LTTE radio begins Sinhala service

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 25 November 1998, 11:51 GMT]
Tamil Eelam Vaanoli (radio), the commercial service of the Voice of Tigers (VoT), will commence a Sinhala transmission from today, November 25, the radio said. The Transmission will have a news broadcast at 6.30 am and 6.30 p.m., and will be followed by other special programs, the radio added.
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Speculation over new Jaffna Mayor

[TamilNet, Monday, 23 November 1998, 20:31 GMT]
The Deputy Mayor of Jaffna, Mr. Raviraj, is expected to be nominated as the new mayor of the Jaffna Municipal Council, said TULF sources today. The sources said that the TULF officials are holding discussions with Mr. Raviraj urging him to accept the post.
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LTTE and Army exchange fire

[TamilNet, Monday, 23 November 1998, 20:30 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers fired mortars at Sri Lankan Army (SLA) post at Viyapari Moolai, from the sea off Pt. Pedro, around 9 p.m. yesterday . The SLA retaliated by firing mortars at Pt. Pedro sea till 10.30 p.m.
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LTTE mortar attack kills soldier

[TamilNet, Monday, 23 November 1998, 13:55 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers launched a mortar attack on the SLA camp at Kattaiparichchaan, four kilometres northwest of Mutur in the Trincomalee district, last night around 10.30 p.m., killing one soldier and wounding three.
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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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Army announces new security regulations

[TamilNet, Sunday, 22 November 1998, 13:53 GMT]
All civilians living in the Jaffna peninsula should have a National Identity Card (NIC) and anybody without a card will not be allowed to pass through Sri Lankan army (SLA) check points, the security forces headquarters at Palaly has informed the public.
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Airforce bombing kills four civilians

[TamilNet, Sunday, 22 November 1998, 13:49 GMT]
Four civilians were killed and 2 wounded when the Sri Lankan Air Force Kfir jets bombed Murippu, a village in the Mullaitivu district, around 10 a.m yesterday, according to the Voice of Tigers (VoT) in its night transmission 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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Tiger boat destroyed - SLN

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 November 1998, 23:18 GMT]
Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) said a boat belonging to the Liberation Tigers was destroyed and two other boats were damaged by them last night in the seas off Chaalai, north-east of the island.
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Four Casualties in Uylankulam Clash

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 November 1998, 11:22 GMT]
Three Liberation Tigers and one Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldier were killed in a confrontation at Uylankulam, around midnight, last night said SLA sources. The security forces said that they recovered 3 bodies of the LTTE along with arms and 2 hand grenades, the sources added.
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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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Two killed in fire-fight

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 November 1998, 13:30 GMT]
A soldier of the Razeek group and a person suspected to be a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was killed in a fire-fight with the Liberation Tigers in Batticaloa this morning when an ambush party of the special Tamil paramilitary unit of the Sri Lankan Army surprised a minor supply camp of the LTTE.
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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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Foreign Minister visits South Africa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 November 1998, 22:12 GMT]
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, will be in South Africa tomorrow on an official visit to discuss the question of the LTTE's alleged activities in that country said Sri Lankan foreign ministry sources today.
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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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Trader suspected of LTTE links

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 November 1998, 22:05 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) arrested a trader and his cousin at Kantharodai in Jaffna yesterday for allegedly being contact persons for the Liberation Tigers.
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