Force (STF) commandos of the Sri Lankan security forces opened fire in a village south east of Mannar in the Murunkan sector this morning. The woman, Ponnuthurai Kathirasipillai, 52, was in the kitchen of her house in Vaalkaipetraan Kandal when she was hit in the stomach.
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Bomb detected in Colombo bound train

[TamilNet, Sunday, 26 March 2000, 09:28 GMT]
A powerful parcel bomb was detected in the Colombo bound night mail train from Vavuniya just before it was scheduled to leave the station yesterday, said sources. The bomb was removed from the compartment and was diffused opposite the Railway station by the SLA bomb disposal team.
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Claymore blast kills one

[TamilNet, Saturday, 25 March 2000, 06:29 GMT]
A soldier was killed and six others were wounded in a claymore attack by the Liberation Tigers in the Omanthai area around 2.30 p.m. yesterday said sources. Omanthai is about 10 km. north of Vavuniya.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 24 March 2000, 13:30 GMT]
Mine victim's led amputated, Ten people die at Mullaithivu hospital, Youth killed in Cross fire.
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SLAF orders school and temple to leave

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 March 2000, 20:09 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) ordered that a school and a temple in Batticaloa be closed immediately as they are within the land allocated for the future expansion of its base near the eastern town.
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TID arrests five in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 March 2000, 16:41 GMT]
Five civilians including four employees of the main Post Office in Vavuniya were arrested by a special team of the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lankan Police from Colombo today. Two Sub Post Masters, K.Kugathasan and A.Subramaniapillai and two minor employees, Thirunaavukkarasu and Raveendran were arrested while they were on duty at the Vavuniya main post office said sources.
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'City of Trincomalee' to ferry refugees

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 March 2000, 23:20 GMT]
The privately owned passenger vessel 'City of Trincomalee' is to be used for transporting displaced Jaffna people from the Vanni region to north under the resettlement scheme. The expenses will be borne by the State. Refugees will not be charged any fee, according to a letter sent by the Commissioner General of Essential Services to Trincomalee Divisional Secretary.
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Vavuniya residents picket GA

[TamilNet, Monday, 20 March 2000, 18:05 GMT]
About 50 people picketed the Vavuniya Government Agent's office this morning, urging officials to grant them permission to travel to their homes in Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara. They have been held at the 'Goodshed Welfare Centre' in Vavuniya for nearly two months.
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Bodies kept for identification

[TamilNet, Sunday, 19 March 2000, 12:51 GMT]
The bodies of three youths who were shot by the Sri Lanka Army in Vavunathivu on Friday are being kept at the Batticaloa hospital for identification.
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CARE launches Rs 64m rehabilitation project

[TamilNet, Saturday, 18 March 2000, 19:03 GMT]
CARE International has proposed to implement Phase 2 of the Rehabilitation Assistance Project for Internally Displaced (RAPID-II) with funding made available by European Union, in Sri Lanka, sources said.
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Three detainees freed

[TamilNet, Friday, 17 March 2000, 12:47 GMT]
Three people who were abducted by unidentified armed men in Vavuniya on Tuesday have been released by the Sri Lanka Army said Mr.S.Sreetharan, chairman of the Human Rights Commission (HRC).
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Three LTTE members killed

[TamilNet, Friday, 17 March 2000, 12:36 GMT]
Three members of the Liberation Tigers were shot dead by the Sri Lanka Army soldiers in Vavunthivu, 3 km. south-west of Batticaloa in the early hours of the morning today, army sources in the eastern town said.
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