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31.12.97 Jayasikurui displaces thousand families

31.12.97 Large number of Jaffna displaced may help rigging

31.12.97 Three die due to drug shortage

31.12.97 Curfew disrupts New Year mass in Jaffna

31.12.97 Jaffna election duty seen unappealing

31.12.97 Tiger checkpoints within SLA zone

30.12.97 9 people arrested

30.12.97 LSSP veteran Bernard Soysa expires

30.12.97 Civilian knifed in public brawl

30.12.97 Stabbed man was EPDP candidate

30.12.97 Unroadworthy buses sent to Jaffna

30.12.97 Letter bomb intercepted

29.12.97 Another ragging victim dies

29.12.97 Nine civilians reported missing

29.12.97 MPGA meeting with president inconclusive

29.12.97 Civilians killed in mine

29.12.97 SLA camp attacked - Radio

29.12.97 Breakaway EPDP faction alleges intimidation

29.12.97 SLA to vet election posters

29.12.97 GA accused of misusing funds

28.12.97 SLA says attack not major

28.12.97 Jaffna Medical College sees applicant shortfall

28.12.97 Vehicle explodes near Naval detachment

28.12.97 Tigers attack Pullukunavi STF camp

27.12.97 TELO harassing civilians in Araippattai

27.12.97 Jaffna Bishop criticizes Tamil Groups

27.12.97 Father recovers shot sons body

27.12.97 Tigers ambush SLA patrol

27.12.97 Arms recovered from Razeek group - LTTE

27.12.97 Ten thousand people to return before elections - o..

27.12.97 Muslim-Tamil ethnic unrest in Matale

26.12.97 Tigers attack Razeek group in Batticaloa

26.12.97 LTTE - SLA clash at Manthivil

26.12.97 Pro-LTTE tone in TELO campaign

26.12.97 Young girls accosted by CID officer

26.12.97 Six Razeek group cadres killed

25.12.97 Jaffna civilians shot dead

25.12.97 Tigers attack SLA in Vanni - 6 killed

25.12.97 Sitharthan says PLOTE is confident

25.12.97 Ruling party to raise 'trusted' guard?

25.12.97 Malnutrition deaths in Vanni

25.12.97 EPRLF to appeal

25.12.97 Record revenue from Jaffna vehicle registrations

25.12.97 SLA - LTTE clash in Jaffna

25.12.97 SLA commandeers Jaffna public busses

25.12.97 No applications for postal voting

24.12.97 Policemen wounded

24.12.97 SLA officer killed in Jaffna

24.12.97 PLOTE courts TULF voters

24.12.97 Poster war signals campaign start

24.12.97 TULF relieved by nomination rejection

23.12.97 SLFP candidates contest via EPRLF lists

23.12.97 Jaffna election date set

23.12.97 TULF nominations rejected

23.12.97 Akkarayan hospital issues November figures

23.12.97 Settlements hit by air strikes, civilians tortured

23.12.97 5000 Lion flags sent to Jaffna

23.12.97 Nominations accepted for 3 parties

23.12.97 78100 Palmyrah saplings planted in Vanni

23.12.97 Army informant shot dead

23.12.97 Tigers attack Kaluwanchikudy STF

22.12.97 Jaffna drivers in a quandry

22.12.97 Breakaway EPDP faction files nominations

22.12.97 EPDP files nominations

22.12.97 Man shot by TELO cadres

22.12.97 TULF files nominations?

22.12.97 Army fires on civilian van

22.12.97 Civilians caught in Army ambush

22.12.97 EPRLF, PLOTE file nominations

21.12.97 Generator blasted in Akkaraippattu

21.12.97 LTTE,SLA clash in Varani

21.12.97 Tamil parties fail to reach agreement

21.12.97 Archbishop Tutu voices support for 'freedom strugg..

20.12.97 Settlers strip captured town

20.12.97 Search operation in Jaffna

20.12.97 Election boycotting on the cards?

20.12.97 SLFP candidate list ready

20.12.97 Muslim fisherman shot by Police

20.12.97 PLOTE cadre shot dead

20.12.97 London vigil over Kalutara massacre

20.12.97 Tamil groups discuss election boycott

20.12.97 Recruitment problems for Elections Commission

20.12.97 Eight SLA troops killed

19.12.97 Doubts over Jaffna elections?

19.12.97 More troops sent to Vanni

19.12.97 More Lion Air flights to Jaffna

19.12.97 EPRLF calls for common list

18.12.97 Post office staff cancel night shifts

18.12.97 Monsoon lashes Vanni

18.12.97 Tigers, SLA clash at Alwai

18.12.97 Razeek group displays two bodies

18.12.97 PLOTE, EPRLF leaders in Jaffna over elections

18.12.97 Transformers blasted

18.12.97 1 killed, six injured in blast

17.12.97 SLA demolishes Jaffna houses

17.12.97 No nominations so far - officials

17.12.97 Vanni observes MGR's death anniversary

17.12.97 LTTE denies involvement in Batticaloa explosion

17.12.97 Razeek group member shot dead

17.12.97 Fire fight in Nagar Kovil

16.12.97 Token fast in Batticaloa prison

16.12.97 Political maneuvering begins for Jaffna elections

16.12.97 Amnesty calls for inquiry into Kalutara murders

16.12.97 No nomination till afternoon - Jaffna elections of..

16.12.97 TULF announces election plans

15.12.97 Kalutara Tamil prisoners will stay - G.L Pieris

15.12.97 Application to collect Kalutara bodies rejected

15.12.97 Murdered prisoners innocent - Devananda

15.12.97 Senior Jaffna election official removed

15.12.97 TULF nominates Jaffna candidates

15.12.97 Tigers lose two members - radio

14.12.97 Four Jaffna residents arrested

14.12.97 Tamil parties to meet in Jaffna over elections

14.12.97 Kalutara survivors vow to continue fast unto death

14.12.97 Autorickshaw drivers protest over killing

14.12.97 Opposition calls for all party talks

14.12.97 MoD 'disappeared' committee's last sitting

13.12.97 Tigers hit 13th Colony STF Camp

13.12.97 Military to oversee Jaffna elections

13.12.97 Jail attack was planned - survivors

13.12.97 Six SLA troops killed - radio

13.12.97 Many Northeastern school teachers said untrained

13.12.97 Disappearances committee in Palaly

12.12.97 Search operation follows Jaffna attack

12.12.97 Batticaloa police say bomb found in market

12.12.97 Four Policemen injured

12.12.97 Sentries shoot hospital escapee

12.12.97 Three Tamil prisoners killed by Sinhala inmates

11.12.97 Fire-fight at Vathiri

11.12.97 Puthukkudiyiruppu sees malnutrition cases

11.12.97 Elephants rampage through village

11.12.97 Explosion in Batticaloa rickshaw

11.12.97 Batticaloa bomb killed post office messenger

11.12.97 Jaffna civilian toll revealed

11.12.97 Navaly temple robbed

11.12.97 Tiger shell Olumadu SLA position

11.12.97 Lone applicant for Jaffna police

11.12.97 Shot youth tried to grab weapon: SLA

11.12.97 Jaffna officials refuse election duties

11.12.97 New doctors set terms for N-E duty

10.12.97 Seven Tigers killed in Vanni clashes

10.12.97 Satyagraha at Nallur temple

10.12.97 Nervous human rights rally in Batticaloa

10.12.97 Dutch national evicted from Batticaloa

10.12.97 Elderly woman held over scenic prints

09.12.97 Jaffna protest march blocked

09.12.97 Diarrhoea epidemic sweeps Jaffna

09.12.97 Casualties mount in Batticaloa market explosion

09.12.97 Vanni situation talks inconclusive

09.12.97 Protest planned over Jaffna disappearances

09.12.97 Round up in Batticaloa suburbs

09.12.97 Bomb explodes in Batticaloa market

08.12.97 Party leaders to discuss Vanni situation

08.12.97 Jaffna conditions not conducive for elections: TUL..

08.12.97 Round up in Batticaloa town

07.12.97 Army informant shot dead

07.12.97 Tiger fighter killed in Thirukovil

07.12.97 Forced labour on Eastern road

07.12.97 ICRC to assist Jaffna exam process

07.12.97 Shot youth was civilian: inquest

07.12.97 Cordon and search operation in Pandatharippu

07.12.97 Colombo defences reorgainsed

07.12.97 Heavy rain bursts tank bunds

07.12.97 Claim of normalcy in Jaffna questionable: VoT

06.12.97 Tigers list captured weapons

06.12.97 Mannakulam survivors returned

06.12.97 School teacher shot dead

06.12.97 Pandimadu refugees arrested

06.12.97 Delegation to Vanni - Colombo weekly

06.12.97 LTTE - SLA clash

05.12.97 Grenade attack in Jaffna

05.12.97 Heavy casualties in Vanni Battle

05.12.97 Fighting was at close quarters - MoD

05.12.97 300 SLA killed - Tigers

05.12.97 Norway's ambassador visits Jaffna

05.12.97 New SLA thrust repulsed - radio

04.12.97 Monsoon rains flood Vanni

04.12.97 Trincomalee officials in embezzlement probe

04.12.97 Missiles deter SLAF flights

04.12.97 SLFP to contest Jaffna elections

04.12.97 SLA soldier killed in bomb blast

04.12.97 Tamil groups to contest council elections

04.12.97 Demonstration planned before Parliament

04.12.97 Villages empty under artillery fire - Radio

04.12.97 Tigers say arms captured from SLA bus

03.12.97 Night long battle at Eluthumattuval

03.12.97 Nominations called for local elections in Jaffna

03.12.97 SLA supply lorry intercepted

03.12.97 Tigers, SLA clash at Manthivil

03.12.97 Plain speaking, but motives unknown - Paper

02.12.97 Youth missing after arrests

02.12.97 SLA bus ambushed in Murunkan

02.12.97 Vanni situation deteriorating: UNP

02.12.97 Lion Air flight aborts Jaffna landing

02.12.97 28 hurt in grenade accident

01.12.97 SL Govt.'s chance fading: US official

01.12.97 Ship service resumes as causeway is opened

01.12.97 82 Sri Lankan troops killed in November - Radio

01.12.97 Stadium reconstruction started

01.12.97 Policemen shot at in Kaluwanchikudy

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	05.12.07 15:54 Claymore explosion in Kebitigollawe, 15 civilians killed
	05.12.07 14:25 LTTE ambush kills SLA soldiers in Vavuniyaa
	05.12.07 14:12 Claymore ambush in Anuradhapura kills 4 SLA soldiers
	05.12.07 13:54 Thissamaharama villagers locate skeletons
	05.12.07 13:30 FR petition filed against illegal arrest, detention of Tamils
	05.12.07 01:43 Civilian feared abducted in Jaffna
	05.12.07 01:25 SLA forces Vanni patients to switch ambulances in Oamanthai
	04.12.07 19:05 Body of male washed ashore in Chempiyanpattu
	04.12.07 18:05 Pregnant woman injured in SLAF bombing dies
	04.12.07 17:20 3 SLA troops dead, several injured in LTTE retaliation in Ki'laali
	04.12.07 16:25 Rights groups condemn "Collective Punishment"
	04.12.07 10:19 Fisherman shot dead in Kurunakar, 3 seek protection with HRC Jaffna
	04.12.07 08:00 A5 route in Batticaloa district reopened