Eleven civilians killed

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 01 June 1999, 07:11 GMT]
Military officials said today that eleven civilians were killed and 6 injured last night, around 8.30 p.m, in an attack by the LTTE at Kiri Ibanwewa a remote settlement in Weli Oya area.
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Razeek killed in blast

[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 May 1999, 09:29 GMT]
P.Ganeshmoorthy, also known as Razeek, leader of the military wing of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) and one of his assistants, Chandran Jeyakumar were killed in a bomb explosion at about 1.05 p.m. today. A civilian, Ali Mohamed Thahir of Eravur was also killed, along with the attacker.
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SLA-LTTE clash in Vadamaradchi

[TamilNet, Friday, 28 May 1999, 11:26 GMT]
Two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were wounded in a clash with the Liberation Tigers in Vadamaradchi East in the Jaffna peninsula this morning around 11 a.m. police sources in the northern town said.
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Food convoy disturbed by military operations

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 May 1999, 23:01 GMT]
Displaced families in the LTTE held areas have not been issued with relief rations over the last two months as government food stores and multipurpose co-operative society stores are empty, sources said.
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Seven Tigers killed in naval battle -VoT

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 May 1999, 06:40 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said this morning that 7 Liberation Tigers were killed in a sea battle with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), off the coast between Mullaithivu and Pulmoddai, on Wednesday night.
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Tamils denied justice in Sri Lanka - JVP

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 May 1999, 03:20 GMT]
"We accept that Tamils face problems in Sri Lanka. Tamils have received unequal treatment from successive Sri Lankan Governments. They have been denied social justice. Due to these injustices Tamils are undergoing immense hardships now," said Tilvin de Silva, the General Secretary of Janatha Vimukti Peramuna (JVP), while addressing the foreign correspondents at the Galle Face Green Hotel yesterday.
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Religious leaders in peace procession

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 26 May 1999, 16:33 GMT]
The 'Peace Council of the Religious Leaders' conducted a procession in Vavuniya yesterday, to stress the need to establish peace in the country. More than two hundred people, the majority of whom were Buddhist monks, and other religious leaders participated in the campaign said sources.
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PLOTE - EPDP tension in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 May 1999, 23:05 GMT]
An EPDP member and his wife were seriously wounded when they were assaulted by armed PLOTE cadres in Batticaloa at around 6.15 p.m. this evening.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 May 1999, 18:06 GMT]
Three policemen injured in LTTE attack and food convoy to operate without escort.
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LTTE shells SLA convoy

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 May 1999, 12:04 GMT]
A Special Task Forces commando soldier was wounded when the Liberation Tigers ambushed a STF foot-patrol at Sorikkal Munai, 2 km. south of Samanthurai, in the south-eastern Ampara district, last night.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 May 1999, 15:12 GMT]
Muthur fishermen reported missing; Body found in Batticaloa and fishermen protest in Jaffna.
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Madhu refugee clearance underway

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 May 1999, 10:53 GMT]
Two hundred of the ten thousand displaced persons who had sought refuge at the Madhu Church Open Relief Centre (ORC) have been sent back for resettlement in Jaffna.
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Every sacrifice will be made - TELO

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 May 1999, 09:57 GMT]
The conflict between PLOTE and TELO is not about tax, it is about power, said Mr Sri Kanthaa, ex MP for Jaffna district and TELO's Political Adviser yesterday, while addressing the gathering at the funeral of Kugan, a TELO senior member and the district military leader for Vavuniya, yesterday.
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Amnesty offers assistance for Chemmani investigation

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 19 May 1999, 10:47 GMT]
The human rights pressure group, Amnesty International, has suggested to the Sri Lankan government that two of its experts be present during the exhumation of an alleged mass grave site at Chemmani in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Valaichenai youth shot dead

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 May 1999, 22:50 GMT]
(News Feature) A Tamil youth was shot dead by security forces personnel manning the cemetery sentry point at Valaichenai town in the Eastern province at around 2.00 p.m. today, said sources.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Monday, 17 May 1999, 17:04 GMT]
Two LTTE casualties - VoT; Youths shot at while fishing & Two sisters arrested in Akkaraipattu.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 16 May 1999, 10:05 GMT]
General Ratwatte sees newly captured land; Refugees sent back to Jaffna; Tightened security in Trincomalee.
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VoT details Pallamadhu clashes

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 16:56 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers radio said that more than 15 Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed and several others wounded in the fighting between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. yesterday when the Army attempted to advance towards the LTTE forward defence lines in the Pallamadhu area.
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Body washes ashore in Batticaloa lagoon

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 14:53 GMT]
The body of an unidentified youth washed ashore in the Vavunathivu lagoon in the eastern district of Batticaloa this morning. Local fishermen found the body that was in a highly decomposed state.
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LTTE FDLs captured - MoD

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 14:47 GMT]
A statement issued by the Operational Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that Sri Lanka Army soldiers involved in 'Operation Rana Gossa III' have captured heavily fortified LTTE defence lines (FDL) south east of Periyamadhu yesterday.
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