Army recruitment deadline extended

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 May 1999, 12:02 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army extended the deadline for the recruitment of Jaffna youths in to its ranks as no one had turned up for the walk-in interviews until yesterday evening.
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LTTE shells SLA convoy

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 May 1999, 12:04 GMT]
A Special Task Forces commando soldier was wounded when the Liberation Tigers ambushed a STF foot-patrol at Sorikkal Munai, 2 km. south of Samanthurai, in the south-eastern Ampara district, last night.
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Army camps moved out of church land

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 May 1999, 21:42 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army has moved its camps to a distance of one kilometre from Madhu church land. However, armed soldiers are still deployed within the church land to check civilians who move in and out of the area, said Rev.Fr.Thevasagayam today.
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Valaichenai youth shot dead

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 May 1999, 22:50 GMT]
(News Feature) A Tamil youth was shot dead by security forces personnel manning the cemetery sentry point at Valaichenai town in the Eastern province at around 2.00 p.m. today, said sources.
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Protest by relatives of missing servicemen

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 May 1999, 17:43 GMT]
Almost 500 relatives of Sri Lankan Security Forces personnel who have been listed as missing in action marched to the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this evening following a public meeting held at the auditorium of the Buddhist Youth League.
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Weapons recovered from paramilitary groups

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 May 1999, 20:06 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army has today recovered weapons from the paramilitary groups The People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) in Vavuniya, sources said.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 16 May 1999, 10:05 GMT]
General Ratwatte sees newly captured land; Refugees sent back to Jaffna; Tightened security in Trincomalee.
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VoT details Pallamadhu clashes

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 16:56 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers radio said that more than 15 Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed and several others wounded in the fighting between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. yesterday when the Army attempted to advance towards the LTTE forward defence lines in the Pallamadhu area.
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LTTE FDLs captured - MoD

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 14:47 GMT]
A statement issued by the Operational Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that Sri Lanka Army soldiers involved in 'Operation Rana Gossa III' have captured heavily fortified LTTE defence lines (FDL) south east of Periyamadhu yesterday.
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Heavy fighting reported in the Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 May 1999, 23:04 GMT]
Heavy fighting has been reported between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army in the Paalampiddy and Periyamadhu areas since last night, said sources in the northern town of Vavuniya.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 May 1999, 19:28 GMT]
Jaffna lawyers to appear in criminal cases; Four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers killed in confrontation and Forty-four arrests in Colombo.
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Exchange of bodies through ICRC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 17:24 GMT]
(CORRECTION) The Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army exchanged the bodies of soldiers killed in action through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Further clashes in the Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 16:04 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its morning transmission today that two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and a LTTE member were killed in confrontations at Oddusuddan in the Vanni region yesterday.
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SLA soldier wounded in blast

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 May 1999, 18:13 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was wounded when a bomb hidden in a sentry post near the patrol station in Chiththankerny in the Jaffna peninsula exploded around 9 a.m. this morning.
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SLA sends demolition crew home

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 May 1999, 06:24 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops prevented a group of Policemen from demolishing five shops at Horowapothana Road in Vavuniya town yesterday.
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Passage through Uyilankulam checkpoint restricted

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 May 1999, 04:29 GMT]
A large number of civilians were refused entry into the SLA controlled area of Mannar by security forces manning the Uylankulam checkpoint yesterday, said residents who arrived in Vavuniya yesterday evening.
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SLA starts recruitment drive

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 May 1999, 23:34 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army Chief of Staff and the Commander for the Vanni region, Major General Lionel Balagalle, has called for 3000 youths from all communities in the Vanni to join the army and restore law and order in the country by bringing an end to the war.
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Soldier held for giving birth on duty

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 May 1999, 23:32 GMT]
A female soldier is being held in Police custody after being suspected of giving birth to a child while on duty at Galkandegama, the 165th mile post of the Medawachchi trunk road on Tuesday.
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SLA cuts down villager's livelihood

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 18:32 GMT]
Residents of Maamunai on the south-eastern coast of Jaffna complained today that Sri Lankan Army personnel stationed at their village are cutting down a large number of palmyrah and coconut palms from their private properties.
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SLA seeks Jaffna recruits

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 May 1999, 21:00 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army called on the youth of Jaffna to join its ranks today. The SLA advertised in today's issue of Jaffna's only daily news paper, the Uthayan for eligible youth who have passed grade eight in schools and who measure not less than 5 foot 2 inches.
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