Food relief for 55,000

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 19:10 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Commissioner General of Essential Services, N.Obadage has ordered that food relief assistance be provided to another 55,000 displaced persons in the Vanni area from December 1, the Vavuniya Government Agent, K.Ganesh said today.
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Three Tigers killed

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 19:08 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its morning transmission today that one Sri Lankan policeman was killed in an attack by the Liberation Tigers at Meeravodai in the east during the early hours of Monday December 14.
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New cycle parts banned

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 18:47 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) units stationed at the checkpoint between government and LTTE held areas, at Uylankulam in Mannar district have denied permission for the civilians entering the LTTE-held Vanni to take new bicycle parts along with them, civilians from there said.
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Batticalo councillor arrested

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 17:20 GMT]
Rasaiah Prabhaharan a member of the Batticaloa Municipal Council was arrested by the Sri Lankan Army and was severely beaten by soldiers in public before being handed over to a special Police investigation unit this morning.
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New SLA commander assumes duties

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 December 1998, 16:48 GMT]
"We urgently need twenty thousand more troops to fight the Liberation Tigers" said Sri Lanka's new Army commander, Lt. Gen. Sri Lal Weerasooriya, addressing a press conference this morning soon after assuming duties. He added that meeting this need by having recourse to conscription is not practical (in Sri Lanka).
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South Africa eager for peace

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 December 1998, 15:33 GMT]
A South African Parliamentary Delegation has said that their Government is prepared to act as a facilitator for peace talks in Sri Lanka, if it is called upon to do so.
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Censorship has not been relaxed

[TamilNet, Monday, 14 December 1998, 16:05 GMT]
Mr.Ariya Rubasinghe, the Sri Lankan government's director of information and the newly appointed competent authority for censoring war related news denied AFP and Reuters reports on Saturday that the censorship has been lifted by Colombo.
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South African delegation Visits Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 December 1998, 20:57 GMT]
The Bishop of Jaffna, Rev. Philip Thomas Saundranayagam, told the visiting South African parliamentary delegation in Jaffna that the Sri Lankan Government should address to the fundamental problems of the ethnic conflict to achieve lasting peace in the island.
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Congressional discussion focuses on Rights violations

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 December 1998, 17:56 GMT]
A five member panel of experts on Human Rights violations in Sri Lanka, speaking at Congressional Human Rights Caucus staff round table discussions, were unanimous in their call to the Sri Lankan Government to expedite the investigations into the alleged mass graves at Chemmani, Jaffna where up to 400 bodies of Tamils disappeared in 1996 and 1997 may be buried.
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Government officials return from Vanni

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 December 1998, 14:45 GMT]
The government officials who visited the areas controlled by the Liberation Tigers in the Vanni, on a two day fact finding mission, returned to Colombo yesterday night.
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Two LTTE casualties in Mannar

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 December 1998, 14:38 GMT]
Two Liberation Tigers were killed and a Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldier was woundd in a fire-fight at Hospital Road in Mannar around 12.30 a.m. The SLA cordoned off and conducted a house-to-house search opeartion in the area after the incident.
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One LTTE member killed - SLA

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 December 1998, 20:11 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army sources said that they shot and killed a member of the Liberation Tigers at Uylankulam, west of Vavuniya yesterday afternoon. The body was taken to Mannar hospital in the evening.
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Tamils join HR vigil at UN

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 December 1998, 08:26 GMT]
The Association of Sri Lankan Tamils joined more than 45 international organizations in a rally and candlelight vigil in front of UN headquarters in New York yesterday afternoon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations.
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Three Tigers killed - SLA

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 December 1998, 18:59 GMT]
Three Liberation Tigers were shot dead by the government forces in fresh clashes in the Vanni region security sources said. Soldiers on duty ahead of their defences sniped and killed two tigers north west of Oddusuddan and another tiger member was killed in a sniper fire at Kilinochchi on Wednesday, said the sources.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 December 1998, 22:00 GMT]
Sri Lankan Army and Liberation Tigers agree to provide escort to transport exam papers in areas controlled by them, Paachchanoor refugees wait to receive Government's relief food, Court dismisses case against Sri Lankan Minister and Cigarettes prices go up in Jaffna.
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Oddusuddan people arrive in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 December 1998, 14:24 GMT]
One hundred and sixty four persons, from 33 families who were in Oddusuddan when the Sri Lankan Army moved into the village last weak, have been brought to Vavuniya by military officials, said sources in Vavuniya said.
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Jaffna-Trincomalee ferry service resumes

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 December 1998, 20:56 GMT]
Sources in the north said that the cargo ship 'Lanka Muditha' is scheduled to sail to Trincomalee from Jaffna on December 11 with 1000 passengers. It is expected that the ship will return from Trincomalee to Jaffna in order to make another trip.
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Oddusuddan civilians arrested by Army

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 December 1998, 12:54 GMT]
Forty-seven persons who were in Oddusuddan when the SLA captured the village have been arrested by the Army on suspicion on having connection with the LTTE, said SLA sources. They have been brought to Vavuniya army headquarters for further interrogation by the military intelligence.
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Government officials visit LTTE areas

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 December 1998, 12:50 GMT]
Dr.David Ratnavel, chairman of the Presidential Task Force of Human Disaster Management and N.Obadage, Commissioner General of Essential Services (CGES) and chairman of Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority for North (RRAN) are on a two-day fact finding mission to the Vanni region controlled by the Liberation Tigers, said government sources in Vavuniya.
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Six Tigers killed - VoT

[TamilNet, Sunday, 06 December 1998, 19:42 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said that six members of the LTTE were killed during the last two days in separate clashes with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and in accidental explosions.
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