Two Muslim businessmen shot in Kalmunai, one dead

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 15:29 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Muslim businessman, Mr. Ahammad Lebbe Thaheer, 42, Wednesday around 7:30 p.m. at Natpittymunai in Kalmunai, north of Amparai town. Another Muslim businessman, shot and wounded in a separate incident at 8:15 p.m. in Maruthamunai in Kalmunai, was rushed to Kalmunai Ashraff Memorial Hospital, Police said.
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Two LTTE cadres shot and killed in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 06:00 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two political cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eealm Monday night in Pallikudiyiruppu, a Muslim suburb in in Sri Lanka Army controlled Akkaraipattu in Amparai district, police said. The cadres, Mr. Suresh, 26, and Mr. Vellai, 22, who use to come to the village to purchase meat, were kidnapped by the gunmen, residents said.
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NEPC to setup sand mining projects in NorthEast districts

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 00:02 GMT]
North East Provincial Council (NEPC) is planning to establish plants to mine sand from sea in the districts of Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Amparai to compensate for the shortage of river sand needed for the construction industry in the districts. NEPC administration is to call for tenders internationally for the setting up of these plants, Mr.T.Thavasilingam, Provincial Deputy Chief Secretary, Engineering Services of the NEPC said at a meeting with officials of the National Reconstruction Association of Sri Lanka (NCASL) held Saturday in Trincomalee.
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Trinco, Amparai Tamil Students call for poll boycott

[TamilNet, Sunday, 13 November 2005, 17:45 GMT]
Tamil Students Consortium in the districts of Trincomalee and Amparai in the east have appealed to Tamil people to boycott the presidential poll to demonstrate that they are not interested in the power struggle between the Sinhala political leadership in the south. In statements released in Trincomalee and Amparai Sunday the consortiums have stated that it's time for Tamil people in the northeast to tell the international community and Sinhala people in the south of Sri Lanka that they are not prepared to be deceived by leaders of Sinhala chauvinist political parties any more, sources said.


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Vadamaradchy East, Kilinochchi voters can exercise franchise freely- GA

[TamilNet, Sunday, 13 November 2005, 12:42 GMT]
"We have made elaborate arrangements to ensure that voters residing in Liberation Tigers' controlled areas of Vadamaradchy east and Kilinochchi district can exercise their franchise with complete freedom without any requirement to produce identity cards," said Jaffna Government Agent and Jaffna District Election Returning Officer, K Ganesh, during a press meet held at the Jaffna Secretariat offices Sunday afternoon.
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We trapped and split LTTE, sank their ships, says UNP

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 November 2005, 00:18 GMT]
Sri Lanka’s opposition United National Party this week claimed credit for engineering a split within the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) through the peace process whilst at the same time keeping the movement locked in via an international security net. The UNP also claimed credit for the sinking of LTTE vessels during the peace talks.
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Bus-depot official shot dead in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Sunday, 06 November 2005, 16:25 GMT]
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mr. Thasaputhiran Thasakumar, 33, a staff worker attached to Sammanthurai bus depot of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (CTB), at his residence in Akkaraipattu, 64 km south of Batticaloa. The incident took place Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Akkaraipattu Police said.
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Masked motorbike troopers cordon, search Pottuvil

[TamilNet, Sunday, 30 October 2005, 16:16 GMT]
Masked motorbike-unit-soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army cordoned off and searched Pottuvil town and its suburbs Kundumadu and Kallaiyapattai Sunday evening. The soldiers searched the households and the residents in gunpoint for 4 hours from 5:00 p.m., residents said. The soldiers were wearing black masks.
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Amparai to hold Resurgence Convention

[TamilNet, Friday, 28 October 2005, 17:06 GMT]
The final event in the series of Tamil National Resurgence Convention is to be held in Amparai district in the east at the Thambiluvil Maha Vidiyalayam grounds on November 12, organizers said. Mr.Kanagasabai Pathmanathan, Amparai district Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarian, has been visiting villages in Amparai to conduct consultative meetings with local Tamil activists, sources said.
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Muslim man shot dead in Akkaraipattu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 October 2005, 07:46 GMT]
Two motorbike-riding gunmen shot and killed a Muslim man near Akkaraipattu Asha school Wednesday night around 8:00 p.m., Akkaraipattu police said.
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Wickremasinghe begins election campaign in NorthEast

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 October 2005, 16:37 GMT]
Mr.Ranil Wickremasinghe, presidential candidate of the opposition United National Party (UNP) Friday began his election tour in the Northeast province, with first rally in Vavuniya town. Mr.Noordeen Mashor, former Minister and Vanni District Sri Lanka Muslim Congress organizer presided the meeting held at Vavuniya Urban Council grounds Friday afternoon.
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Amparai pre-school teachers receive Bicycles

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 October 2005, 11:03 GMT]
Save the Children organization in Amparai district donated more than 50 new bicycles to preschool teachers as part of the Pre-School development project at an event held Wednesday in Attalaichenai.
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Hisbullah to rejoin SLMC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 05:44 GMT]
Mr.M.L.A.M.Hisbullah who entered parliamentary politic through the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), and later left it due to difference of opinion with the leadership has decided to rejoin the party. Mr.Hisbullah is to formally announce his political decision Wednesday at a media conference at Kattankudi, Muslim dominated town and his home political base in the eastern province, SLMC sources said.
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EPDP Pottuvil Head shot and killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 October 2005, 13:02 GMT]
An unidentified gunman shot and killed the Pottuvil organisor of the paramilitary Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Monday around 5:00 p.m. Mr. Abubhakkar Sagabdeen, 43, who had gone alone to a cafe without his usual police escort, was gunned down by the attacker who was riding a bicycle police sources said.
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Military trained academic staff parade held in Muttur east

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 October 2005, 10:57 GMT]
The passing out parade of the first batch of academic staff of schools in the LTTE controlled Muttur east area, who underwent military training as part of the LTTE auxilliary unit, was held Tuesday evening at Sampoor. The unit consisted of ninety two members, sources said.
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Thousands attend Jaffna Pongu Thamil rally, seek Army withdrawal

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 September 2005, 14:51 GMT]
An estimated two hundred thousand people attended the Tamil Resurgence celebrations in Jaffna Friday at Jaffna University Grounds, calling for the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to vacate the Tamil homeland and declaring that the Tamils right to self-determination is non-negotiable. Speakers at the rally said the event recognizes the Vavuniya proclamation and condemned the one-sided punitive measures taken by the European Union against the Liberation Tigers.
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Newspaper distributor killed in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 September 2005, 08:06 GMT]
Two unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mr. Yogakumar Krishnapillai the distributor of the Batticaloa-Eelanatham newspaper. The killing took place in the heart of Batticaloa town on Central Road in front of HNB Bank, a high security area of Sri Lanka Army, Friday morning around 7:30 a.m. Batticaloa Eelanatham, the only newspaper in Batticaloa, is printed in the LTTE held Kokkadichholai. On 10 September, Sri Lankan Special Task Force soldiers blocked the sales of the Eelanatham paper in SLA controlled areas of Batticaloa and Amparai districts.
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Aid fiasco in Sri Lanka

[TamilNet, Monday, 26 September 2005, 14:53 GMT]
A sweeping investigation into the Sri Lankan government’s use of international tsunami-related aid has found widespread misappropriation of funds and bureaucratic incompetence, an interim report released this week says.
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Grenade lobbed at STF camp in Thirukkovil

[TamilNet, Sunday, 25 September 2005, 15:34 GMT]
Two motorbike-riding men lobbed a grenade at a sentry point located in front of Sri Lanka's Special Task Force camp in Thirukkovil Sunday around 8:00 p.m. No one was injured in the attack, Akkaraipattu police said.
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LTTE - Muslim leaders meet, resolve Batticaloa land ownership

[TamilNet, Saturday, 24 September 2005, 13:48 GMT]
More than sixty five percent of paddy lands owned by Muslims which were in possession of Tamil farmers in LTTE controlled areas of Paduwankarai in the Batticaloa were formally handed back to Muslims in a meeting at Mandavathady in Thalaiyadi Saturday. Mr. A. L. M. Saleem, Regional Manager of Amparai People's Bank who was part of the Muslim delegation attending the meetin said that the event marks significantly improving Tamil Muslim relationship in Batticaloa district.
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