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What if Periyar had not been born? By P C Vinoj Kumar in Chennai | Friday, 17 September , 2004, 13:44 It is that time of the year when political leaders in Tamil Nadu remember Periyar E V Ramasamy Naicker, one of the world’s all time great social revolutionaries. September 17, 2004, is the 126th birth anniversary of Periyar, the founder of ‘Dravida Kazhagam,’ the parent party of all Dravidian parties. Periyar spearheaded a movement that had such a revolutionary impact on society, which could be understood better, if we imagine for a moment that this man was never born. What if Periyar were not born? Would it have changed the way we live, eat and s…

On 19 January 2007, LTTE decided to pull back from its Pannichchankerni position which is on the access route to Vaharai. People in Vaharai, residents and the displaced, have endured more than six months of denial of humanitarian access. Since October only once a small quantity of food and medicine was allowed into Vaharai. People have been forced to run around from place to place to avoid indiscriminate artillery shelling by the Sri Lankan military since October. Ninety three civilians including several children were killed in November and December in three schools, Kathiraveli, Patchenai, and Vammivedduvan, converted into refugee camps. Many more were severely …

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Fighting erupts in Northern Front [TamilNet, Sunday, 09 March 2008, 20:32 GMT] Heavy exchange of gun and mortar fire was reported Sunday night for at least 3 hours from 10:00 p.m., sources in Thenmaraadchi said. The fighting continued till the latest update from the area at 1:00 a.m. Monday. Further details are not available at the moment.

Sri Lanka says drives Tiger rebels from eastern HQ By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, March 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops have driven Tamil Tiger rebels from a key stronghold in the island's restive east, the military said on Wednesday, as the government probed how a rebel plane managed to bomb a base in the capital. Troops seeking to evict Tiger fighters from the eastern district of Batticaloa found late on Tuesday a complex of bungalows they say was a hurriedly abandoned rebel headquarters whose occupants fled to nearby jungle. "We have captured a Tiger headquarters in Kokkadichcholai, south of Batticaloa," said military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasingh…

M. A. Sumanthiran on Daily Mirror's 'On Fire with Easwaran Rutnam' discussed, inter alia, the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the continued need for transitional justice in Sri Lanka and the prospects for it under the current Government, the ongoing consitution-drafting process, Sri Lanka's political relations with India and its impact on the Geneva sessions

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Sri Lanka to crack down on terror but no rebel ban COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will introduce tough emergency regulations to curb terrorist activities but will not impose a ban on Tamil Tiger rebels, the island's government said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The cabinet's decision comes after months of escalating violence between the army and the rebels, including bomb blasts in the capital, and amid fears a ban could sink hopes of avoiding a return to all-out civil war. Last week, a suicide attack in Colombo targeted President Mahinda Rajapakse's brother Gothabaya Rajapakse, who is also the island's Defense Secretary and escaped unscathed. "T…

LTTE cadre, civilian killed in Claymore attack in Mannar [TamilNet, January 03, 2006 12:43 GMT] A cadre of Mannar Political Division of the LTTE, Jeyananthan, and a civilian identified as Vinoth, riding in a motorbike in LTTE controlled area at Valaiyankattu in Mullikkulam, 45 km south of Mannar town, were killed when a Claymore mine was exploded by Sri Lankan soldiers, LTTE sources in Mannar said. The attack took place around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. The political cadre killed in the Claymore attack was a disabled cadre who had lost one of his legs, the sources added. Further details are not available at the moment. Tamilnet.com

Will Phoenix Rise Again? PriyaRaj . It seems to be a very normal day in the battlefield of Vanni, the rattling sounds of the machine guns, the thundering from heavy weapons fire and the cracking of sniper fire, all clearly painted the reality of the situation in black and white. Smoke and dust surrounds the area. Trees and bushes were on fire. Fireballs were raining from the sky. The roars from the diesel engines of the battle tanks and armored personnel carriers, these are all familiar noises from the battle that was raging around Vanni. The situation looked worse than in a nightmare. But suddenly there was a sound from one part of the battlefield, this sound wa…

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New Zealand Expresses Regret over Sri Lanka’s unilateral Ending of CFA Jan 17, 2008, 00:15 Digg this story! Wellington - New Zealand’s Duty Minister Rick Barker, expressed regret over the Sri Lanka’s decision of unilateral abrogation of the internationally supported, Norway inspired, February, 2002 Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). He said through a Media Statement that, New Zealand is concerned about the deterioration of the security situation in Sri Lanka and the very serious implications for the civilian population. "New Zealand is concerned about the…

Sri Lanka is set to buy at least 10,000 tonnes of food from India, to be shipped from Chennai to shortages-hit Jaffna in the island's north, according to informed sources. Arrangements are on to buy a wide variety of food items used in Tamil kitchens and transport them by the sea from Tamil Nadu. Separately, food items may also be shipped from Nagapattinam, also in Tamil Nadu, to Kayts Island, off Jaffna. The decision follows meetings here late last month when President Mahinda Rajapakse and Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda of Sri Lanka urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to help overcome food shortages in Jaffna peninsula. The Sri L…

Jaya writes to PM on Lankan Navy attack on Indian fishermen Source: UNI - January 8, 2006 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged the Centre to take the Katchatheevu Island on lease in perpetuity to solve the problem of frequent attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a copy of which was released to the press here, Ms Jayalalithaa referred to the firing on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy early this morning and asked him to take up the issue of ''indiscriminate attack on poor fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu on high seas with the Government of Sri Lanka and register a strong pr…

UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe Three men have been arrested by counter-terrorism officers in the UK as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers, police say. The arrests are said to be part of a long-term investigation into the Sri-Lankan-based group. Two men, aged 39 and 46, were arrested in dawn raids at separate addresses in Newtown, Powys, and a third, aged 33, arrested in Mitcham, south-west London. A raid also took place in Surrey, Scotland Yard said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7372883.stm

OSLO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan rebel Tamil Tigers want European Union members withdrawn from a five-nation truce monitoring mission, mediator Norway said on Thursday. The EU last month listed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a banned terrorist organisation after an upsurge in violence on the Indian Ocean island. "The LTTE has informed us that individual members of the EU cannot be members of the Nordic monitoring mission," Erik Solheim, Norway's minister for international development who brokered a 2002 truce, told a news conference. ... ..... http://uk.news.yahoo.com/08062006/325/tige...ors-norway.html LTTE continues dialogue with Norwegia…

The latest leads in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner suggest that the plane turned west and then flew for at least four hours after its last confirmed location between Malaysia and Vietnam. Based on military radar data, this evidence makes it seem increasingly likely that the jet was commandeered along with its 239 passengers, whether by terrorists or crew members. Now people are discussing the possibility that the plane landed somewhere and is part of a larger plan. There are many places that Flight 370 could have reached in four hours - its fuel could have taken it approximately 2,530 miles in any direction - even if it is thought to have flown we…

Title: A History of the Up-Country Tamil People in Sri Lanka Author: S. Nadesan Rating: Published: 1997 Description: Reviews and Description of this book Title: An Appeal for the Right to Life, Right to Liberty, Right to Security for the Tamil People Author: Tamil Centre for Human Rights Rating: Published: April, 1997 Description: Title: Broken Promises Author: M. Thirunavukkarasu Rating: Published: 1997 Description: Description of this book Title: By Way Of Deception - The Making And Unmaking Of a Mossad Officer …

Members of the TYOUK Voice their determination and resoluteness to continue to fight for the freedom of the Eelam Tamil nation. As 2013 comes to an end and we all welcome the new year of 2014 members of Tamil Youth Organisation United Kingdom show their determination and resoluteness to continue voicing against the genocide faced by the Eelam Tamil nation. A video consisting of fifteen youth was released by TYO UK on the early hours of New Year’s Day. 2014 marks the fifth year anniversary of Mullivaikkaal Massacre and the Eelam Tamil nation is still waiting for justice to be served. May 2009 is undoubtedly an unforgettable date in the Tamil history and still the Tam…

Heavy deployment of Sri Lankan armed forces is reported in Thenmaradchi and Vadamaradchi East along the Northern Front Saturday, LTTE sources said. The Peace Secretariat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Saturday night, in an urgent communiqué to the Head of SLMM, informed Sri Lanka's military build-up and urged the monitors to take immediate steps to visit Muhamalai FDL and confirm Sri Lanka's preparations for the offensive. LTTE's Political Head told TamilNet that LTTE is concerned of SLMM's limited access to Muhamalai. An unhindered access is vital for a fair and neutral judgement on the SLA offensive that will likely lead to a full-scale war, Thamilchelv…

Tamil organization raided in Montreal Last updated Apr 17 2006 12:32 PM EDT CBC News Police in Montreal have raided the offices of a Tamil organization as part of an investigation into terrorist financing. A joint RCMP-Québec and Montréal police team searched the office of the World Tamil Movement April 12, two days after Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced the Tamil Tigers had been put on Canada's list of banned terrorist organizations. Officials told the National Post that no arrests were made at the Van Horne Avenue location, and that documents and information were seized. The Tigers have fought an ongoing battle against the…

[TamilNet, Thursday, 07 December 2006, 11:48 GMT] Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Thursday morning launched artillery attacks towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled Verugal, 14 km northwest of Vaharai and 27 km southeast of SLA captured Sampoor. Meanwhile, SLA troops that moved 5 km inside LTTE territory into Kattumurivu, southwest of Vaharai, have stationed in a school, following stiff LTTE resistance. Heavy fighting ensued between SLA troops and LTTE fighters at Eachilampattu, 6 km north of Verugal, amid heavy artillery fire from SLA positions, according to LTTE Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthiryan. Commenting on the SLA claim that LTTE fired arti…

Writing our concerns to the International Community is the need of the hour, please please write to them in your own words (few lines) and call the international community, when possible, to act on it. Surely, you can hope our plights get to them, but first we have to tell them, not one or two people write to them, we all have to do it constantly and persistently to expose the true nature of Sri Lanka. eden@mol.com.mk, ediamantepower@yahoo.com , egannon@verizon.net, Mercodonia On Line http://www.mol.com.mk/ elies7@voila.fr Voila News http://www.voila.fr/ bptio@BalkanPeaceTeam.org Balkan Peace Team (PBT) cesd@cesd.org Centre…

Charity Commision Report also saying Big Fund donation to political parties (Barry Gardener’s election expenses?). These activities were not chartable. Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam Unregisted Organation. Introduction. 1.This repot is the statement of the result of the Charity Commission’s Inquiry Under Section 8 of the charities Act 1993 Into the affairs of Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam ( hear in after called the Organation) 2. The Organation was set up in 1990 to run Hindu Temple in 1990 to submitted an application to the commission to register as a charity with the objects of managing a Hindu Temple and the relief of Poverty amongst the Tamil Commun…