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30.09.06
Sri Lanka sets new conditions for talks - reports
30.09.06
SLA ban on building materials to Vaharai stays- Ba..
30.09.06
SLA trooper, youth shot dead in Vavuniya
30.09.06
Youth shot dead in Point Pedro
30.09.06
JVP told not to interfere with SLFP-UNP talks
30.09.06
SLMM visits ambush site in LTTE controlled Pulluma..
30.09.06
SL state shows "complete disregard" for human righ..
30.09.06
Parents flee SLA death threats, 6 children with UN..
30.09.06
Norway cannot define talks venue - SL Premier
30.09.06
SLA balks at returning vehicles to Jaffna owners
29.09.06
Five youths abducted in Batticaloa
29.09.06
Vaharai IDPs protest lack of shelter
29.09.06
SLAF resumes air raids on Vaharai
29.09.06
3 men abducted in Colombo, killed in Valaichchenai..
29.09.06
Medicines to LTTE areas in Mannar reach through Uy..
29.09.06
SLN arrests fleeing Trinco Tamils in Mannar Sea
29.09.06
SLA, LTTE exchange artillery fire in Jaffna
29.09.06
Two civilians shot dead in Jaffna
29.09.06
TNA parliamentarians continue sit-in-protest third..
29.09.06
Tourist hotel employee shot dead in Nilaveli
29.09.06
SLMM to release report on Pottuvil massacre next w..
29.09.06
One more Vallipunam student succumbs to injuries
29.09.06
Alternative sites for HSZ schools sought
29.09.06
SLN imposes fishing ban in Pungudutivu
28.09.06
Colombo said considering alternate land route to J..
28.09.06
SLFP, UNP talks would end positively- G.L.Peiris
28.09.06
131 individuals slain in Jaffna in 2 months
28.09.06
Problems faced by Jaffna population after A9 landr..
28.09.06
STF shells Tsunami transit centres in Thandiyady, ..
28.09.06
TNA parliamentarians continue sit-in-protest
28.09.06
US Congressman advocates autonomy for Tamils
28.09.06
JVP launches new front to defeat LTTE, stop foreig..
28.09.06
"White Van Squad" abducts two Tamils in Chilaw
27.09.06
Young family man shot dead in Pesalai
27.09.06
Colombo's refusal to open A9, serious Humanitarian..
27.09.06
Chandrakanthan sworn in as TNA national list parli..
27.09.06
SLA soldier injured in Ariyalai grenade attack
27.09.06
"White Van Squad" terrorise devotees in batticaloa..
27.09.06
"Lift embargo, re-open land routes," - TNA in sit-..
27.09.06
Civilians stranded in Vavuniya arrive by vessel at..
27.09.06
Telecom worker abducted in Trincomalee
26.09.06
Thileepan, Shankar commemorated in NorthEast
26.09.06
SLA trooper shot, injured in Thenmaradchchy
26.09.06
SLN arrests youth with welding sticks in Mannar
26.09.06
More civilians cross Mannar sea to reach Jaffna
26.09.06
SLA intensifies artillery, MBRL fire on LTTE terri..
26.09.06
Thileepan Day observed in Jaffna
26.09.06
Kifir jets attack LTTE held village in Mannar
26.09.06
Vessel leaves Trinco with Jaffna bound civilians
26.09.06
USAID to reassess programs in Sri Lanka
26.09.06
SLAF airman killed in Claymore ambush in Vavuniya
26.09.06
Muslim trader shot dead in Palaiyootu
25.09.06
37 Trinco Tamil civilians arrested along Mannar co..
25.09.06
Uyilankulam checkpoint opened for six hours Monday
25.09.06
Jaffna students continue boycott
25.09.06
Mother of seven wounded in crossfire
25.09.06
Police Constable shot dead in Batticaloa
25.09.06
Civilian seriously injured in SLA artillery fire i..
25.09.06
15-year-old girl student reported missing in Manna..
25.09.06
Sea Tigers battle navy, complete mission - LTTE
25.09.06
Stranded Jaffna residents provided transport from ..
25.09.06
Sri Lanka Navy, Sea Tigers clash off Pulmoddai
25.09.06
Tamil South Africans hold interfaith prayer for pe..
24.09.06
Teenage woman reported missing in Mannar
24.09.06
SLN arrests 4 Mannar boat operators
24.09.06
Homeguard injured in Vavuniya grenade attack
24.09.06
Youth shot in Mannar, Uyilankulam
24.09.06
Education in peril, say Jaffna students
24.09.06
SLA, LTTE exchange rocket fire in Batticaloa
24.09.06
TNA "reassured" by India’s thinking on Sri Lanka
24.09.06
"White van" squad kills TNA MP's bodyguard
24.09.06
‘Talk to Tigers,’ Rice tells Samaraweera
23.09.06
Jaffna terrorized, held hostage by fear- TNA
23.09.06
Bodies of five civilians given decent burial in Th..
23.09.06
Anuradhapura Magistrate to hold Muthur massacre in..
23.09.06
Elections to 42 local bodies in NE postponed
23.09.06
Jaffna food stock enough to last only four weeks -..
23.09.06
Grenade attack injures three workers in Amparai
23.09.06
US Congressman presses for special envoy to Sri La..
22.09.06
SLMM, LTTE meet in Batticaloa
22.09.06
Sixty lorries damaged in August Muhamalai battle
22.09.06
TNA parliamentarian protests against human rights ..
22.09.06
Britain urges citizens to leave Northeast
22.09.06
12 young men arrested in Jaffna, 3 reported "missi..
22.09.06
India-bound refugees detained
22.09.06
Batticaloa unemployed graduates demand appointment..
22.09.06
Civilian shot dead in Thalavai, Batticaloa
22.09.06
Tigers respond positively for Co-Chairs' call for ..
22.09.06
IRAP commemorates International Peace Day in Batti..
22.09.06
5 civilians killed in Jaffna Thursday
21.09.06
Protest march held in Killinochchi condemning SL g..
21.09.06
Tamil woman shot dead in Valaichchenai
21.09.06
Norway grants 27 milliion rupees to Muslim Peace S..
21.09.06
Claymore explosion seriously injures two SLA troop..
21.09.06
SLN arrests Trinco Tamil civilians in Mannar coast
21.09.06
Two civilians shot dead in Jaffna peninsula
21.09.06
Clashes erupt at Nagarkovil, SLAF bombs Palai
21.09.06
More civilians brave Mannar seas to reach Jaffna
21.09.06
Masked men abduct, kill IDP youth in Valaichenai
21.09.06
Police deny SLMM access to sole survivor – paper
21.09.06
Allaipiddy land route closure obstructs relief wor..
21.09.06
SLA imposes conditions for resettling IDPs in Mann..
20.09.06
Youth shot dead in Vavuniya
20.09.06
Elderly woman dies in the turmoil in military tran..
20.09.06
"White van" squad victim in Jaffna succumbs to his..
20.09.06
TNA MP condemns Pottuvil massacre
20.09.06
Hospital employees, driver shot dead in Trincomale..
20.09.06
STF shoots Muslim protestors in Ullai, 14 wounded
19.09.06
Claymore mine recovered in Batticaloa
19.09.06
SLAF conducts air-raids over LTTE areas in Battica..
19.09.06
One killed, another injured in Jaffna
19.09.06
Paramilitary white van squad abducts 3 youths in S..
19.09.06
SL Police arrests 3 Tamils in Eravur
19.09.06
SLFP, UNP hold second round of talks on common age..
19.09.06
Pottuvil massacre survivor alive, conflicting repo..
19.09.06
Muslim leaders condemn Pottuvil massacre
19.09.06
Massacre survivor dies, Amparai shuts down
18.09.06
Four civilians shot dead in Jaffna
18.09.06
India opposes NE de-merger, wants truce, talks - r..
18.09.06
Civilian killings soaring under Rajapakse - LTTE
18.09.06
SLA, LTTE exchange rocket fire in Batticaloa
18.09.06
Two youths shot dead in Jaffna
18.09.06
Muslims want STF out of Pottuvil
18.09.06
Muslim protestors stone STF over Pottuvil massacre
18.09.06
Death toll increases to four in Anpuvallipuram sho..
18.09.06
SLA arrests two Tamil youths in Mannar
18.09.06
Tigers blame Sri Lanka for Pottuvil killings
18.09.06
10 Muslims massacred, one wounded, one missing in ..
17.09.06
Armed men shot dead a Tamil youth, a child in Anpu..
17.09.06
UN rights body faces test over Sri Lanka, Darfur
17.09.06
Claymore explosion injures four in Thampalakamam
17.09.06
IDPs cannot be resettled against their wishes - TN..
17.09.06
SLN closes land route Jaffna islets
17.09.06
SLA guns down father of four in Valaichenai
17.09.06
CEB vehicle attacked, one killed, 2 injured
16.09.06
Bodies of three Varani victims exhumed, given dece..
16.09.06
Bodies of two slain aid workers exhumed
16.09.06
SLA accused of stealing belongings of Thenmaradchy..
16.09.06
Rajapakse: LTTE is a ‘dictatorial terrorist group’
16.09.06
Fuel shortage in Jaffna, bus service grinds to a h..
16.09.06
SLFP, UNP to hold second round of talks Tuesday
16.09.06
Hand grenade recovered in Mannar
16.09.06
UN Rights rulings ‘not binding’ on Sri Lanka – Sup..
16.09.06
Family man shot dead in Eravur
16.09.06
Tamil Councillors to stage peace vigils across Lon..
16.09.06
Execution-style killings continue in Jaffna
16.09.06
Civilians brave Mannar seas to reach Jaffna by boa..
16.09.06
SL Prime Minister lays conditions for peace talks
15.09.06
Sri Lanka seeks more dollars, inflation up
15.09.06
Apollo exits Sri Lanka
15.09.06
Six civilians killed in 24-hours, fear grips Jaffn..
15.09.06
Mannar fishermen woes spotlighted
15.09.06
SLFP, UNP committees meet to work out common agend..
15.09.06
Humanitarian supplies through land routes crucial ..
15.09.06
Church burnt down in Mannar
15.09.06
SLN arrests 70 Trinco Tamils in Talaimannar coast
15.09.06
Tamil civilian shot dead in Valaichchenai
15.09.06
Paramilitary group member shot dead in Chenkalady
15.09.06
Vanni patients stranded in Jaffna hospital
15.09.06
Three men shot dead in Jaffna
15.09.06
Sri Lanka spells out conditions for talks to Norwa..
15.09.06
Three youths reported missing in Jaffna
14.09.06
Young man shot dead, 2 bodies recovered
14.09.06
SLA bars civilian travel through Uyilankulam check..
14.09.06
Trinco district secretariat employee shot dead by ..
14.09.06
Terrorised Tamil traders flee to India - report
14.09.06
Girl's death not caused by cyanide - JMO report
14.09.06
Unidentified men shot and injured EPDP members in ..
14.09.06
Abducted youths found shot dead in Vavuniya
14.09.06
Youth shot by SLA, dies after swallowing cyanide
14.09.06
Education of students in LTTE held Mannar villages..
14.09.06
Young man shot dead, 2 reported “missing” in Udupi..
14.09.06
International community must ensure Sri Lanka hono..
13.09.06
Another foreign aid worker shot dead
13.09.06
Rupavahini in ‘cultural censorship’ - FMM
13.09.06
Vavuniya blast injures SLA soldier, claymore mines..
13.09.06
Mutilated body found in Vavuniya
13.09.06
Resolute backing for Norwegian facilitation, says ..
13.09.06
17 wounded in grenade attack on meat shop
13.09.06
Abducted woman released
13.09.06
Ten thousand families displaced in Jaffna district
13.09.06
Uthayan ‘worst hit’ of Sri Lanka’s media - RSF
13.09.06
Father, 2 year-old child shot dead in Jaffna
13.09.06
Two women take cyanide in Jaffna, one dies
12.09.06
GoSL, LTTE should cease violence, resume talks - C..
12.09.06
Sri Lanka denies 'unconditional' talks with Tigers
12.09.06
Co-chairs say want talks in early October
12.09.06
Stable ceasefire ‘essential pre-requisite’ for pea..
12.09.06
Two policemen shot dead in Batticaloa
12.09.06
Claymore explosion injures three policemen, three ..
12.09.06
LTTE launches counter attack on STF in Batticaloa
12.09.06
Sri Lanka pushing island to "full scale war" - LTT..
12.09.06
Rajapakse, Wickremasinghe meet to find national co..
12.09.06
LTTE writes to ICRC: Humanitarian supplies through..
12.09.06
Tamil civilian shot dead in Vantharumoolai
12.09.06
Education of 20,000 displaced students in east aff..
11.09.06
SLA fills fishing jetties with stones in Vadamarad..
11.09.06
Body of executed man found, 3 killed in Jaffna
11.09.06
'White Van' squad abducts 8 civilans in Jaffna
11.09.06
MI attempts assassination of Uthayan editors in Ja..
11.09.06
Pesalai Police recovers two claymore mines
11.09.06
SLA, LTTE engage in artillery fire in Kadjuwatte
11.09.06
Paramilitary cadre injured in internal squabble
10.09.06
2 fishermen reported "missing"
10.09.06
Heavy fighting rages in Muhamalai, Kilali
10.09.06
Civilians flee Jaffna's coastal suburbs
10.09.06
2 LTTE members killed in police ambush
10.09.06
Tamil civilian shot dead in Mannar
10.09.06
TNA parliamentarians boycott Mannar development me..
10.09.06
Armed gang breaks into ten houses in Vavuniya
10.09.06
Jaffna killings continue
10.09.06
Claymore blast kills 3 SLA soldiers in Vavuniya
09.09.06
Bishop raises concern over education in East
09.09.06
Military chartered vessel with civilian passengers..
09.09.06
Rajapakse, Wickremasinghe to meet urgently over we..
09.09.06
SLA sustains heavy losses in fresh offensive
09.09.06
SLA will capture more and more ground, vows SL Pre..
09.09.06
Sri Lankan vessel with civilians sails from KKS
09.09.06
Kandy Police arrest 12 youths
08.09.06
Civilians flee SLA offensive in Jaffna
08.09.06
SLA soldier, civilian killed in Claymore explosion..
08.09.06
SL Navy arrests fleeing Trinco civilians via Manna..
08.09.06
Five civilians slain in Jaffna on a single day
08.09.06
2 Tamil civilians shot dead in Eravur
08.09.06
JVP meets SLFP to decide on joining UPFA governmen..
08.09.06
Eight persons arrested in search operation in Mada..
08.09.06
Three-wheeler explosion in Vavuniya injures four s..
08.09.06
‘Our people are suffering’: St. Patrick’s Rector
08.09.06
UNP to nominate team for talks with Rajapakse Gove..
08.09.06
Gunmen force Uthayan to carry their statement
08.09.06
650 civilians caught in military travel arrangemen..
08.09.06
Sri Lanka Navy Commander visits Jaffna
07.09.06
International jurists question Sri Lanka’s moves o..
07.09.06
Policeman, civilian injured in gunfire in Mannar
07.09.06
Civilians flee Jaffna islet of Velanai
07.09.06
Mannar villagers face acute food shortage
07.09.06
"White van" squad kills 2 civilians, wounds 2 in J..
06.09.06
Emergency extended for another month in Sri Lanka
06.09.06
Colombo transfers NGO massacre investigation to An..
06.09.06
Women protestors in Jaffna urge re-opening of A9
06.09.06
Food situation critical, NGO consortium in Jaffna ..
06.09.06
"UNP will be in power in 90 days"-Wickremasinghe
06.09.06
STF offensive in Amparai thwarted - LTTE
06.09.06
No peace moves until Colombo respects CFA borders ..
06.09.06
Uyilankulam check point in Mannar temporarily reop..
06.09.06
Two Tamil civilians shot dead in Valaichchenai
05.09.06
Humanitarian crisis precipitated by twin-track str..
05.09.06
STF bans vehicles over Paddiruppu entry point in B..
05.09.06
Three Tamil youths arrested in Batticaloa
05.09.06
3 killed, 9 injured, multi-barrel rockets hit Kath..
05.09.06
Claymore ambush injures 7 SLA troopers in Jaffna
05.09.06
Youth remanded in Mannar
05.09.06
SLA soldier killed, 4 wounded in Muthur - SLBC rep..
05.09.06
SL Navy arrests more fleeing Tamil civilians
05.09.06
Tamil teacher shot dead in Batticaloa
04.09.06
3 civilians killed, 2 children, mother wounded in ..
04.09.06
Food cargo to INGO workers in Jaffna arrives by ai..
04.09.06
7 mutilated bodies buried in Allaipiddy
04.09.06
Police bus damaged in claymore explosion, no casua..
04.09.06
Rajapakse, Wikremasinghe expected to discuss commo..
04.09.06
Rajapakse hails Sampoor ‘capture’
04.09.06
3 Tamil civilians shot dead in Batticaloa
04.09.06
SL Navy arrests Tamil civilians fleeing to India
03.09.06
Ex-EPDP cadre shot dead in Eravur
03.09.06
TRO warns of ‘desperate humanitarian crisis’
03.09.06
SLA intensifies search operations in Jaffna
03.09.06
Two men killed in Jaffna
03.09.06
Tiger artillery targeted SLA Intelligence Camp in ..
03.09.06
Fighting reported in Thenmaradchi
03.09.06
SLA shelling triggers artillery duel in Batticaloa
03.09.06
Exodus of Tamil IDPs to Vaharai continues
03.09.06
UNP parliamentary group to meet Monday to discuss ..
03.09.06
Sri Lanka seizes TRO funds
02.09.06
Abductee found dead in Colombo
02.09.06
Tamil parties protest against abductions in Colomb..
02.09.06
Paramilitary occupies TELO office in Trincomalee
02.09.06
Maharaja TV abductee released
02.09.06
NGO official, mother gunned down in Jaffna
02.09.06
Private air line employees abducted in Colombo
02.09.06
2 SLN Dvora vessels sunk, one damaged in Jaffna
02.09.06
Sri Lanka rationale for offensive ‘spurious, decep..
02.09.06
Vatican appeals over missing Jaffna priest
01.09.06
Clashes erupt off Point Pedro coast
01.09.06
Sri Lanka military using "scorched earth policy" -..
01.09.06
‘Coordinated, deliberate’ SLA campaign in LTTE are..
01.09.06
Second Jaffna evacuation planned - UK mission
01.09.06
Sri Lanka's military conducting slow pogrom - pape..
01.09.06
Maharaja TV employee abducted in Colombo
01.09.06
Jaffna Bishop appeals for regular food supply
01.09.06
Armed person kills policeman in Eravur
01.09.06
One hundred Tamil civilians arrested in Vavuniya
01.09.06
SLA trooper killed in ambush, curfew re-imposed in..
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Tamil activist film director Manivannan passes away in Chennai
14.06.13 22:38
Sinhala military wants ‘Kappan’ from Batticaloa Tamil farmers
14.06.13 20:30
NESoHR revives reporting, highlights collective rights
13.06.13 18:21
Paa'nama model envisaged to Sinhalicise Ukanthai in East
13.06.13 01:29
Auschwitz survivor recognizes Sri Lanka genocide
12.06.13 06:33
Gajendrakumar exposes New Delhi’s deception behind 13th Amendment
12.06.13 00:58
Rapp disappointed at Sri Lanka's lack of accountability to atrocities
12.06.13 00:16
Ampaa’rai Sinhala administration schemes Buddhicisation of Saiva-Vedda site
11.06.13 22:55
British archaeologist makes no difference from PM of his country
11.06.13 12:41
Kathirkaamam festival postponed, pilgrims on foot from Jaffna stranded midway
10.06.13 23:41
Canada youth initiate ‘Thazhumpakam’ for genocide awareness
10.06.13 22:17
Sinhala paramilitary steps up land appropriation in border villages of East
09.06.13 23:46
Vedda priest of Saiva temple murdered in Chella Kathirkaamam
09.06.13 22:48
British trade unions unequivocally support Tamils’ right to self-determination
08.06.13 21:18
US Tamils join "One Million Bones" genocide protest
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