Parents invited to Heroes Day function

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 26 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Thirty parents of LTTE fighters killed in action, who are living in Sri Lankan army controlled areas in Batticaloa, have been invited to take part in the Maveerar Day function tomorrow.
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SLA operation in Thandiyadi

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 26 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lankan army troops moved into the Paduvankarai region late last night for an operation in the Thandiyadi area, according to sources close to the SLA.
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SLAF helicopter crashes

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
A Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter crashed today, killing 4 crewmen, according to military officials. The aircraft came down close Puliyankulam, where Liberation Tigers and Sri Lankan troops are fighting for control of a strategic highway they said.
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SLAF chopper: fireball seen

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The SLAF which crashed early this morning may have been shot down, according tosources close to the army in Vavuniya. Sri Lankan soldiers report seeing afireball in the sky said the sources.
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Cordon and search in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army launched a cordon and search operation in Kalatti, Maruthanamadam and Kondavil in Jaffna today.
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Civilian movements disrupted in Vanni

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
More than 1500 people from the Vanni were turned back at Uyilankulam junction yesterday, said the Voice of Tigers this morning. The radio did not specify who turned back these people back.
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Vavuniya SLA searches for deserters

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army cordoned off and searched the suburbs of Vavuniya around the town's railway station in the early hours of the morning yesterday. The army searched Katkuly and Vairavapuliyankulam for more than two hours.
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SLA shells land near school

[TamilNet, Monday, 24 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army at the Vavunathivu camp northwest of the Batticaloa town fired mortar and artillery this afternoon in the direction of the Paduvankarai region which is controlled by the LTTE.
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SLAF says LTTE camp bombed

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan MoD claimed in the afternoon today that the SLAF had bombed out an LTTE camp in an area north of Mankulam in the Vanni around 11 a.m. this morning. The incident could not be verified independently.
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Search operation in Valigamam

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan army cordoned off and searched Vaddukkodai, Tholpuram and Sittankerni in the Valigamam sector in the early hours of the morning today.
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SLA informer shot dead

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
A youth identified as 'Jeya' was shot dead in a suburb of Batticaloa this evening around 5.30 p.m. Sources said he had been operating with the Sri Lankan army's military intelligence unit in the Batticaloa town.
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PLOTE claims shot youth was Tiger

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
A suspected member of the LTTE was shot dead around 7.30 p.m. by the PLOTE in Koomankulam, a suburb of Vavuniya town.
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Eastern SLA braces for Maveerer week

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Security measures in Batticaloa town and its outskirts are being further increased for the Maveerar week.
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SLA jeep destroyed

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Two Sri Lankan army soldiers were killed on the spot when the jeep they were traveling in ran over a powerful pressure mine this morning at Paranthan, in the north of the Vanni region.
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SLA restricts access to temple

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sri Lankan Army turned back large number of devotees who went to the daily noon pooja (service) at the Maviddapuram Kandaswamy temple today. The SLA officials said that only the priest and two of his assistants would be allowed to conduct the pooja today.
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Civilian movements restricted

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army continued to tighten up travel restrictions at the entry points to the Paduvankarai region (the vast western hinterland) in the Batticaloa district, which is under the LTTE's control for the Maveerar week.
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VOT anniversary

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The seventh anniversary celebration of the Voice of Tiger (VOT) broadcast began last evening in the Mulliawalai Viththiyananda school in Mullaithivu at 4 p.m. and concluded in the early hours of the morning today around 4 a.m.
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Tiger attacks in Jaffna continue

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers attacked the defences of the Sri Lankan army's 52-4 Brigade in Chavakachcheri around 9.30 p.m. last night. Heavy fighting took place for more than an hour in the area.
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STF cancels ferry service Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Special Task Force (STF) has ordered to cancel a ferry service in the Batticaloa district until further notice, in a bid to curb the movement of civilians between LTTE controlled areas and villages which lie on the Batticaloa - Kalmunai road, which are controlled by the Sri Lankan government troops.
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Tigers plan epic Maveerer week

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers are preparing to observe Maveerar Week in big way this time in all the areas which under their control in the Batticaloa district, said sources in Kokkaddicholai today.
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