Villagers say being harassed

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 August 1999, 13:21 GMT]
Two villagers have been abducted in Aandiyaapuliyankulam, an interior Muslim village in the Cheddikulam Division in the Vavuniya District last week, said sources.
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Soldier killed by friendly fire

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 August 1999, 12:02 GMT]
A Sri Lanka Army soldier was shot dead by troopers of his own unit in the early hours of the morning today around 1 a.m. in the Forward Defence Localities (FDL) at Paappamoddai in Mannar.
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Impromptu crossing of paths

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 August 1999, 09:41 GMT]
A group of Liberation Tigers met a troupe of artists campaigning for peace accompanied by journalists returning yesterday after a performance in Sri Lanka Army controlled Thatchanamaruthamadu, northwest of Vavuniya, and told them that "Peace cannot be brought about easily because the President is determined to wage this war."
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News In Brief:

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 23:01 GMT]
Tigers name bomber, a Razeek group member is shot dead in Batticaloa, the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) conducts search operations in Jaffna and Trincomalee and sets up a news camp in Vadamaradchi East.
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Convoy blast kills eleven

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 11:56 GMT]
(2nd Lead) Eleven military trained policemen were killed and 19 wounded, 5 of them seriously, when a bus they were travelling in was hit by a claymore mine at Thandavanveli junction in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 12.10, today.
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Two fishermen shot

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 August 1999, 11:52 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops shot and killed two fishermen who were fishing off the sea of Siruthivu, an island south west of Jaffna around 5 a.m. this morning.
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Youth arrested over Kaithady blast

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 21:16 GMT]
The SLA arrested and detained a youth from Kaithady east in Jaffna east this morning in connection with a bomb blast near one of its camps in the area on Sunday August 8.
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Arrests in Batticaloa, Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 15:31 GMT]
Nine people, including five women were arrested during a combined search operation by the Sri Lanka Army and military trained Police in the Batticaloa Central Market area this afternoon sources said.
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Views of Vanni crossing

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 August 1999, 10:01 GMT]
(Photographs) TamilNet correspondents' views of the movement of civilians through the newly established crossing point between areas held by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and Liberation Tigers (LTTE).
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Crossing completed at Mankulam

[TamilNet, Monday, 09 August 1999, 16:10 GMT]
Ten lorries carrying essential supplies were sent under ICRC escort to the Vanni this afternoon by 4.30 p.m. Supplies from lorries that came from Vavuniya were unloaded and reloaded onto lorries from the LTTE held areas of the Vanni which came through the safe passage on the A9 at Mankulam around 3 p.m.
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SLA officer killed in suicide blast

[TamilNet, Monday, 09 August 1999, 09:43 GMT]
SLA officer killed in suicide blast
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Soldier wounded in LTTE Ambush

[TamilNet, Sunday, 08 August 1999, 14:46 GMT]
A soldier was wounded at Iranai Iluppaikulam, 18 km. north west of Vavuniya, at about 11.00 a.m. this morning when the LTTE ambushed a SLA water tank, sources said.
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Access route to be opened on Monday

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 August 1999, 17:02 GMT]
A safe route to the LTTE controlled areas of the Vanni will be opened on Monday and the first batch of 500 civilians, out of the 2000 who are stranded in Vavuniya, will be allowed to cross over along with 10 truck loads of food, said K.Ganesh, the Government Agent in Vavuniya.
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Villagers protest STF intimidation

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 August 1999, 16:58 GMT]
Residents of Pesaalai in the western sector of the Mannar island said today that they are being threatened by the commandos of the elite Special Task Force (STF) who are camped in their village.
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LTTE, SLA de-mine to open access route

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 August 1999, 11:23 GMT]
Work on opening a safe passage for civilians on the A9 at Mankulam began at 11:30 a.m. yesterday. The ICRC delegate for Vavuniya, Sherine Pollini, and the ICRC delegate for Mallavi, Rene Walter, were present on either side of no man's land to witness the event and to facilitate the process.
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Tamil groups asked to leave politics

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 August 1999, 23:16 GMT]
A group of leading Jaffna traders have urged the TULF and the EPDP to keep away from politics until Sri Lanka's ruling PA reaches an agreement with the Liberation Tigers about an acceptable settlement to the island's ethnic conflict.
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Army commandos assault TELO cadres

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 August 1999, 23:14 GMT]
Special Forces (SF) commandos of the Sri Lanka Army entered a TELO camp at Pandarikulam this morning, smashed it and assaulted eight of their members, said TELO sources. They said that two of the eight received gunshot injuries.
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Vavuniya traders demand access route

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 August 1999, 23:09 GMT]
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials in Mallavi and Vavuniya visited the LTTE and SLA Mankulam defence lines today while both parties were engaged in de-mining their respective areas, sources said.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 August 1999, 23:05 GMT]
Sixty year old man wounded in Jaffna; Fire destroys sentry points and generator in Jaffna; LTTE member killed in confrontation and Injured PLOTE member dies in hospital.
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Train drivers strike causes frustration

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 August 1999, 16:42 GMT]
The train drivers strike that started at the Colombo fort station at 4.00 p.m. today has spread to other parts of the island.
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