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Vishvamadu, Chalai liberated

 Three top Sea Tigers killed

Army strikes back after short-lived LTTE offensive directed at 59 Div, TF IV

With the army capturing Chalai and Vishvamadu, two of the last three LTTE strongholds yesterday, the stage is now set for the final ground battle on the Vanni front.

 

Mothers demand that LTTE release the children they abducted
Mothers of children forcibly held by the LTTE demand their immediate release during an agitation held opposite the Nallur Kovil in Jaffna recently. The agitators had gathered in their thousands, marched along the streets in Jaffna and handed over two petitions to the UN and Red Cross offices in the town before proceeding to the Kovil for a demonstration.
Pics by Kamal Wanniarachchi


Govt. wont halt offensive till terrorism terminated - PM
Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake yesterday told Parliament that the government will not suspend its operations against the LTTE until separatist terrorism is completely wiped out.

Inimitable Susy calls it a day
Sri Lanka’s sprint queen Susanthila Jayasinghe, who won Sri Lanka’s second medal at an Olympics, announced her retirement from national and international events, yesterday.

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