Memory of the Day: Important Incidents
1998
The LTTE handed over forty one bodies of SLA soldiers who were killed in the Kilinochchi fighting to the ICRC at Mallavi today. Yesterday, the VoT radio said that they had recovered the bodies of more than 50 SLA troops and that they were recovering more.
1998
Over three hundred Sri Lankan troops were killed and several hundreds injured during the last two days of fierce fighting between the LTTE forces and the Sri Lankan army in the Kilinochchi area of Northern Sri Lanka. In the major counter offensive operation which began on Sunday morning (1 of Feb. 1998) the LTTE fighting formations penetrated the army's forward defence lines and occupied the heart of Kilinochchi town and its surrounding suburbs. One hundred and fifty Tamil Tiger fighters were killed in the battle.
Deploying heavy artillery and mortar the LTTE fighters have destroyed several military installations and have inflicted heavy casualties to the enemy. The dead bodies of 50 Sri Lankan soldiers taken by the LTTE are to be handed over to the ICRC.
As a part of this operation, LTTE Black Tiger commandos launched a daring attack on the Elephant pass army camp and destroyed the communication tower. Heavy fighting continues in the area.
Throughout the operation the Sri Lankan air force bombed civilian targets causing heavy casualties.
Memory of the Day: Human Rights Violations
1997
Sri Lankan Army has shelled 24 schools in Kilinochchi
Many Tamil school children in Kilinochchi are reduced to taking classes outside because Sri Lanka has bombed 24 schools in the district.
2001
February 4, a day of mourning - student body
Tamil people must observe 4th of February, Sri Lanka's Independence day, as a day of mourning, said Student's Freedom Front, in a leaflet distributed today in Batticaloa. "It is the day when rights were denied to Tamil people, when national aspirations of Tamils were denied and when Tamil people lost their freedom and reduced to slave status," the leaflet further said.
TamilCanadian News Archives
2006
Another TRO staffer released[ 16:16 GMT, Feb. 3, 2006 ] [ TamilNet ]
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Donors defer Lanka visit[ 11:24 GMT, Feb. 3, 2006 ] [ AP ]
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Alleged child trafficking racket bared[ 13:34 GMT, Feb. 3, 2005 ] [ Daily MIrror ]
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Retiring Doctor On Mercy Mission To Native Sri Lanka[ 13:31 GMT, Feb. 3, 2005 ] [ This is Staffordshire ]
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Canada's tsunami aid `amateur,' CARE says[ 13:49 GMT, Feb. 3, 2005 ] [ The Toronto Star ]
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Sri Lanka talks 'flagging'[ 21:01 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ BBC ]
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Sri Lanka: Is she truly sovereign?[ 20:56 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ Daily Mirror ]
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Why February 4th has no meaning for minorities[ 13:40 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ Northeastern Herald ]
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Observe February 4th as Black Day[ 13:35 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ WTCA ]
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War Trauma Lingers In North Sri Lanka[ 13:19 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ Bernama ]
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Court grants conditional bail to Vaiko[ 08:15 GMT, Feb. 3, 2004 ] [ Chennai Online ]
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Police fire kills 2[ 13:26 GMT, Feb. 3, 2003 ] [ Daily Mirror ]
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General Nambiar to visit Jaffna[ 12:49 GMT, Feb. 3, 2003 ] [ TamilNet ]
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Women Tigers refused entry to Vavuniya[ 11:44 GMT, Feb. 3, 2003 ] [ TamilNet ]
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Prima set for growth with peace in Sri Lanka[ Straits Times ] [ http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/money/story/ ]
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‘Remove SLA camps from schools’ –CTTU[ 20:43 GMT, Feb. 3, 2003 ] [ TamilNet ]
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Chandrika seeks big role in peace process[ 11:41 GMT, Feb. 3, 2003 ] [ Gulf News ]
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Open letter to "The Island"[ 07:40 GMT, Feb. 3, 2001 ] [ TamilCanadian ]
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Jaya held guilty, party goons go berserk[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ Indian Express ]
2000
Senior Tiger off to Norway for talks[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ Sunday Leader ]
2000
Bus bombs wound at least 30 in Sri Lanka[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ Yahoo - AFP ]
2000
Two bus bombs in Sri Lanka[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ BBC ]
2000
In search of middle ground[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ Christian Science Monitor ]
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At least three wounded in bus bomb[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ SCMP ]
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150 Tamils arrested in Colombo[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ TamilNet ]
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Two arrested, three 'missing' in Jaffna[ 11:11 GMT, Feb. 03, 2000 ] [ TamilNet ]
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