SLA strengthens Thenmaradchy camps

[TamilNet, Thursday, 24 February 2000, 08:01 GMT]
Sri Lankan Army (SLA) has been strengthening the defences around the camps in Thenmaradchy sector following the downing of a helicopter last week in Eluthumattuval, an area under the control of the SLA, said sources in Jaffna.
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Twenty arrests following grenade attack

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 February 2000, 11:30 GMT]
Twenty young men and women were arrested in Mannar following an attack on Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers at Railway Station road around 8.45 a.m. this morning said sources.
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SLA amnesty yields 164 deserters for duty

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 February 2000, 21:31 GMT]
One-hundred sixty-four deserters reported back for duty today, accepting an amnesty offered by the Sri Lanka Army, the Operational Head Quarters of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement.
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Missing fishermen remain unaccounted

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 February 2000, 21:30 GMT]
The fate of five fishermen reported 'missing' after their boats were attacked by the Sri Lanka Navy, off the coast of Silavathurai, remains unknown, their relatives said.
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Youth shot dead

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 February 2000, 21:26 GMT]
A youth was shot dead and another arrested during a search operation by the Sri Lanka Army in Puliyankandalady in Vaakarai, about 64 km. north of Batticaloa, around 7.30 a.m. today, said sources.
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Public seek answers from Chemmani evidence

[TamilNet, Monday, 21 February 2000, 21:22 GMT]
Evidence in the Chemmani mass graves case were displayed at the Jaffna Central College today for identification. The evidence was desplayed from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Nearly 200 people came to find if any of unearthed objects belonged to relatives who have been reported 'missing'.
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Relatives to identify Chemmani skeletons

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 February 2000, 17:08 GMT]
Fifteen of the 17 human skeletons exhumed from Chemmani graves in Jaffna will be kept for identification by the relatives of the missing. More than 600 persons were reported missing during 1996 and 1997 after the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) troops took control of Jaffna.
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Sea-Tigers shell Thaalaiyadi camp

[TamilNet, Sunday, 20 February 2000, 16:03 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers fired mortar shells on Thaalaiyadi Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp, in Vadamaradchi East, Jaffna peninsula around 5.30 a.m today. Tigers are reported to have shelled the camp from one their boats, sources said.
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SLA retaliatory fire injures three

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 February 2000, 23:50 GMT]
Three civilians were injured in retaliatory fire by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers after unidentified men had opened fire at an army patrol in Siththandy, about 25 km. north of Batticaloa, around 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, sources said.
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Cordon and search operation in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Saturday, 19 February 2000, 15:19 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Police rounded up residents of Vairavapuliyankulam area in Vavuniya from early morning till noon today, and conducted a search operation, sources said.
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"Missing" youth held by army

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 February 2000, 18:28 GMT]
A youth who was abducted from his house by unidentified gunmen on January 29 is reported as being held at the Kankesanthurai detention centre in Jaffna said human rights sources there.
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Sinhala extremists condemn Norwegian involvement

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 February 2000, 12:52 GMT]
Sinhala extremists issued a statement today condemning the Norwegian government for attempting to interfere in an internal matter. The fifteen movements, including five Bikku associations, which signed the statement, also protested the 'aspersions' cast upon the Sinhala organisations by Norwegian officials in Colombo.
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SLAF Helicopter shot down in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 18 February 2000, 07:36 GMT]
Liberation Tigers shot down a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Helicopter gunship in Usan in the Thenmaradchi Division on the Jaffna the peninsula around 8.25 p.m. yesterday.
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SLA soldier killed in grenade attack

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 February 2000, 18:31 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack at Maylankadhu in Erlalai in the Jaffna peninsula, around 6.30 p.m. this evening sources said.
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FDLs breached at Elephant pass

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 February 2000, 17:55 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said today that a 700 meter length of the forward defence lines (FDLs)of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) was destroyed in an attack launched yesterday at 4 a.m. at Umayalpuram area south of Elephant pass.
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Two Razeek Group cadres killed

[TamilNet, Thursday, 17 February 2000, 11:06 GMT]
A Razeek Group cadre (an auxiliary force of the Sri Lanka Army) was killed in a grenade attack at Sunkaankerny, about 30 km. north of Batticaloa, around 5.15 p.m. yesterday evening.
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Vollebaek meets Wickremasinghe

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 16:11 GMT]
The Sri Lankan opposition leader Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe told the visiting Norwegian Foreign Minster Mr. Knut Vollebaek that a solution to the ethnic conflict in the island has to be found through a reasonable political system, UNP sources said.
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Community centre destroyed

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 11:20 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army soldiers demolished a community centre in Kachchai, Chavakachcheri in the Thenmaradchi Division on the Jaffna peninsula last week, said sources.
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Heavy fighting erupts in Elephant Pass

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 February 2000, 06:46 GMT]
Fighting has erupted between the Liberation Tigers and Sri Lanka Army soldiers in the Elephant Pass region, in the north of the island, from the early hours of the morning today, army sources said.
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Youth shot dead

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 21:36 GMT]
A Muslim youth was shot dead by the Police at Kokutheivu in Kinniya division, 12 km. northwest of Trincomalee around 8.30 a.m.yesterday morning.
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