Malnutrition deaths in Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Two ten month old infants, Raja Welden Denisla and Sivarajah Thamilini, died of malnutrion in the Gopi settlement in Jeyapuram in the Vanni this week. The children could not be saved as there is a severe scarcity of medicine in the area said NGO sources today.
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SLA - LTTE clash in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
There was a confrontation between Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers at Kaithady - Nunavil junction, at 3.30 p.m., about 17 k.m from Jaffna town. No details of the casualties on either side are known.
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Jaffna civilians shot dead

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army shot dead a youth identified as Yogarajah Ramesh, 18, in Madduvil around 1.30 p.m. today. The youth's body was brougt to the Jaffna Hospital by the SLA this evening.
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SLA commandeers Jaffna public busses

[TamilNet, Thursday, 25 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army in Jaffna took away five buses from the main bus terminal in Jaffna Town at 11 a.m. this morning. An emergency situation for the SLA is said to have prompted the requisition of the busses.
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SLA officer killed in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Two soldiers and a major of the SLA were killed yesterday around 4.30 p.m in Mirusuvil, in the Thenmaradchi sector of Jaffna when the Liberation Tigers set off a claymore mine on an army patrol.
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TULF relieved by nomination rejection

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The TULF held a press conference this morning around 9.30 a.m. in Jaffna town at Mrs. Sarojini Yogeswaran's residence at Kailasapillaiyar Koilady.
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Settlements hit by air strikes, civilians tortured

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Reports from the Vanni said this evening that Kfir jets of the SLAF bombed the Mankulam area this morning, inflicting heavy damage on some civilian settlements there. No details of the casualties were known.
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Breakaway EPDP faction files nominations

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
An independedent group filed nominations for the local government elections in Jaffna this morning around 11.30 p.m. at the Jaffna Kachcheri.
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Army fires on civilian van

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Four passengers were wounded when the Sri Lankan army fired on a van from Valaichenai to Polannaruwa this morning around 11 a.m. between Ottamavadi and Navalady.
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Generator blasted in Akkaraippattu

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The powerful central generator of the Akkaraippattu telephone exchange was destroyed by a bomb which went off in the early hours of the morning today around 1.30 a.m.
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LTTE,SLA clash in Varani

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Reports from Jaffna said that there was a confrontation between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers at Karampaikurichi East in Varani, in Jaffna.
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Search operation in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Army cordoned off and searched the Kokuvil area in Jaffna in the early hours of the morning today. Potpathy, Ampatapalam and Kondavil were searched by the SLA.
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Eight SLA troops killed

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers said this evening that the Liberation Tigers ambushed SLA yesterday evening in Elephant pass area killing 3 soldiers and wounding ten others.
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More troops sent to Vanni

[TamilNet, Friday, 19 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Sources in Vavuniya said today that a large number of troops are being sent to the 'Jayasikurui' front from last week. They were, however, not able to ascertain whether the induction of soldiers is connected to the major operation to achieve the link up between the troops of Operation Jayasikurui and the SLA base in Kilinochchi before February 4, 1998, the fiftieth anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence.
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Transformers blasted

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Two high power transformers were blasted in the hill country town of Bandarawela 206 km from Colombo in the early hours of the morning today. This is the third set of transformers to be destroyed in the tea growing central province of the island.
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Tigers, SLA clash at Alwai

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers attacked the Sri Lankan army at Pulavarodai, Alwai in Jaffna this morning at around 8.30am. The fire-fight lasted till about 10.00am said local residents.
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1 killed, six injured in blast

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
One civilian was killed and six others wounded on the island of Eluvaithivu this morning around 10.30am, when they tried to open an unidentified object that drifted in from the sea.
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SLA demolishes Jaffna houses

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Four houses belonging to civilians were demolished with explosives by the Sri Lankan army today in Alwai in Jaffna.
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Razeek group member shot dead

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers shot dead a member of the Razeek group this morning at Thalavai, about fifteen kilometers north of Batticaloa town. The dead youth, identified as M. Kunaratnam 24, was part of fully armed platoon of the Razeek group which had set an ambush on the Liberation Tigers who frequent the Thalavai area from the early hours of the morning.
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Fire fight in Nagar Kovil

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 December 1997, 23:59 GMT]
Reports from Jaffna said today that the Liberation Tigers had attacked the Sri Lankan army in the Nagar Kovil.
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