Fighting eases in Olumadu

[TamilNet, Saturday, 16 October 1999, 15:15 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army sources said that soldiers who were preparing to launch 'Operation Water Shed" were attacked by the Liberation Tigers with machine gun and mortars on Thursday around 11 a.m.
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Fighting continues in Ampakamam-Olumadu

[TamilNet, Friday, 15 October 1999, 12:02 GMT]
Nine Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers, including an officer were killed and over 60 wounded today in the heavy fighting that is raging for the second day in the Ampakamam-Olumadu area said SLA sources.
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75 combatants killed - military

[TamilNet, Friday, 15 October 1999, 10:18 GMT]
Sri Lankan military officials said this afternoon 75 combatants have been killed during fighting in the Vanni region and off the Mullaitivu coast in the 24 hours up to midday today.
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Twenty Tigers killed in sea battle -SLN

[TamilNet, Friday, 15 October 1999, 07:27 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) said at least 20 Liberation Tigers are believed to have been killed when it's patrol crafts engaged a LTTE flotilla and destroyed four boats in the seas off Kokkilai in the north-east of the island this morning.
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Casualties mount in Vanni fighting

[TamilNet, Friday, 15 October 1999, 03:44 GMT]
Twenty-seven Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and over 75 wounded in yesterday's fighting with the Liberation Tigers in Olumadu-Ampakamam region , said security sources.
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Government seeks opposition "guarantees" for peace

[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 October 1999, 13:30 GMT]
The Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunge, in a letter to the leader of the main opposition United National Party, has sought "guarantees" which the President believes are prerequisites for a peace process to settle the island's conflict.
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Fighting said ongoing in Olumadu area

[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 October 1999, 10:44 GMT]
Fighting between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) was going on tonight in the Olumadu-Ampakamam region, where seven SLA soldiers were killed and over 70 wounded this afternoon, said security sources.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 23:02 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army personnel arrested over assault on Sinhala villagers, Valikamam South Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman complains hand-gun stolen, a young man reported missing in Ampara.
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Assaults by security forces

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 20:21 GMT]
Several civilians were assaulted by elite commandos of the Special Task Force (STF) in Pesaalai town in the north-western district of Mannar, yesterday evening around 7.30 p.m. said sources. The STF has a base in Pesaalai.
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Embargo violators fired at

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 20:10 GMT]
A young man was killed and another wounded off the coast of Pallivaasalpiddy in the Mannar island around midnight yesterday, when unidentified gun men fired at group of illegal traders attempting to smuggle banned goods to LTTE held areas of Vanni, sources said.
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Civilians fearful of SLA, paramilitaries

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 14:17 GMT]
Residents of Kaluvankerni village in the Batticaloa district marched to the Divisional Secretary's office in Eravur and submitted a memorandum this morning, appealing to 'safeguard them from the atrocities committed by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and its auxiliary force called Razeek group'.
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SLA ordered to de-mine Mahajana College

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 14:03 GMT]
The Magistrate of Mallakam, P. Vignarajah, yesterday ordered the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) to de-mine the premises of Mahajana College in Thellipalai in Jaffna within two weeks. The court ruling comes after a schoolboy was injured in a mine blast recently. The boy's foot was amputated.
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Polio vaccination truce

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 October 1999, 13:57 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army and the Liberation Tigers will observe a tranquillity on Friday and Saturday to facilitate UNICEF sponsored Polio immunisation program.
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French Ambassador asked to continue international pressure on government

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 14:19 GMT]
Mr. Joseph Pararajasingham, Member of Parliament of the Batticaloa district, has told the visiting French Ambassador for Sri Lanka and Maldives, that the international community should exert pressure on the government to withdraw the Prevention of Terrorism Act and Emergency Regulations, which contribute largely to the violation of the human rights in the country.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 14:17 GMT]
Sinhalese encroaching on Tamil paddy fields, Flight to Colombo may cost rations, Regular trips from Vavuniya to Vanni.
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New Jaffna Commander appointed

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 12:57 GMT]
Maj. Gen. Sarath Munasinghe will take up duties as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Security Forces, Jaffna, army sources in the northern town said.
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EPDP member killed

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 11:05 GMT]
A member of the EPDP, Thambirajah Vinayakamoorthy, alias Vasikan, 38, was shot dead by unidentified armed youth in Akkaraippattu in the Ampara district, around 3.30 p.m. today said police sources.
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Grenade thrown at sentry point

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 12 October 1999, 01:17 GMT]
Suspected members of the Liberation Tigers threw a grenade at a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) sentry point at Aariya Kulam junction in the high security zone of the Jaffna town around 6.30 p.m. yesterday evening, sources said.
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Woman wounded, mother, sister missing in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 09 October 1999, 18:45 GMT]
A 21 year old woman, Jacintha Vellayutham, was wounded on her head, and her mother and sister have been reported missing after a shoot out at Thellippalai in Jaffna this morning, sources said.
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Woman injured in SLA shelling

[TamilNet, Saturday, 09 October 1999, 10:34 GMT]
A 47 year old woman who was seriously wounded on Thursday night in the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelling of Thadumunai in Vaakarai was brought to Valaichenai hospital yesterday evening around 4 p.m. said sources. Vaakarai is about 35 km. north of Valaichenai.
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