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845 matching reports found. Showing 621 - 640 [TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 15:39 GMT]British Foreign Office Minister Mike O'Brien said Wednesday that the global war against terrorism may be long drawn out because the Al Qaeda has an agenda with which there cannot be negotiations, unlike the LTTE and the IRA who have political goals. He was speaking on 'New Threats to International Security' at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo Wednesday. Full story >> [TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 January 2003, 04:35 GMT]
1795 families displaced from Sri Lanka Army (SLA) controlled areas and Liberation Tigers (LTTE) controlled areas in Vavuniya district have requested assistance to resettle in their villages and details of these families have been collected by the Vavuniya civil authorities, sources in Vavuniya said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Saturday, 11 January 2003, 17:50 GMT]The thirteen-death anniversary of Major Sothia, a senior commander of the
women wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who died in 1990 after
an illness, was observed in
Vadamarachchi area in Jaffna district. Saturday. She was the first
commander of the LTTE women wing, sources said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Friday, 10 January 2003, 15:33 GMT]As a result of the understanding reached between the Government
of Sri LAnka (GOSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in
the fourth round of peace talk in Thailand
related to the settling of displaced in Jaffna, the one week old picketing
and fasting campaign of the displaced people in
Jaffna district in front of the office of the Tellipalai Additional
Government Agent was called off Friday afternoon, sources said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Tuesday, 07 January 2003, 12:11 GMT]Several hundred people displaced from high security zone (HSZ) in Jaffna peninsula continued their fast and picketing third day Tuesday in front of the office of the additional government agent in Tellipalai. They launched this
campaign Friday demanding that they should be allowed to resettle in their villages, which have been declared high security zone by the State armed forces, Valigamam Peoples Forum (VPF) sources said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Friday, 03 January 2003, 15:21 GMT]Hundreds of displaced people from villages surrounding the Sri Lanka Army HQ in Palaly Friday launched a fasting campaign in front of the office of the divisional secretariat at Tellipalai demanding that they should be allowed to resettle in their villages. The Valigaamam People's Forum (VPF) organised the fasting, sources said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Thursday, 02 January 2003, 22:21 GMT]Hundreds of displaced people of Ponnalai who have been picketing in front of the office of the Chankanai Divisional Secretariat (DS), Thursday called off the protest for a week on a request by the Jaffna Government Agent, sources said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Monday, 30 December 2002, 17:04 GMT]Several hundred internally displaced people from Ponnalai in Jaffna district Monday launched a protest campaign picketing in front of the office
of the Chankanai Divisional Secretariat (DS), demanding that they should be allowed to resettle in their lands, sources said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Sunday, 29 December 2002, 17:33 GMT]"Shortage of academic and non-academic staff in Universities in the northeast province has a crippling effect on the academic growth of students and the general progress of the campuses. Quite often the lecturers and other academic staff are forced to carry out clerical tasks," said Mr.S. Yogarajah, senior lecturer in the Tamil department of the East University of Sri Lanka (EUSL) Sunday.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Friday, 20 December 2002, 16:40 GMT]Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) and its support arm Social Economic Development Organization (SEDO) in Trincomalee Friday commenced distribution of relief items to about fifty-nine refugee families, majority of them Muslims,
affected by the recent flood, sources in Trincomalee said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Thursday, 12 December 2002, 17:52 GMT]The Fishermen's union of Kaluwankerni, a village located 24 km northeast of Batticaloa town, has
demanded that the Sri Lankan Army encamped at the ice production factory at
the village be withdrawn, in a letter to the Sri Lankan Armed Forces officers, sources in Batticaloa said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Sunday, 08 December 2002, 20:14 GMT]Thiriyai Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) main base, relocated to a new location
one mile from the Thiriyai Tamil Vidyalayam in May this year,
is now being strengthened as a permanent base, a group
of civilians told the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader and the district
parliamentarian Mr.R.Sampanthan when he paid a visit Saturday evening
to see if any progress has been made by recently resettled farmers, sources
said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Sunday, 08 December 2002, 16:43 GMT]The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) occupies twelve buildings of the
Irrigation Department located at Pankulam and Muthalikulam, 24 km
west of Trincomalee town blocking the Engineers from providing
water to resettled farmers engaged in paddy cultivation causing severe hardship,
rehabilitation agency sources said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Saturday, 30 November 2002, 03:21 GMT]It is estimated that 300,000 children are currently participating in fighting in more than 35 countries. 25 million are uprooted from their homes, while millions more have their lives severely affected by the deprivations of war. Dealing with 'impact of war on children' is high on United Nation's agenda, with an annual Security Council debate, several resolutions addressing the problem and an office of the Secretary General devoted to the topic. Sri Lanka does not figure prominently in the deliberations of the UN, but the outcome of UN decisions has been felt in Sri Lanka.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 05:31 GMT]Chapel Road in Batticaloa district which was closed
for traffic last twelve years was opened yesterday
morning by soldiers from the SriLanka Army (SLA),
sources said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Saturday, 23 November 2002, 14:18 GMT]Residents of Malwattai in Ampara district has appealed in a Memorandum signed by 142 residents sent to the Ampara Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) to remove the Special Task Force (STF) camp from their village, sources in Ampara said. Full story >> [TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 November 2002, 13:25 GMT]“I think Col. Karuna’s approach is very positive. If we continue in this manner we should be able to sort out a lot of issues pertaining to de-escalation and normalisation,” said Maj. Gen. Shantha Kottegoda of the Sri Lanka army, speaking to the press Wednesday at the conclusion of the meeting of the Batticaloa District Committee of the Sub-Committee on De-escalation and Normalisation held in Vavunathivu, 5 kilometres southwest of Batticaloa, near the line of control. Full story >> [TamilNet, Saturday, 16 November 2002, 00:54 GMT]Hundreds of displaced Tamil families returned from Vanni to resettle, live in temporary sheds put up with cadjan dried leaves in Kumburupiddy, a traditional Tamil village twenty two km north of Trincomalee district, waiting assistance to reconstruct their destroyed houses and to rehabilitate their lives. They were driven out of Kumburupiddy when SLA soldiers moved into the village in 1990, returnees said.
Full story >> [TamilNet, Sunday, 10 November 2002, 17:34 GMT]Hundreds of displaced Tamil families from villages in Kuchchaveli division, 34 km north of the Trincomalee district and now residing in refugee camps elsewhere Sunday said that they should be resettled in their areas without delay and should be provided with necessary facilities. They attended a meeting held Sunday at Kuchchaveli Vivekanandan Maha Vidiyalayam where the resettlement of the displaced and their rehabilitation were discussed. Full story >> [TamilNet, Sunday, 10 November 2002, 14:59 GMT]Tamil Eelam Economic Development Organization (TEEDOR), a development agency working in the NorthEast, has requested displaced residents from villages of Maiyilavettuvan, Eeeralakulam and Veerakkattaru in Eravur regional boundary, 30 km Northwest of Batticaloa, to consider moving back to their villages, source in the east said.
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