UNP unveils constitutional reform proposals

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The opposition United National Party (UNP), will kick off its campaign to muster support its package for constitutional reform with a public meeting in Galle on February 20, said UNP sources today. Journalists have been invited to cover this event.
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8 soldiers killed in Chettikulam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Eight SLA soldiers were killed and four including an officer were wounded this afternoon on the Madawachchiya - Mannar road near Chettikulam when the Liberation Tigers fired Rocket Propelled Grenades on the Jeep in which army personnel were travelling.
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Tigers describe Jaffna attacks

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 17 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers gave further details of the attack by the Liberation Tigers on the SLA patrol in Mirusuvil in Jaffna in its night news bulletin today. It said that more than ten soldiers in the SLA group were killed in the ambush around 12 noon yesterday. There were 30 soldiers in the patrol, according to the radio.
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LTTE resistance heavy - SLA

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
SLA sources in Vavuniya said that casualties in the fighting for Mankulam had risen to 27 soldiers killed and 124 wounded following clashes with the Liberation Tigers yesterday as well.
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LTTE holding Kilinochchi FDLs

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Brigadier Lohan Gunawardana, the General Officer Commanding of the 54 division told the team of journalists which was taken by the SLA to Kilinochchi yesterday that the LTTE is still in control of the four kilometer long Forward Defence Lines (FDLs) in the southern part of the town. The 54 division is stationed in the Elephant Pass- Paranthan- Kilinochchi complex.
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SLA says close to Mankulam

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The SLA sources claimed today that they are just 1 km away from Mankulam town on the highway to Jaffna (the A9). They said that the troops of Operation Jayasikurui have advanced north by the side of the highway from Kanakarayan Kulam despite heavy resistance by the Liberation Tigers.
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MoD blocks insecticide supplies

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is restricting the supply of sulphur to the Jaffna District, said sources in Jaffna. No reason has been given by the MoD for this restriction.
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Shelling causes panic

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shelled Gurunagar in Jaffna town from the Palaly SLA camp around 8.45 p.m. last night said sources in Jaffna. Though no one was injured, there was panic among the residents of the area.
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Mass arrest in Valaichenai

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The SLA cordoned off and searched the several villages in Valaichenai this morning. More than five hundred males from the villages of Peythalai, Kannakipuram, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Kannankikiramam etc., were taken to an empty ground near the Peythalai army camp.
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A comfortable blackout

[TamilNet, Monday, 16 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE is being fought behind one of the most comprehensive news blackouts of recent times. The Sri Lankan government has been able to strictly control information coming out of the war zone with considerable success and without drawing much international criticism of the censorship. Sri Lanka's success stems from following a simple but effective strategy that has proved successful elsewhere.
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Heavy fighting near Mankulam

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
14 SLA soldiers were killed and 113 were wounded in a heavy fighting with the Liberation Tigers west of Mankulam yesterday, said army sources in Vavuniya.
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Journalists visit Kilinochchi area

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A team of journalists who were taken today to see Kilinochchi by the SLA were able to go only up to Paranthan junction. The group of photographers in the team were however taken by foot up to the Karadippokku junction and near Kandaswamy Kovil (temple) North of Kilinochchi town.
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Eastern SLA position attacked

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers in Batticaloa said today that they had successfully attacked an SLA position on the Polanaruwa -Batticaloa district at Aralaganwila, around 8.30 a.m., yesterday.
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SLA thrust repulsed near Mankulam - VoT

[TamilNet, Sunday, 15 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its night broadcast today that the Liberation Tigers had attacked and repulsed SLA troops who had attempted to advance towards Moondu Murippu, west of Mankulam. The radio said that fighting had erupted around 11.30 a.m. yesterday.
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SLA patrol attacked in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
One soldier was killed and two were wounded when the Liberation Tigers ambushed a Sri Lankan army foot patrol last evening in Jaffna. The ambush was in Soorawaththai in Chunnakam, north of Jaffna town said army sources in Jaffna.
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Station restrictions fuel black market

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Three fuel stations in the Chavakachcheri area, south of Jaffna, require a special military permit before they can issue petrol to consumers, while petrol is sold at exorbitant rates in the black-market nearby, said sources in Jaffna.
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Gurunagar fishermen banned

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The SLA has stopped fishermen in Gurunagar in Jaffna town from putting out to sea following the Thursday night attack by the Liberation Tigers on military positions in the area said sources in Jaffna.
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LTTE ambush in Polanaruwa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 14 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Five SLA soldiers were killed and an unknown number were wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked an SLA detachment at Aralaganwila in the Polanaruwa district this morning around 8.45 a.m.
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SLA poster campaign in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 13 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A poster, showing a man in long trousers, shirt and hat and holding a Tiger by the neck, has appeared on the streets in the Jaffna District, pasted allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army.
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Woman marked by informant

[TamilNet, Friday, 13 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Vethanayagam Geetha (29), a woman from Muthalaikudah west of Batticaloa across the lagoon was apprehended by the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) at the Aaraiampathy checkpoint, 3 km from Batticaloa town yesterday, said sources in Valaichenai.
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