Solar energy sources for Vanni farmers

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 24 November 1998, 18:50 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Government is considering a plan to set up solar energy sources in the Vanni to help farmers in the region who have been affected by the severe restriction on supply of kerosene oil and the ban on other fuels, said D.M.U.Jayaratne , Minister of Lands, Land Development and Agriculture.
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Relatives to visit Lion Air graves

[TamilNet, Monday, 23 November 1998, 09:48 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers are to hand over the wreckage of the Lion Air passenger plane which crashed into the sea off the north western coast of the main land, sources in Vanni said.
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Kfir jet bombing injures civilians

[TamilNet, Sunday, 22 November 1998, 22:25 GMT]
Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jet planes launched air attacks in the Vanni region today, for the 2nd time since November 19, when SLA headquarters at Palaly, in the Jaffna peninsula, warned the public to keep away from areas where the LTTE camps are located.
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TULF MP Meets Danish Delegation

[TamilNet, Saturday, 21 November 1998, 18:38 GMT]
Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvan, of the Tamil United Liberation Front, told a visiting Danish delegation that Denmark should not return Tamil asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected. The delegation met Thiruchelvan in the parliament building yesterday.
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Skirmishes in Vanni

[TamilNet, Saturday, 21 November 1998, 00:00 GMT]
Two Liberation Tigers were killed in Mankulam, and two Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers were wounded at Ampakamam when the Liberation Tigers fired mortars said SLA sources.
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SLA warns civilians of major assault

[TamilNet, Thursday, 19 November 1998, 20:05 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) warned today civilians living near LTTE camps and positions, to move away to protect themselves from the attacks by the security forces. The warning was sent over the Jaffna radio broadcast at 5.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. This special transmission can be listened only in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Bombing victim's sister commits suicide

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 November 1998, 11:28 GMT]
Sambasivam Arulmoly (26), a displaced refugee from Thellipalai in Jaffna, who had sought refuge in Puthukudiyeruppu in the Vanni region, committed suicide on Sunday after the funeral of her brother, Sambasivam Arudchelvan (25), who was killed in Sri Lankan Air Force bombing.
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Traders undaunted by deaths

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 November 1998, 23:04 GMT]
Two more bodies were handed over to Mannar hospital by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) through the Police at 3.45 pm today sources in Mannar said. In the report the Police had given to the hospital authorities along with the bodies, it is stated that the two had been found at Uylankulam by the security forces today.
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Sporadic violence in Vanni

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 November 1998, 19:53 GMT]
Sri Lankan defence sources said that five Liberation Tigers were killed and two Sri Lankan Army soldiers were wounded in confrontations in Paranthan and Mankulam during the last 48 hours ending this afternoon.
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Seven Tigers killed in explosion

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 November 1998, 23:33 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said that 7 LTTE members were killed in an accidental explosion in the Vanni district on Saturday.
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Army shoots traders violating embargo

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 November 1998, 20:05 GMT]
Four civilians were shot dead by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) at the Uylankulam forward defence lines on Friday night around 8.00, said sources in Mannar. Three of the dead have been identified as residents of the Kilinochchi district who had sought refuge at Madhu Church in the Vanni.
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Jaffna NGOs help displaced in Vanni

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 November 1998, 19:35 GMT]
The NGO consortium of Jaffna decided unanimously at its annual general meeting, today, that all its members should do their best to help the people in the Vanni facing severe shortages of food.
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Airforce bombing kills two civilians

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 November 1998, 22:09 GMT]
Two civilians were killed and one wounded when the Sri Lankan Air Force jet bombed Kokavil junction in the Vanni region at 9.30 a.m today said the Voice of Tigers (VoT) . This attack had taken place in a crowded area the radio said.
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STF fire kills civilian

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 November 1998, 10:17 GMT]
The Special Task Force (STF), an elite commando unit of the Sri Lankan Police, shot and killed a civilian near Arukal Aaru in the Batticaloa district. He has been identified as S.Krishnapillai, 65, from Paalamunai, Mandur in the Batticaloa district.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 November 1998, 12:25 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army in Jaffna deny arrest of 15 persons; five Tigers have died in confrontations with the Sri Lankan Army since Saturday; displaced civilian feared dead in floods in the Vanni, and posters against British Minister's visit.
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Two Tiger boats sunk - SLN

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 November 1998, 12:41 GMT]
Sri Lankan Navy sources said that two speed boats of the Sea Tigers, the naval unit of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), were sunk in the seas off Saalai on the Mullaithivu coast last night.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 November 1998, 20:23 GMT]
Sri Lanka is to observe a two minute silence in respect of dead troops, Government allocates 700,000 RS for filming documentary about S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and TELO holds annual national convention today and tomorrow.
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Displaced people suffer collective punishment

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 November 1998, 20:16 GMT]
A cut in relief supplies to the displaced people in the Vanni cannot be justified and amounts to collective punishment by the Sri Lanka Government on the displaced people, said the memorandum sent by the displaced people in the Vanni to the Unites Nations General Secretary, and to the General Secretary of World Food Programme.
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Tamil politicians meet President

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 November 1998, 12:54 GMT]
Douglas Devananda, leader of the EPDP, T.Sidharthan, leader of the PLOTE and S.Premachandran of EPRLF met the Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunge yesterday, at Temple Trees, the official residence of the president.
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Jaffna lagoon 'no go' area

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 November 1998, 15:57 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) announced today that the Jaffna Lagoon would become a 'no-go' zone said sources in Jaffna. The ban will come into effect from 5 a.m. tomorrow, November 5, they said. Jaffna fishermen would be severely affected they said.
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