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3 policemen, 2 civilians injured in Claymore attack in Earaavoor
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 A Claymore attack on the train from Batticaloa to Colombo Thursday around 8:15 p.m near Earaavoor Railway station injured three policemen and two civilians including a student. The train left Batticaloa Railway station at 7:30 p.m. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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DPU shoot dead student in Vanni
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Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) shot and killed a student of Mallaavi Central College Thursday around 10:20 a.m at Aiyangkulam in Mallaavi in Vanni. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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SLA, STF, police accused of sexual harassment in Aarayampathi
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The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops, Special Task Force (STF) commandos, and policemen who visit homes in Aarayampathi area during daytime for interrogation, elicit information about men in the family, and visit the homes that do not have any males, on pretext of night patrol, subjecting widows and women to sexual harassment, residents in Aarayampathi in Kaaththaankudi police division in Batticaloa district said. The victims do not complain to the police or speak of their suffering due to fear of being killed by the troops and policemen. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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Sri Lankan ex-Tiger boss returns after UK jail term
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 Renegade former Tamil Tiger leader Karuna Amman returned to Sri Lanka on Thursday after a six-month jail term in Britain for immigration offences, a spokesman for his breakaway party said. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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UPFA seeks TMVP candidates to woo Tamils in Polonnaruwa
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The ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) said Thursday that will include members from the Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) as UPFA ticket for Polonnaruwa district in the forthcoming North Central Provincial Council elections, party sources said. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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Weerawanse's JNP registered as new political party
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 The Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake Thursday announced that two new political parties, Janatha Nidahas Peramuna (JNP), and Patriotic National Front (PNF), have been registered with the Department of Elections with effect from July 3. The JNP was formed by parliamentarian Wimal Weerawanse who broke away from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) with ten parliamentarians. The present parliamentary strength of the JVP is 27. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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Abducted Tamil youth found shot dead in Trincomalee
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A Tamil youth abducted on June 26 from his residence located in Paalaiyoothu was found shot dead at Thuvarankaadu junction, Thursday early morning, police sources said. The Uppuve'li Police visited the site where the body of the victim was lying, and removed the body to the Trincomalee general hospital for postmortem examination. The body had gunshot injuries to the head and the chest, hospital sources said.
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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600 foot pilgrims from east reach Kathirkaamam
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 About six hundred foot pilgrims from several areas of the eastern province entered Kathirkaamam scared area Sunday evening after two weeks of foot pilgrimage through Yala sanctuary to attend the annual festival Kathirkaamam Murugan Temple. The festival is scheduled to commence on July 4 with the flag hoisting event. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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24 Civilians arrested by Vavuniyaa police
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 24 civilians were taken into custody by Vavuniyaa police Tuesday afternoon and were interrogated, sources in Vavuniyaa said. Imposition of intensified security measures triggered the Police action, according to informed sources. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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Collecting Bank account details, violation of privacy, court says
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Sri Lankan Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, while presiding over a Fundamental Rights submission on Monday, said that privacy of individuals was fundamental and warned those responsible for abuses such as asking for bank account numbers from civilians during search operations. Counsel M.A. Sumenthiran had submitted to court that directions given by the court were not being carried out during search operations. The CID officers were asking for bank account numbers from the civilians during the operation. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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CWC, UPF decide to contest SPC election separately
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The Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) and Upcountry Peoples Front (UPF), allies of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) have decided to contest the Sabragamuwa Provincial Council (SPC) separately. Leaders of the CWC and UPF are holding ministerial posts in the cabinet of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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HRW calls on GoSL to end illegal internment of IDPs in Mannaar
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 The New York based Human Rights Watch has voiced against the illegal internment of around 400 Internally Displaced Tamils, who are languishing under Sri Lanka Army detention in a so-called 'welfare center' in Ka'limoaddai in Naanaaddaan division of Mannaar district. Since March 2008, the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) has detained civilians fleeing areas controlled by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Ka'limoaddai. The SLA has imposed severe restrictions on freedom of movement, instituting a daily pass system that limits to 30 the number of people who can leave the camp each day, and only if a family member remains behind to guarantee the detainees return in the evening. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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Media institutions hold protest demonstration in Colombo(PHOTOS UPDATED)
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 Five media organizations and prominent political leaders staged a protest demonstration Wednesday around 12:30 p.m. at Colpetty Junction, condemning the attacks let loose on journalists and media men. The demonstrators called on the Sri Lankan government to immediately appoint a ministerial sub-committee to conduct inquiries into the Monday attack on Media Director of the Sri Lankan Press Institute (SLPI) Namal Perera and the British Embassy officer Mahendra Ratnaweera. |
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Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
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15 Tamils from Batticaloa, Ampaarai arrested in Colombo
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 Kurunthuwathe police arrested nine Tamils from Batticaloa and six from Ampaa’rai districts Tuesday around 7:30 a.m at Narahenpitya in Colombo when they were on their way to appear for an interview examination for clerical service appointment, according to information given by one of the arrested. |
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Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008
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(News Feature) Sri Lanka Army chief says victory date now mid-2009
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Sri Lanka Army chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka this week again revised his timetable for defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; to mid-2009, from an earlier estimate of June 2008. Saying that the LTTE had lost its conventional fighting capacity, he told international correspondents Monday that, within a year, most of the remaining Tigers would be dead. Saying that the objective of the LTTE was to capture the entire island and wipe out the majority Sinhalese community, he vowed: "we will not allow that at any cost, we will fight them." |
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Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008
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12 SLA killed, 19 wounded in Vavuniyaa - LTTE
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 Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) officials in Vanni told media Wednesday morning that the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) attempt to break into LTTE defences at Paalamoaddai on Tuesday was thwarted around 10:00 p.m. the same day. 12 SLA soldiers were killed and 19 wounded in the fighting that raged for hours, the Tigers said. |
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Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008
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Australian parliamentarian calls for ceasefire
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 Australian parliamentarian for federal state of Lowe, Mr John Mrphy, submitted to the House of Representatives Wednesday, a petition signed by more than 4000 Australians calling the Australian Governmen "to do everything in its power to get a peaceful resolution" to Sri Lanka's conflict, and pressed for the "proper implementation of the 2002 ceasefire agreement" that brought optimism for all Sri Lankans that there would be an end to the needless death and displacement of innocent people. |
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Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008
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SLA artillery attacks target IDP settlements in Mannaar
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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) continue to launch artillery fire on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) settlements in Kalliyadi, Aaththimoadai and Illuppakkadavai in Mannaar district from Monday early morning. Large number of civilians who had been displaced from their villages in Mannaar district due to SLA offensives had been living in temporary shelters in the above villages.
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Tuesday, 01 Jul 2008
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A9 gateway to Vanni closed after SLAF attack
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 The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday evening informed the Government Agent (GA) of Kilinochchi, N. Vethanayagam, that it has decided to withdrew its personnel from manning the A9 post in Puliyangkulam after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked a locality close to the gateway at 3:40 p.m., the GA told TamilNet. Four bombers attacked the location twice, endangering the lives of the civilians and the personnel manning the gateway. |
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Tuesday, 01 Jul 2008
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