Thousand detained in Vavuniya round up

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
More than one thousand Tamil civilians were detained in a massive search operation by the Sri Lankan Army and the Police in Vavuniya and its suburbs today.
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MoD reiterates claim

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lankan army sources in Vavuniya reiterated today that a group of special commandos had broken through the defences of the Liberation Tigers at Kanakarayan Kulam yesterday.
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Two navy personnel killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 12 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers attacked a Listening Post ahead of Operation Jayasikurui defences at Periyamadu last night killing two Navy personnel deployed there.
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SLA claims strategic junction is captured

[TamilNet, Sunday, 11 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army said that troops of Operation Jayasikurui captured the strategic Kanakarayan Kulam junction this afternoon.
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ICRC office robbed, guard killed

[TamilNet, Saturday, 10 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Unidentified persons broke into the Vavuniya branch office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the early hours of the morning today after tying up and knifing to death the security who was on duty there.
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Transit clearance arrangements changed

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Any civilians coming from the LTTE controlled Vanni into areas held by the Sri Lankan Army via Uyilankulam will be sent directly to Vavuniya from today rather than having to wait in Mannar for clearance, said Kachcheri sources in Vavuniya.
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Vavuniya military policeman shot dead

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 07 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A Military Policeman (MP) of the Sri Lankan army was shot dead this morning in Vavuniya around 8.30 a.m. by a lone attacker.
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Kilinochchi GA replaced

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A new Government Agent (GA) to the Kilinochchi district was appointed with effect from December 27 last year, said sources in Vavuniya. Government agent Mr. Thillainadaraja was transferred as Director, Ministry of Hindu Culture.
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Mullaitivu residents to fund local schools

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Parents and well wishers have collected 191,000 rupees through the Peoples' Welfare Society of Mullaitivu to repair the Kallappaadu and Vattuvakal schools, which were damaged by shelling and bombing between 1990 and 1996, said sources in Vavuniya.
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Unprecedented rain in the north

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Floods in the Vanni have brought water levels in the reservoirs to spill level and disrupted transport in the area, said officials of the Department of Irrigation in Vavuniya.
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Dozens die of malaria in Mullaitivu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 06 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Four persons at the Mulangavil Ilaiyaval settlement were among the 42 persons who died from Malaria in the Mullaitivu District last month, said sources in Vavuniya. Among the 42, nine were infants under one year.
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Commandos destroyed SLAF chopper - LTTE

[TamilNet, Sunday, 04 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan air force Mi-17 irreparably damaged on Friday had been attacked by a Black Tiger unit which had penetrated SLA defences near Karipattamurippu, said the Liberation Tigers in a statement issued today.
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Monsoon floods disrupts Jayasikurui again

[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army made a fresh attempt to resume the final phase of the 'Operation Jayasikurui' this weak said sources in Vavuniya. However, the columns of the Sri Lankan Army could not advance as the heavy monsoon rains which resumed in the Vanni this weak impeded the movements of the military vehicles.
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Seven SLA soldiers killed

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Seven Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and twenty were wounded when the Liberation Tigers fired heavy artillery on Operation Jayasikurui's forward defences at Olumadu last night said army sources in Vavuniya today.
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SLAF Helicopter damaged

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 January 1998, 23:59 GMT]
An airforce Mi-17 helicopter was heavily damaged by LTTE fire while it was attempting to land at the Olumadu SLA camp around 2.30 this afternoon. Seven soldiers in the helicopter were wounded, according to intial unconfirmed reports from Vavuniya.
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No way out

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The plight of thousands of Tamil civilians incarcerated in the transit camps of Vavuniya still hangs in the balance, weeks after the Deputy Minister for Defence approved a procedure to expedite their release.
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Ten thousand people to return before elections - official

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Commissioner of Elections Mr. Dayananda Dissanyaka told a delegation of the EPRLF which met him yesterday that he will take steps to send home more than ten thousand people who are waiting in Vavuniya, Mannar and Colombo to travel to Jaffna.
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Young girls accosted by CID officer

[TamilNet, Friday, 26 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
A young girl, identified as Kandhaiah Amudha of Vidaththalthivu in Mannar, who was allegedly raped by a Sri Lankan Police intelligence operative in vavuniya town yesterday retracted her statement to the Police this afternoon.
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Tigers attack SLA in Vanni - 6 killed

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Six SLA soldiers, including an officer were killed in two separate attacks in the Vanni by the Liberation Tigers last evening.
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Sitharthan says PLOTE is confident

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The PLOTE began its election campaign yesterday in Pt. Pedro, for the forth coming election for the local Government bodies. The organisation held several pocket meetings there.
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