Valaichenai shelling kills one

[TamilNet, Saturday, 07 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A man was killed on the spot and his four year old daughter was seriously wounded last night around 7.30 p.m. when the Valaichenai Police fired shells into the Puthukkudiyiruppu village.
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SLA thrust repulsed - Radio

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said this morning that fierce fighting broke out north of Kilinochchi town when the Sri Lankan army tried to advance from the Karadippokku junction yesterday.
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Colombo explosion kills eight

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A bomb exploded in down town Colombo late this afternoon. According to initial reports, it had gone off at the SLAF check point on Malay street, killing eight persons, including three security forces personnel.
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Kilinochchi battle continues

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers radio said in its night broadcast 9 p.m. (15.00 GMT) that there was fighting with the SLA today when Sri Lankan army troops tried to advance into areas recently captured by the LTTE.
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Suicide bomber caused blast - police

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Contrary to initial reports, the explosion in Slave Island in downtown Colombo this afternoon was caused by a woman suicide bomber said Sri Lankan police.
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Tigers damage main battle tank - Radio

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said this morning that fierce fighting broke out between the Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lankan army north of Kilinochchi from morning yesterday. The radio said that many SLA troops were killed and wounded in this fighting and that one SLA main battle tank was damaged.
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Tigers shell SLA positions

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Two SLA soldiers were killed and ten injured when the Liberation Tigers attacked army positions with artillery fire last night east of Mankulam.
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Civilians assaulted in retaliation

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A member of the PLOTE working with the army at Chenkalady, 16 kilometers north of Batticaloa, was killed when a suspected member of the Liberation Tigers lobbed a grenade into a sentry point this afternoon around 3.45 p.m. said sources in Batticaloa.
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Schools said neglected on islands

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Only 33 of the total 66 schools in the islands off the Jaffna peninsula are functioning at present, said S. Ratnarajah, Director of Education (zone-1), Jaffna District, at a discussion at Sir Vaithilingam Duraiswamy Maha Viththiyalayam, at Velanai island this week.
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Heavy fighting near Kilinochchi

[TamilNet, Thursday, 05 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers launched a fierce attack on the Sri Lankan Army which was trying to advance towards Kilinochchi, around 4.30 p.m. (12.30 GMT), today. SLA sources in the north acknowledged that the LTTE's counter attack was a major one.
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Shelling cancels Batticaloa ceremony

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The hosting of the Sri Lankan national flag and independence day ceremonies which were about to take place this morning at 8.30 a.m. (02.30 GMT) in Batticoloa Kachcheri were cancelled as Liberation Tigers fired shells which fell at the venue.
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Tigers consolidate captured areas - radio

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its morning news bulletin that the Liberation Tigers are consolidating the areas captured by them in Kilnochchi and its surroundings.
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Six hurt in shelling exchange

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Three civilians and three security personnel were injured in shelling and counter shelling which rocked Valaichenai this morning around 6.00 a.m.
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Shelling wounds more civilians

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
Nine more civilians were injured by Sri Lankan security forces counter fire in the Batticaloa district today. Four people were injured when Sri Lankan Police fired shells indiscriminately into civilian areas around 12.30 in the afternoon, after a police constable was injured when the Liberation Tigers attacked the Valaichenai Police camp a short while earlier.
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SLA burns KIA bodies

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The SLA, according to sources in Vavuniya, burnt all 41 of the bodies of SLA soldiers which they received from the ICRC today at Madukanda, an area near Vavuniya.
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Veeramunai's perpetual fear

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 04 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
On the night of 3rd January, continuous firing by Muslim home guards could heard by the residents of Veeramunai village in the Ampara District.
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Massive Canadian rally said 'significant'

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A large number of Tamil people participated in a march and rally Toronto Sunday, to condemn the Sri Lankan government. According to the organizers, the Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils, this was one of the largest attendance of their rallies, with about 25,000 people taking part.
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Tigers capture Kilinochchi town

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers announced in the Vanni this morning that more than three hundred soldiers have been killed in the ongoing attack on the Kilinochchi SLA base. The Tigers had advanced towards the centre of Kilinochchi and had brought the town and it surrounding areas under their control.
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Tigers hand over SLA bodies

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
The LTTE handed over forty one bodies of SLA soldiers who were killed in the Kilinochchi fighting to the ICRC at Mallavi today. Yesterday, the VoT radio said that they had recovered the bodies of more than 50 SLA troops and that they were recovering more.
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Skirmish in Valaichenai

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 February 1998, 23:59 GMT]
A confrontation took place this morning between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA), which was on a patrol at Navatkadu, 3 km west of Batticaloa, said sources in Batticaloa. The SLA was accompanied by the ex-Tamil militant paramilitary unit, known as the Mohan Group.
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