LTTE intercepts SLA advance

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 January 1999, 17:42 GMT]
The advance by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) into the Tharavai-Vadamunai hinterland yesterday was intercepted by the Liberation Tigers at Pulipaaintha Kal junction, about 30 kilometers north of Batticaloa, sources in Valaichenai said.
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Gunfire marks New Year

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 January 1999, 12:00 GMT]
Gunfire by the Sri Lankan Government troops and Tamil paramilitary groups in the northern Vavuniya marked the birth of the New Year while midnight prayers were held in the churches and songs were played over loud speakers said sources there.
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Missing children found in orphanage

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 December 1998, 22:09 GMT]
Two children who were reported missing after the arrest of their mother have been now located in an orphanage near Nugegoda, a suburb of Colombo city, sources said.
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EPDP leader calls for peace

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 December 1998, 22:08 GMT]
This is an opportune time for declaring a cease fire and starting negotiations with third party mediations, said Douglas Devananda, Member of Parliament and Leader of Ealam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) in a message issued to mark the new year.
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Jaffna councillors adopt Tamil

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 December 1998, 22:00 GMT]
The Nallur Pradeshiya Sabaha (PS) adopted a resolution on December 29 stating that all its future activities will be carried out only in Tamil, said Mr. P.Kunasingham, chairman of the council.
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SLA operation in Thoppigala

[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 December 1998, 16:03 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops launched a fresh offensive against the Liberation Tigers in the Thoppigala jungles 40 km northwest of Batticaloa, in the eastern province security sources said today.
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TULF 'will continue struggle'

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 December 1998, 23:32 GMT]
The funeral of Mr. Pon Mathimugaraja, the Tamil United Liberation Front's (TULF) Jaffna Branch Secretary, took place in Jaffna today. His body was kept at the TULF office at Stanley road where a commemoration meeting was also held. Mr. Anandasangary, the vice president of the party, spoke at the meeting,
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Religion, commerce and intolerance

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 December 1998, 00:23 GMT]
(News Feature) A project by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Tourism to build a temple to the Hindu god Ram at Seetha Eliya near Nuwara Eliya in the island's hill country with a view to attract Indian pilgrim tourists now hangs in the balance following a strong protest yesterday by forty Buddhist organisations.
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TULF official's funeral today

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 December 1998, 00:15 GMT]
The funeral of Mr. Pon Mathimugaraja, the Tamil United Liberation Front's (TULF) Jaffna Branch Secretary, is scheduled to take place on Wednesday at the Kompayan Manal Cemetery in Jaffna around 3:30 p.m., said sources in Jaffna.
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LTTE warns against collaboration

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 30 December 1998, 00:11 GMT]
The political wing of the Liberation Tigers in Jaffna has written to all village level government officers in the district. The letter warns Grama Seveka Officers against collaborating with the security forces in Jaffna by providing information on the movement of LTTE fighters or villagers who assist them.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 December 1998, 18:32 GMT]
A house was damaged in shelling from the Elephant Pass SLA base. VoT announces LTTE losses. Sri Lanka meteorological sources say there has been heavy rainfall through out the island, and 300 houses built under the resettlement programme were handed over to residents.
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Bride sought after wedding

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 29 December 1998, 16:46 GMT]
A group of Sri Lankan Army (SLA) personnel went into the village of Siththaandy inquiring about girls who have been married recently. They had been on the look out for girls wearing a new 'Thasli', the traditional pendent of married Tamil women wear on a gold chain or yellow cord.
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Jaffna TULF official killed

[TamilNet, Saturday, 26 December 1998, 11:03 GMT]
The Tamil United Liberation Front's (TULF) Jaffna branch general secretary Pon Mathimukarajah was shot dead around 4.15 p.m this afternoon in Nallur in Jaffna.
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Ten civilians wounded in shelling

[TamilNet, Saturday, 26 December 1998, 08:35 GMT]
Ten members of a family, including five children, were wounded in the village of Koduvamadu early this morning around 4 a.m. when Sri Lankan security forces fired artillery towards the western hinterland of the Batticaloa district.
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Police patrol ambushed

[TamilNet, Friday, 25 December 1998, 11:10 GMT]
A military trained Policeman was killed and two were wounded when the Liberation Tigers set off a claymore mine at Vammiyadi in the heart of the Eravur town, 16 kilometers north of Batticaloa, on the main road this morning around 8.15 a.m.
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Twelve Tigers killed in boat accident

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 December 1998, 22:32 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said today that 12 members of the Liberation Tigers, includig a Lt. Colonel were killed in a boat accident in the "Tamil Ealam waters" on December 12.
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Tamil millionaire businessman held

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 December 1998, 22:31 GMT]
A special Sri Lankan Police investigation team has detained a Tamil multi-millionaire in Colombo who had recently bought a ship for sending supplies to Jaffna, for alleged links with the Liberation Tigers.
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Amnesty fears for Vavuniya missing

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 December 1998, 00:43 GMT]
Amnesty International has expressed its concern about the disappearance of the eight Tamil youths and men who went missing in Vavuniya district between 27 October and 21 December 1998. The disappearances have been attributed to the Sri Lanka Army and members of the Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), said Amnesty, adding that most of the disappeared are internally displaced people.
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VoT's reach seen expanding

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 December 1998, 13:02 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio’s broadcast through the short wave has attracted more listeners in the eastern and southern parts of the country, sources said. The radio service of the Liberation Tigers in the 41 Short wave meter band commenced last week.
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Hunger strikers injured in fall

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 December 1998, 22:02 GMT]
Two political detainees who were staging a hunger strike against their detention without trial at Kulutura prison, south of Colombo, fell from the prison's roof today, injuring themselves seriously, said sources. They have been taken to Nagoda hospital with fractured legs. Prison sources said the pair had jumped off the roof.
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