Heavy casualties in Vanni battle

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 November 1999, 15:58 GMT]
Over one thousand SLA soldiers were killed or wounded when the Liberation Tigers overran Nedunkerni and Oddussudan towns, the LTTE said in a statement from its London offices today. The LTTE said 40 of their fighters have been killed so far, and that its offensive was continuing.
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Tigers overrun Nedunkerni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 November 1999, 12:27 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers overran the town of Nedunkerni after heavy fighting today, said SLA sources. They said SLA units were withdrawing from the area amidst intense shelling by the Liberation Tigers.
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Tigers raise flag at Oddusuddan

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 November 1999, 21:55 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said this evening that the Liberation Tigers raised the LTTE flag in the newly captured town of Oddusuddan at 12.30 p.m. today, having overrun the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) complex of which the town was a part. Meanwhile LTTE sources in London told TamilNet that fighting continued in jungle areas adjacent to the town.
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Oddusuddan overrun - LTTE

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 November 1999, 12:10 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers overran defences of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and captured Oddusuddan town this morning, the LTTE said in a statement from their London offices today.
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Fighting in Ampakamam continues

[TamilNet, Sunday, 31 October 1999, 11:26 GMT]
Eleven Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers including an office officer have been killed and 187 wounded in the renewed fighting which broke out last evening said security sources.
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SLA hands over 27 bodies

[TamilNet, Saturday, 30 October 1999, 11:15 GMT]
Security sources in the Vanni said that the bodies of 27 Liberation Tigers, recovered by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the Ampakamam area, were handed to the ICRC this morning at Mankulam.
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Conflicting reports on Ampakamam fighting

[TamilNet, Friday, 29 October 1999, 21:26 GMT]
An attempt by the Sri Lanka Army to advance in the Ampakamam area yesterday has been beaten back, said sources close to the LTTE in London this evening.
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Fighting said continuing

[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 October 1999, 22:07 GMT]
Heavy fighting erupted when the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) launched an operation at about around 9 a.m. today to advance on three fronts in the Ampakamam area, about 12 km. north-east of Mankulam, sources close to the LTTE in London said this evening.
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SLA launches fresh offensive

[TamilNet, Thursday, 28 October 1999, 10:38 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army has launched a fresh operation, code named "Operation Water Shed-2", in the Oddusuddan-Olumadu area, east of Mankulam since this morning said defence sources.
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Bomb at police residence

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 October 1999, 10:27 GMT]
A bomb exploded in front the residence of a police officer near the Thimilaithivu police post, in the Batticaloa Municipal area last night. However no damages were reported, sources said.
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Police raid LTTE camp

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 27 October 1999, 09:37 GMT]
Sri Lankan Police said that they have recovered arms, ammunition, medicine and cash when they raided a LTTE camp at Avaranthulawa about 21 km. north-west of Vavuniya town yesterday. However no arrests were made the police added.
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7 SLA soldiers killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 25 October 1999, 18:00 GMT]
Seven Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and one wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked an army unit at Meeravodai about 30 km. north-east of Batticaloa, around 5.45 p.m. this evening security sources said.
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Bombs explode in Police checkpoints

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 October 1999, 14:45 GMT]
Two police personnel were wounded when two time bombs exploded at 3rd mile post on the Uppuveli-Nilaveli road, north of Trincomalee town between 8 and 8.15 a.m. this morning sources said.
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SLA kills seven civilians

[TamilNet, Saturday, 23 October 1999, 14:30 GMT]
Seven persons, including a woman, who were on their way to cross over the Jaffna Lagoon, from the Thenmaradchi to the Pooneryn area, on the night of 15 October were killed when the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) opened fire said sources in Jaffna.
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Youth tortured, shot by Police - Judge

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 October 1999, 11:08 GMT]
The Kalmunai Magistrate retuned today a verdict of homicide in the death of Sathasivam Sanjeevan, 19, a student of WesleyCollege in the eastern town. Sanjeevan was shot dead on 15 October 1998, while being held under the detention of Kalmunai police.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Thursday, 21 October 1999, 04:05 GMT]
Para militaries advised against fighting each other, Food convoys to Vanni resume, Minister visits Vanni war fronts.
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UNP: Ready to talk, but no guarantees

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 October 1999, 04:08 GMT]
The Leader of the Opposition and the President of the United National Party, Ranil Wickremasinghe, in his reply to the President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge avoided stating his position in regard to the guarantees she felt were necessary to find a bipartisan solution to the ethnic problem.
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Nine Policemen killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 October 1999, 06:58 GMT]
Nine military trained policemen were killed and 17 wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked a police camp at Thomaspuri in Vankalai, 5 km. north of Mannar around 2 a.m. this morning said sources.
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Body in well

[TamilNet, Sunday, 17 October 1999, 13:07 GMT]
The body of a young man, with hands and legs tied, was found in a well belonging to Puttralai Sithivinayagar Temple, in Pt.Pedro on the Jaffna peninsula, yesterday, said police sources.
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SLA offensive continues - LTTE

[TamilNet, Saturday, 16 October 1999, 21:27 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers said today they had inflicted heavy casualties on Sri Lanka Army (SLA) units which had advanced into LTTE territory on October 14 on twin fronts to the east and west of Mankulam. Scores of SLA troops and 48 Tigers were killed in the heavy fighting which is continuing, a press release issued by the LTTE's International Secretariat in London today.
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