Shelling increases in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 15 December 1999, 12:54 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers have stepped up their artillery and mortar attacks on the coastal areas of Jaffna town from 7.30 p.m. last evening said sources in the northern town today. The Sri Lanka Army has been firing back, the sources added.
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Civilians cross into Vanni

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 December 1999, 16:58 GMT]
Sri Lankan government officials in Vavuniya said that 350 civilians who were stranded for over a month in Vavuniya after the closure of an access route to the Vanni areas held by the Liberation Tigers, were allowed to cross today.
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Auxiliary units clear arms - VoT

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 December 1999, 15:27 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its special news broadcast at noon today, that the Liberation Tigers were continuing t heir advancing into the areas controlled by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA). The radio said "auxiliary units" of the LTTE were engaged in removing arms, ammunition and other military hardware from recently captured areas.
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Tigers attack eastern SLA camp

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 December 1999, 04:56 GMT]
Three Sri Lanka army (SLA) soldiers were killed and nineteen wounded in the early hours of the morning today around 2 a.m. when the Liberation Tigers attacked the SLA camp at the state cadju plantation on the Valaichenai-Vaakarai road. The camp is situated about 22 km. north of Valaichenai at the Kirumichchai junction.
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LTTE offensive widens in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 13 December 1999, 11:29 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers have extended their offensive into the Thenmaradchi region of the Jaffna peninsula, the LTTE said in a statement today. Hundreds of Sri Lanka Army troops have been killed and the SLA's .key Elephant Pass base complex was cut off, the statement said.
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Tigers overrun Pullaaveli camp -radio

[TamilNet, Sunday, 12 December 1999, 15:55 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said this evening that the Tigers have overrun the Pullaaveli Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp, west of Vettrilaikerni.
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Tigers capture key naval base - radio

[TamilNet, Sunday, 12 December 1999, 09:18 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers Radio (VoT) said today that the Liberation Tigers have captured the Sri Lanka Army camps at Vettrilaikerni and Kaddaiakaadu, east of Elephant Pass.
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Ruling party leads poster war

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 December 1999, 23:59 GMT]
As polling day, December 21, for Sri Lanka's presidential election approaches, all the candidates, are stepping up their campaigns, with a vigorous poster war being the most visible aspect.
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SLA flies casualties to Colombo

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 December 1999, 18:22 GMT]
Sri Lankan security sources in Jaffna today told TamilNet that over 150 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers have been killed in the heavy fighting with the Liberation Tigers around the SLA base complex at Elephant Pass. The bodies of 60 SLA soldiers have been flown to Colombo the sources said.
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Elephant Pass "under seige"

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 December 1999, 15:40 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers said tonight their forces were laying siege to the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base complex at Elephant Pass, having launched a multi-pronged assault in the region. In a statement from its London offices, the LTTE denied SLA claims that 200 Tigers had been killed, and said it had lost 15 fighters so far.
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SLA reinforces Elephant Pass

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 December 1999, 15:00 GMT]
Conflicting reports of heavy fighting in the Elephant Pass area continued to emanate today. The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) said it had repulsed a major assault by the Liberation Tigers on its defences there, but the Tamil Eelam Vanoli (radio) monitored in Jaffna reported LTTE forces advancing in the region. The LTTE has not commented on the reports.
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Heavy fighting at Paranthan

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 December 1999, 08:01 GMT]
Heavy fighting has erupted between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at Paranthan from the early hours of the morning today security sources said.
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Jaffna NGOs appeal to UN

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 December 1999, 21:42 GMT]
The Consortium of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka has appealed to the Secretary-General of United Nations to prevail on the warring parties to agree for an immediate cessation of hostilities and to initiate peace talks.
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Food convoy to Vanni 13 December

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 December 1999, 21:40 GMT]
Food and other essential items are to be sent to the Vanni from Monday 13 December, said government sources in Vavuniya. A decision to this effect was taken in the top-level meeting held at the Vanni Security Forces Head Quarters today.
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Mannar PLOTE organiser killed

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 December 1999, 18:31 GMT]
The District organiser of the PLOTE in Mannar and the private secretary to the group's leader, Antony Mariathas, 34, alias David was shot dead by unidentified gunmen around 8.15 p.m. today sources said.
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Supply convoy crosses into Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 09 December 1999, 16:22 GMT]
A convoy of trucks carrying medicine, question papers, mail bags and non-food relief for the displaced people in Madhu, crossed into the Vanni areas held by the Liberation Tigers today, through the Pramanalankulam, Periya Thampanai and Periya Pandivirichchan route, said officials in Vavuniya.
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Two men shot dead

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 December 1999, 19:17 GMT]
The bodies of two people alleged by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to have been members of the Liberation Tigers were handed over to Vavuniya hospital on December 2 hospital sources said. The pair had been shot through the head, the sources said.
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Access route for civilians agreed

[TamilNet, Monday, 06 December 1999, 18:27 GMT]
An agreement to open an access route into the Vanni has been reached between the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers (LTTE) through the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), aid workers said today. It is expected the food supply to the Vanni will resume very soon, they added.
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LTTE releases two POWs

[TamilNet, Monday, 06 December 1999, 14:40 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers said today they two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, who were in their custody, were relased at Puthukkudiyiruppe in the Mullaithivu district at 9 a.m. this morning.
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Ranil promises to resolve conflict

[TamilNet, Monday, 06 December 1999, 11:39 GMT]
The Presidential Candidate of the United National Party (UNP) and the Leader of the Opposition, Ranil Wickremasinghe, declared that if he is elected, he would stop the war. He also promised to restore the civil administration in the Northeast province, with the establishment of an Interim Council, which would include the representatives of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Wickremasinghe was addressing his first election rally in the Tamil dominated north-eastern province this morning at Batticaloa town.
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