Navy opens fire on fishermen

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 May 1999, 21:55 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) shot at two fishermen off the Pesalai coast this morning, said sources. Thirunaavukarasu Mariyadas (46) and Pethuru Yesu Pavaliyappar (35) are from Thevanpiddy, a fishing village near Vellaankulam in the LTTE held areas of the areas of the Vanni.
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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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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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Former EPRLF Chief Minister visits Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 May 1999, 15:06 GMT]
Mr. Varatharajaperumal, former Chief Minister of the Northeast Provincial Council visited Vavuniya today and had discussions with the Senior Superintendent of Police and Government Agent (GA) regarding the situation there, sources said.
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Madhu refugees to return home

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 May 1999, 16:06 GMT]
Deputy Minister of Defence Anurudha Ratwatte today ordered the Government officials in Vavuniya and Mannar to send back the refugees in Madhu area to their own places which have been brought under the SLA control.
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People's revolution has started - Karikalan

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 May 1999, 16:05 GMT]
Karikalan, the deputy Leader of the Political Wing of the LTTE said at a May day rally held at Mallavi Mahavidiyalayam in the Wanni area that the Tamil people were determined to continue the liberation struggle though they live under immense pressure due to economic embargo and other difficulties.
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Three policemen wounded

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 May 1999, 06:18 GMT]
Three Policemen were wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked the forward defence lines of the Police at Sector 2 in the general area of Uyilankulam about 15 km. south of Mannar island on Sunday around 5.30 p.m., sources said.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 02 May 1999, 09:54 GMT]
Police officer wounded in Trincomalee; A musical enetertainment program organised by the PLOTE was briefly disrupted by a grenade explosion; May Day celebrated in Mallavi and Mulliyawalai.
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Missing person found in Hospital

[TamilNet, Saturday, 01 May 1999, 09:53 GMT]
(Correction) The TamilNet's Vadamaradchi correspondent met one of the persons reported missing in the Jaffna Human Rights Commission's (HRC) report, Mr.Vanniyasingham Karthigesu today at the Manthikai hospital where he is under treatement for virus fever.
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Three reported missing in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 01 May 1999, 04:57 GMT]
The Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Jaffna has reported that three persons have gone missing in the peninsula in March and April this year. According to Gowri Suntharalingam, the official in charge of the commission's office in Jaffna, the Sri Lanka Army and Police have said that they did not arrest or detain any of these persons.
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Protest fast in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 April 1999, 21:40 GMT]
Hundreds of civilians took part in a fast at St.Sebastian Church in the eastern district of Batticaloa today, protesting at the presence of the Sri Lanka Army in the premises of Madhu church.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 April 1999, 20:47 GMT]
Two Jaffna University students arrested; The Sri Lanka Army Commander meets Madhu priest and Aid convoys for LTTE controlled area.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 April 1999, 16:51 GMT]
Lung cancer increasing in the Vanni; New houses constructed in the Vanni and one LTTE casualty in Oddusudan.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 30 April 1999, 06:55 GMT]
Civilians move into SLA controlled areas, Body found in Chilaw, Four arrested in Colombo, Sivanathan Kishore, an official of the Sri Lanka Red Cross in Vavuniya has been handed over to the Police.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 April 1999, 18:45 GMT]
Villagers allege assault during search operation and about two hundred civilians were allowed today to enter the SLA controlled area.
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Reports of explosions in Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 28 April 1999, 14:58 GMT]
Heavy shelling and bombing was heard from the direction of SLA positions in the Kanakarayankulam sector from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today said sources in Vavuniya.
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“War cannot be stopped”- President

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 April 1999, 12:12 GMT]
The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga Bamadaranaika, told an inter faith peace delegation yesterday evening that she could not stop the war against the Liberation Tigers.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 27 April 1999, 12:08 GMT]
New SLA camp in Jaffna; Police shelling kills three; LTTE announces five casualties and eighteen detained following search operation.
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