Fighting erupts in Mannar

[TamilNet, Sunday, 12 September 1999, 10:05 GMT]
Heavy fighting has been reported between the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers in the north-western Vidaththalthivu, 24 km. north of Mannar since this morning.
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Sri Lankan President makes statement on days of tranquillity

[TamilNet, Saturday, 11 September 1999, 00:00 GMT]
The Sri Lankan President welcomed the announcement by Velupillai Pirabaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers, that his organisation would observe four days of tranquillity for a UNICEF vaccination program.
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Amnesty slams Police torture

[TamilNet, Friday, 10 September 1999, 16:47 GMT]
(FOCUS) Three young Tamil men have been severely tortured in police custody in the capital, Colombo and all three may be in urgent need of medical attention, said Amnesty International, the London based human rights group today.
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Uproar in Parliament after editor's slaying

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 September 1999, 12:34 GMT]
(Adds Photo) The murder of a Sinhala journalist in Colombo caused uproar in Parliament today when the opposition raised the issue. The Speaker was forced to suspend the sittings of the house twice. Mr.Rohana Kumara, Editor of Satana, was killed on Tuesday night.
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Protests against Sarath's Chief Justice appointment

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 September 1999, 12:26 GMT]
Demonstrators protested today in front of the Supreme Court complex in Colombo against a proposed move by the government to appoint the present Attorney General Sarath N.Silva as the Chief Justice from September 15.
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SLA, Tigers to observe days of tranquillity

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 September 1999, 12:05 GMT]
The UNICEF in Colombo said today that the Sri Lanka Army and the Liberation Tigers have agreed to observe "days of tranquillity" on September 10-11 and October 15-16 to facilitate the national immunization program.
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UNP youth wing protest

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 08 September 1999, 09:26 GMT]
(Adds Photo) Members of the main opposition, United National Party's Youth Wing demonstrated today at Lipton Circus and in front of the University Grants Commission in Colombo, protesting against the Educational Reforms introduced by the Government.
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Mass graves judge reprimands Jaffna SLA commanders

[TamilNet, Monday, 06 September 1999, 12:58 GMT]
The Jaffna district judge Manikkavasagam Ilancheliyan severely reprimanded the Jaffna Sri Lankan Security Forces Commander Lohan Gunawardana and the Sri Lankan Army's 51 division General Officer Commanding (GOC) Maj.Gen.Nihal Marambe this afternoon for interfering in the Chemmmani court proceedings and investigations into the alleged mass graves of civilians arrested and believed to be killed by the army in the peninsula in 1996-97.
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Monks and soldiers trod war road together

[TamilNet, Sunday, 05 September 1999, 23:59 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed and three security forces personnel, including a captain, were seriously wounded when a military vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by a claymore mine blast at Madathadi Atchuvely, Jaffna around 4.30 p.m. today. Two Buddhist priests who were in the bus were also injured in the blast.
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Demonstration against acquisition of Palaly land

[TamilNet, Sunday, 05 September 1999, 19:12 GMT]
The New Left Front (NLF) staged a demonstration close to the Wellawatte market in Colombo this morning demanding that the government withdraw the gazette notification to acquire several hundred acres of lands belonging to Tamil civilians in the Palaly area of the Jaffna peninsula.
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EPDP to file action against paper

[TamilNet, Saturday, 04 September 1999, 20:39 GMT]
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) sources said today that they intend to file action against the Sunday edition of the Sinhala daily, Divaina, for its lead story last week that the group was in cahoots with the Liberation Tigers.
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Mannar GA arrested

[TamilNet, Saturday, 04 September 1999, 10:20 GMT]
(Adds Photo) The Government Agent of Mannar S.M Cruz was detained by Police investigators in Colombo today. A Tamil Parliamentarian said that the GA had been summoned to Colombo by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) this week.
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A.C.S.Hameed dies in Colombo

[TamilNet, Friday, 03 September 1999, 17:11 GMT]
Senior United National Party (UNP) member and former Foreign Minister, A.C.S.Hameed died at a private hospital in Colombo around 10.40 p.m. this evening.
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Ex-SLA troops identify further graves

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 01 September 1999, 16:04 GMT]
Former Sri Lanka Army Corporal Somaratna Rajapaksha and ex-soldier S.A.Perera today identified five more grave sites in the Ariyalai area in Jaffna where Tamil civilians arrested by Government troops were allegedly killed and buried.
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Jayalath accuses President of making false allegations

[TamilNet, Monday, 30 August 1999, 07:13 GMT]
In letters addressed to President Chandrika Kumaratunge, Dr. Jayalath Jayawardene, an opposition (UNP) MP has accused the President of making false allegations about his visits to Vanni. TamilNet has received copies of two such letters.
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GA's driver arrested

[TamilNet, Sunday, 29 August 1999, 09:12 GMT]
The driver of the Mannar Government Agent, Antonythas,34, was arrested by the Sri Lankan Police around 4 p.m. on Friday said his family members. He was arrested at Kachcheri by the Mannar police said sources.
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Four University students arrested

[TamilNet, Saturday, 28 August 1999, 15:08 GMT]
Four Tamil undergraduates from the University of Moratuwa were arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Colombo last night. The whereabouts of the students were not known until this noon sources said. All are from Jaffna.
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ACTC leader's Jaffna trip stalls

[TamilNet, Friday, 27 August 1999, 16:53 GMT]
The leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), Mr. Kumar Ponnambalam was denied an air ticket to Jaffna today because he had not obtained permission from the Ministry of Defence for visiting the north.
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Explosives found in van - Police

[TamilNet, Thursday, 26 August 1999, 12:16 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Police in Badulla, 230 kilometres east of Colombo, said that they discovered about 20 kilograms of explosives hidden inside the spare wheel of a van last night.
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Rains raise concerns about Chemmani probe

[TamilNet, Thursday, 26 August 1999, 03:45 GMT]
Investigations on the mass graves of Jaffna civilians arrested and allegedly killed by Sri Lankan security forces in Chemmani might be delayed again until next year due to heavy rains that hit the northern peninsula in the early hours of the morning today according to human rights activists.
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