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Balasingham to visit Vanni next week [TamilNet, January 17, 2006 11:33 GMT] Mr. Anton Balasingham, the chief negotiator and political strategist of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), will visit the LTTE held region of Vanni, northern Sri Lanka, on 23rd January in a fresh effort to resume the peace process. Mr. Balasingham will assist the LTTE leader, Mr. V. Pirapaharan, during the forthcoming meeting next week between Mr. Erik Solheim, the Norwegian Minister of International Development, and the LTTE leadership. Mr. Solheim, who is also the Minister in charge Norway's peace process in Sri Lanka, during his visit to the island, will meet President…

தேர்தலின் பின்னர் நகர்வுகளும் புலிகளின் தந்திரோபாயங்களும் http://www.tamillinks.net/archive/2006/new..._05012006_a.htm

By Sonali Samarasinghe The telephone threat made by President Mahinda Rajapakse to the Editor, The Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunge and the ensuing furore last week stunned diplomats and shocked civil society. The threat issued personally to the Editor by the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in gutter language was based on some gossip that had reached the ear of Rajapakse that an article had been published regarding a disastrous visit made by the President and First Lady Shiranthi to the famous Guruvayur temple in Kerala. It was a visit he feared would tarnish his image as a Sinhala leader and devout…

More Sri Lanka Tamils flee to India fearing war CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - A new group of Sri Lankan Tamils has landed on the Indian coast claiming they are fleeing war in the island nation, police said on Sunday. The group of 10 arrived by boat near the famous pilgrim town of Rameswaram, about 550 kms south of Chennai, capital of southern Tamil Nadu state, late on Saturday evening. They said they were fleeing escalated violence between the government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in northeast Lanka, police said. Another boat carrying five people came early on Saturday after the first wave in which 33 Tamils came in tw…

Plan B By Amal Jayasinghe 15 January 2006 19:01 hours Jan 15, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka plans a new security force in the capital to deal with possible attacks as concern grows for a fragile ceasefire with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, police said Sunday. Heavily-armed troops and police have been visible in the city of 650,000 in recent weeks, in line with tighter security following clashes between troops and rebels in the country's northeast, police Deputy Inspector General Pujith Jayasundara said. Jayasundara, who is in charge of security in the capital, said the police department was in the process of raising a specially-trained unit of a f…

Thousands flee Jaffna expecting war PK Balachandran Colombo, January 15, 2006|21:45 IST About 3,500 families have fled from Jaffna peninsula to the LTTE-controlled part of the Wanni towards the south, expecting an outbreak of hostilities between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the LTTE, sources in Jaffna said on Sunday. The LTTE has been saying for sometime that the time has come for a "final push" to secure an independent Tamil Eelam by force because the Mahinda Rajapaksa government at Colombo and the international community, have turned a deaf ear to the Tamils' long-standing demands and taken a hostile posture. The LTTE had earlier asked…

US FBI officials here on Tiger probe Sunday, 15 January 2006 - 3:17 AM SL Time The United States is sending a top level team to Sri Lanka comprising agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of State. They will arrive in Colombo on January 24. The Sunday Times learns that among other matters the team will familiarize themselves with the prevailing security situation and activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE is a banned organization in the US. The team is to determine matters relating to Tiger guerrilla links to other terror groups against whom US is now waging a war. It is also likely to focus on…

The great diversity of Indian religious beliefs and the varied cultured traditions of the different states are very interesting and this is seen in the festival of Pongal. "May the pot of prosperity boil over May the Pongal that we cook, the fragrance of turmeric the taste of sugarcane, ginger and honey Bring the joy of Pongal into our homes May the blessings of the Sun God flood our lives. With many other verses like this the people of Tamil Nadu greet the great festival of Pongal celebrated all over the South as Makar Sankranti, in Tamil Nadu it has an additional significance as Pongal welcomes the occasion of the incoming harvest. The Puranas,…

S.Lanka truce monitor base hit by grenade attack Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:11 PM GMT By Simon Gardner COLOMBO (Reuters) - Attackers threw a grenade into the compound of truce monitors in Sri Lanka's restive east early on Saturday, damaging vehicles and a building but causing no injuries, officials said, as fears of a return to war grow. The first direct attack against the monitors since a 2002 cease-fire halted a two-decade civil war came just hours after the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) reprimanded both Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels and the government over a spike in violence. "A hand grenade was lobbed into our compound in Batti…

Lankan soldiers attack LTTE minicamp in Trincomalee - Elilan [TamilNet, January 13, 2006 15:49 GMT] A minicamp of the Liberation Tigers in Trincomalee district was attacked by Sri Lankan troopers Friday evening, the Tigers have informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) truce monitors in the east port town. The Tigers have lost contact with the minicamp which was attacked by the Sri Lankan soldiers around 5:15 p.m. in Kadavanaikulam near Palampoddaru Bridge, LTTE sources said. At least 4 cadres were reported missing. Exact casualty figures were not available at the moment. The minicamp, where five to ten cadres were stationed, was located between Thambala…

இன்று மக்கள் படையின் அதிர்ச்சி வைத்தியம் இனவாதம் பேசி ஆட்ச்சிக்கு வந்தவர்களை குத்துக்கரணம் அடிக்க வைக்கிறதா? வாலைச்சுருட்டிக் கொண்டு மீண்டும் பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்கு வர வைக்கிறதா? http://www.tamilguardian.com/beta/news_det....asp?newsid=460 அன்று சிறீலங்கா விமானப்படை அதிர்ச்சி வைத்தியம் கொடுத்து ஈழவிடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தை அடிபணிய வைக்க முடிந்ததா? http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=15023

உங்கள் கருத்துக்களை அறிவியுங்கள் சிறீலங்கா வெளிவிவகார அமைச்சரின் உத்தியோகபூர்வ அமெரிக்க பயணத்தின் போது விடுதலைப்புலிகளை அல்-கைதா பயங்கரவாதிகளோடு ஒப்பிட்டு கூறியது பற்றிய உங்கள் கருத்துக்களை அமொரிக்க அரசாங்கத்திற்கு இணையத்தின் மூலமோ தொலைபேசி மூலமோ அஞ்சல் மூலமோ அறிவிக்கலாம். http://www.sangam.org/taraki/articles/2006..._Called_For.php

Be it Sinhala – be it Tamil- it's a news paper-keep your hands off", hundreds of journalists shouted in front of the Fort railway station in the capital on Thursday. Several Tamil journalists have been detained and questioned during search operations in Colombo and the suburbs. A protesting Tamil journalist speaking to Elmo Fernando said that the police and security forcers disregard the accreditation cards provided by the Director of Information. Dhanaraj Of Thalam FM said, “the authorities say that these accreditation cards could be forged easily, but that's not an acceptable reason to harass Journalist” President of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists A…

8 SLN sailors killed in Claymore blast in Chettikulam [TamilNet, January 12, 2006 10:48 GMT] Eight Sri Lanka Navy sailors were killed when the bus they were travelling in hit a Claymore mine explosion in Chettikulam Thursday evening around 4:20 p.m., Sri Lankan naval sources said. The attack took place on Mathawachi - Mannar Road. Eight SLN personnel were seriously wounded, the sources added. Chettikulam is located 24 km southwest of Vavuniya town. Further details are not available at the moment. tamilnet

Tamil Women Appeal to Human Rights Commission Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 1:58 pm Press Release: TamilNet The Appeal to Human Rights Commission Two young women from Malusandi in Vadamaradchi have lodged complaints with the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission on 02.01.2006 about attempted rapes by the Sri Lankan armed forces. The women said that on 01.01.2006 the Sri Lankan armed forces cordoned the area where their home is located and while several soldiers were standing watch outside their home some of the soldiers entered their home and attempted to rape the two women. The two women have fought off the offenders and managed to escape. Jaffna penins…

Colombo gets support from US, LTTE from TN PK Balachandran Colombo, January 7, 2006|17:11 IST With the ceasefire in Sri Lanka in danger of being broken, the government and the LTTE are seriously looking for support from overseas for their respective cases. While the Rajapaksa regime seems to have the backing of the United States, the LTTE is counting on increasing support across the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu. The LTTE is also reasonably sure that New Delhi will remain neutral thanks to the influence of Tamil Nadu. This was stated recently by the LTTE's ideologue, KV Balakumaran, in an interview to the Voice of Tigers radio. Rice's assurance to…

"Prabakaran and I will both die in Sri Lanka"-President (Jan 8, 2.30 pm) The President is reported to have eased his hard line stand on conducting peace talks in Oslo at a discussion held yesterday with Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians. The President has requested TNA members to send a group to talk with the LTTE to persuade them to return to the negotiating process. "Both Prabakaran and I are going to die in Sri Lanka So there shouldn't be any arguments over holding talks in Sri Lanka", " No way will I go to Oslo" President has said However when TNA parliamentarians proposed that Oslo should be the venue of the first round of talks, even thou…

Last Update: Monday, January 9, 2006. 7:00pm (AEDT) Sri Lankan President warns rebels Sri Lanka's President has vowed a tough line on "terrorism" amid escalating attacks against Government forces that have cast doubts on the strength of the island's truce. President Mahinda Rajapakse has told a rally in the island's south that his patience should not be mistaken for weakness. The state-run Daily News reports Mr Rajapakse says he is "duty bound" to ensure the security of the nation. "If someone takes my patience that I have inculcated through Buddhist values as my weakness, they would be mistaken," the President said. "I am duty-bound to ensu…

SL Navy soldiers order Trinco residents to hoist white flags [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 18:51 GMT] Several Tamil residents of Trincomalee and its suburbs Sunday complained to civil right leaders and parliamentarians that soldiers of the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) manning checkpoints in the eastern port town are harassing them to hoist white flags to observe mourning for the SNL personnel who died in the Dvora gunboat blast, sources said. More soldiers have been deployed in the town following the explosion of the SLN gunboat in Trincomalee harbor in the early morning of Saturday. Meanwhile, the Commanding Officer of the Dvora gunboat sunk in Trincomalee Sea foll…

Sri Lankan president still for peace with Tiger rebels www.chinaview.cn 2006-01-08 23:55:26 COLOMBO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said Sunday that he was still committed to the internationally backed cease-fire with the Tamil Tigers despite continued acts of violence perpetrated by the rebel group. Rajapakse was reacting to Saturday's attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on a Navy fast attack craft at the eastern port of Trincomalee. Addressing a religious public gathering at Horana, 38 km southeast of the capital Colombo, the president said the LTTE attack was "a blatant violation of t…

Three SLA soldiers injured in Mutur grenade attack [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 14:29 GMT] Three Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were seriously injured when unknown gunmen hurled grenade at their truck in Mutur, Pachchanoor at 7.20 p.m. Sunday, sources said. The injured soldiers have been taken to Trincomalee General Hospital, medical sources said. The SLA truck was heavily damaged in the attack, according to eye witnesses. The SLA returned fire at random. தமிழ்நெற்

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…

SLA informant shot dead in Point Pedro [TamilNet, January 08, 2006 12:52 GMT] Sinnarasa Rasaiah, 47, from Vinayaga Mudaliyar (VM) Road in Point Pedro town, and owner of a bakery, was shot and killed at 3.30 pm.m Sunday by unknown gunmen who forced entry into the bakery located within 100 meters of the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) 52-4 Brigade Head Quarters within the High Security Zone (HSZ) encompassing the Point-Pedro harbor, sources said. Residents allege that Rasaiah was a military informant. Point Pedro Police has taken the body to the Point Pedro General Hospital in Manthikai for postmortem examinations. The brazen killing within the HSZ, the third murder to …

CHRONOLOGY-War and peace: S.Lanka's civil war 07 Jan 2006 04:21:07 GMT Source: Reuters Jan 7 (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked and sank a small naval boat before dawn on Saturday in the latest in a series of attacks on the military that have raised fears of a return to a two-decade civil war. Following is a chronology of key incidents in Sri Lanka's civil war, in which over 64,000 people have been killed since it erupted after an anti-Tamil riot in 1983. 1983-84 India trains and funds Tamil groups, including the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for a separate Tamil state in the island's north and east. …