Displaced civilians cross FDLs

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 February 1999, 17:39 GMT]
Sixty five families who had been displaced in the Vanni walked through no-man's land on the Madhu-Mannar road and crossed into areas held by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) on Sunday said sources.
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Paramilitary operation to abduct woman

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 February 1999, 11:21 GMT]
Paramilitary sources in Batticaloa said that the Razeek group carried out an operation into LTTE controlled areas on Monday night in order to abduct a woman who was then married, at a Sri Lankan Army camp, to one of the group's leaders.
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Head Found in Jaffna Drain

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 February 1999, 10:50 GMT]
A decapitated male head was found in a drain near the New Market in central Jaffna. The Sri Lankan army and Police have cordoned off the area, said sources.
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News in Brief

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 February 1999, 13:44 GMT]
Minster's son charged with assault; President to discuss forthcoming elections with opposition leader and UNP plans to censure Government over appointment of new Secretary General of Parliament.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 February 1999, 20:47 GMT]
Sri Lankan Army (SLA) sources said that six Liberation Tigers were killed during the last two days; Vadamaradchi East civilians face further travel restrictions; The Minister for Industries Development, Mr.C.V.Gooneretna, announces rehabilitation of the Atchchuveli Industrial Estate in Jaffna.
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Petty thief gets stitched up

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 February 1999, 22:41 GMT]
Sinnathamby Aarumugam, a minor thief plying his trade in areas north of Valaichenai, 32 kilometers north of Batticaloa, was apprehended and tied to a pole by the SLA at Vaakarai junction last evening. He was made to shout "I shall no longer steal in the name of LTTE".
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SLA re-deployed to hold MSR

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 February 1999, 18:06 GMT]
The Police units deployed along the (MSR) A9 route have been replaced with the Sri Lankan Army soldiers (SLA) who were manning the Vavuniya - Mannar road, said sources in the northern town of Vavuniya.
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Sea Tigers attack SLN patrol - VoT

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 February 1999, 16:46 GMT]
(CORRECTION) The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its 8.00 a.m. news broadcast today that the Leopard commandos of the Sea Tigers attacked a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Special Forces Unit patrolling the Jaffna lagoon off Kilaly on Friday morning at 12.30 a.m..
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Jaffna politicians organise paramilitary protection

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 February 1999, 20:31 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) told Tamil groups in Jaffna that it will provide weapons, uniforms and salaries to body guards who are expected to protect members of the local government bodies in Jaffna. The Tamil groups have to provide the necessary manpower for the purpose the SLA said.
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STF said using child slave labour

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 February 1999, 19:35 GMT]
(NEWS FEATURE) In a letter sent to the Anti Harassment Committee today, the Forum for Human Dignity has raised the issue of human rights violations committed by the elite commando police unit, the Special Task Force (STF), in the eastern part of the island.
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New regulations on rations announced

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 February 1999, 19:26 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army's 52-4 brigade headquarters in Jaffna ordered that fishermen's families in villages on the South-eastern coast of Jaffna who have any family members or immediate relatives living abroad should not be given relief rations.
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Three LTTE boats destroyed - SLN

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 February 1999, 11:49 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) said that three boats belonging to the Liberation Tigers were destroyed in a sea battle in the Kilaly lagoon, in the north of the island, in the early hours of the morning today.
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University employee detained

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 February 1999, 07:39 GMT]
A laboratory assistant of the Medical Faculty of the University of Jaffna, Selveranjan Selvakumar, was arrested by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) last night. Human rights activists were surprised that the army had for the first time given a receipt of arrest in the case of Selvakumar directly to the Human RightsCommission (HRC) office in Jaffna.
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Sinhala supremacists pursue economic dominance

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 February 1999, 23:59 GMT]
Tension between the Sinhala and Muslim communities in the northcentral province of Sri Lanka continued to mount today as moves were afoot to stop the pogrom from spreading further. Forty shops and businesses belonging to Muslims were completely burnt in Nochchiyagama since Monday night.
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Soldiers suspended for staging bogus attack

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 February 1999, 20:45 GMT]
Twenty soldiers of an army detachment at Vilgamvehera, 6 miles north of Tricomalee along Anuradhapura trunk road, have been suspended by the SLA for misleading the district brigade that the Liberation Tigers had attacked their camp on February 12, sources said.
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UNP attacks break with convention

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 February 1999, 15:46 GMT]
The main opposition party, the United National Party (UNP) has strongly criticised the President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, for appointing a complete outsider as the Secretary-General of Parliament, kicking aside all Parliamentary traditions.
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Peace movement formulates own proposals

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 February 1999, 10:19 GMT]
The National Alliance for Peace (NAP) announced at a press conference on Tuesday that it intends to formulate its own peace proposals that will then be submitted to the two main political parties, the UNP and the PA.
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Seven LTTE Casualties - VoT

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 February 1999, 19:33 GMT]
Six female members of the Liberation Tigers were killed in fresh clashes with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) today in two separate incidents, the Tigers announced in the Vanni.
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Jaffna Tamil groups asked to help army

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 February 1999, 17:25 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) today announced plans to provide protection for the Tamil paramilitaries and other groups operating in the Jaffna peninsula.
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News In Brief:

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 February 1999, 17:21 GMT]
Liberation Tigers put up poster at Jaffna University and fourty-two devotees attended 'Maha Sivarathri Pooja' at Keerimalai Naguleswarar temple.
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