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[TamilNet, Monday, 31 January 2000, 16:48 GMT]
Counter Subversive Unit (CSU) officer wounded in Batticaloa, Youth commits suicide in Jaffna town.
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Claymore blast kills two

[TamilNet, Sunday, 30 January 2000, 08:34 GMT]
A Sub Inspector and a policeman were killed in claymore blast at Kappachchi in the Cheddikulam area about 27 km. northwest of Vavuniya around 8.10 a.m this morning security sources said. Three policemen were also wounded in the blast.
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Vasavillan school boycott to continue

[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 January 2000, 22:17 GMT]
Student representatives of the Vasavillan Madhya Maha Vidyalayam in Jaffna have notified that the boycott protesting the arrest of one of their fellow student, Priya Sriskandarajah, by the Criminal Investigating Division (CID) will continue from Monday.
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Bomb explodes in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 January 2000, 07:27 GMT]
Twelve persons were killed and 73 others were wounded when a powerful bomb exploded at the Vavuniya post office around 11.10 a.m. today. Five Sri Lanka Army soldiers were amongst the dead, police source said.
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MP urges inquiry into shootings

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 January 2000, 19:17 GMT]
The Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Tamil United Liberation Front, Mr.Joseph Pararajasinghan has appealed to the President to order an impartial inquiry into the killing of a 10-year-old girl, Sellathamby Pushpalatha, and a 14-year-old boy, Vijeyan, by the SLA at Morakoddanchenai, a village 20 km north of Batticaloa.
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LTTE urges Vehicle Association against SLA transit

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 January 2000, 19:06 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers have asked the Vehicle Owners Association in the Vadamaradchi East region of the Jaffna peninsula not to allow Sri Lanka Army soldiers to travel in public transport busses. The Tigers say the SLA use "human shields" for troops relocation and reinforcing their positions in the region.
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Mannar rice farmers shot

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 January 2000, 16:45 GMT]
Five farmers guarding their rice paddy fields in Kunjukulam Vayal in the Mannar District were shot dead last night. Their bodies were brought to the Mannar hospital this evening.
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School girl succumbs to injuries

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 January 2000, 03:14 GMT]
One of the three civilians who were injured in the retaliatory fire by the Sri Lanka Army soldiers at Morakkoddanchenai in Batticaloa succumbed to her injuries Sunday night, hospital sources said.
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Search operation in Ampara

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 January 2000, 12:39 GMT]
Ten youths were arrested during a combined search operation by Special Task Force (STF) elite troops and police at Natpittymunai near Kalmunai, north of Ampara this morning.
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Petrol tankers attacked

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 January 2000, 09:25 GMT]
A petroleum tanker driver was killed and two others wounded when unidentified gunmen fired on two tankers owned by the Petroleum Co-Operation around 8 a.m. this morning, police said. The incident took place near a Sri Lanka Army camp at Punanai, 50 km. north of Batticaloa on the Colombo road.
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Kaluwanchikudy civilians injured

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 January 2000, 10:46 GMT]
Five civilians were injured, one of them seriously, when police opened fire at the Kaluwanchikudy market around 11 a.m today. Shops were closed and the situation remained tense in the town following the incident, sources said.
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House boat washes ashore

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 January 2000, 16:58 GMT]
A houseboat built of bamboo, washed ashore at Maamunai in Vadamaradchi East of the Jaffna Peninsula around 4 p.m. yesterday residents said. The house was damaged by gun fire, and there were blood stains on it they said.
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Claymore blast kills 6 soldiers

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 January 2000, 13:33 GMT]
Six soldiers were killed and 9 wounded when a Sri Lanka Army truck was hit by a claymore blast at Vaarikuttiyoor in the Poovarasankulam region around 5 p.m. today security sources said.
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Six SLA soldiers killed

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 January 2000, 17:53 GMT]
Six Sri Lanka Army soldiers (SLA) were killed in Thanankilappu in the Thenmaradchi Division of the Jaffna peninsula in the early hours of the morning today said sources.
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Two SLA soldiers killed in ambush

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 January 2000, 08:19 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and another wounded in an ambush by the Liberation Tigers at Gonawela in Uhane police Division, in the south-eastern Ampara District, around 8.15 a.m. this morning, security sources said.
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Jaffna youth held

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 January 2000, 18:03 GMT]
Nineteen-year old Balasuntharam Balashankar was arrested in Jaffna on Wednesday evening by soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, human rights sources said.
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Arrests follow Colombo blast

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 January 2000, 12:43 GMT]
Officials from the Criminal Investigation Department Thursday arrested the parents of Thilakaratne Yasotha,22, who is believed to have triggered the blast at Flower Road in Colombo Wednesday, the police said. The arrests took place at Akkaraipattu in the Ampara District, the police said.
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SLA tractor smashes shop

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 January 2000, 11:33 GMT]
Four women selling vegetables were injured when a Sri Lanka Army tractor speeding through the market area in Valaichenai went off the road around 12.15 p.m. Thursday, said eyewitnesses. The SLA soldiers who were riding on the tractor fired into the air to disperse crowd that had surrounded the vehcicle, they said.
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Youth missing after arrest

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 January 2000, 08:40 GMT]
A 22 year old youth arrested by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers from the Valaichenai Harbour View camp has been reported 'missing' according to his parents. SLA officials, when contacted by Batticaloa parliamentarian Mr.Pararajasingham, has denied the arrest of the youth.
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Six casualties in Muttur clash

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 January 2000, 12:48 GMT]
Four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and two members of the Liberation Tigers were killed in a confrontation at Uppooral area, between Muttur and Eechilampthu, in the Trincomalee District on Saturday morning the Tigers said.
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