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Sri Lanka Air Force MI-24 helicopter gun ships launched close air support mission in Mannar front this morning, May 26.

“I will not stop till terrorism is defeated,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Sri Lankan media commenting on the bomb blast by the LTTE on a train at Dehiwela yesterday (26).

“I will not stop till terrorism is defeated,” said President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Sri Lankan media commenting on the bomb blast by the LTTE on a train at Dehiwela yesterday (26).

“Defence.lk has opened an on line payment gateway for those who are willing to make contributions for the Api Wenuwen Api fund maintained by the Ministry of Defence , Public Security , Law and Order of Sri Lanka. The fund facilitates Api Wenuwen Api housing project aimed at building 50000 houses for the members of the armed forces.

President of Sri Lanka’s oldest Tamil political party, Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) Leader V.Ananda Sangaree while condemning the Kilinochchi claymore mine attack…

Troops engaging terror held positions in the Wanni yesterday (May 27) claimed 26 terrorists were killed and 15 others wounded in counter terrorist operations carried out in the Vavuniya, Mannar and Welioya fronts.

Army snipers deployed in Mannar front gunned down four LTTE cadres this morning, May 27.

At least 18 terrorists were killed and another 23 reported wounded during fighting ensued between troops and LTTE on Tuesday (May 27) at the Wanni and Northern battlefronts, security sources said.

Nothing worries a person more than the feeling that he has no chance of succeeding in life.

Army and Navy troops deployed at the Chiraththivu islet, Jaffna sprung an ambush killing at least 15 terrorists as troops claimed to have thwarted a pre-dawn LTTE infiltration attempt at the combined military detachment located between the Jaffna mainland and the Mandathivu island today (May 29).

LTTE terrorists have triggered off a claymore mine targeting police vehicles in the Vavuniya area this morning, May 29.

Two LTTE boats transferring fuel were apprehended in a sea ambush sprung by the navy sailors at Ussimukkanthurai in Mannar seas during early hours today, May 29.

6 civilians were reported killed another 12 injured in LTTE launched indiscriminate artillery attacks towards the densely populated Jaffna mainland this morning (May 29).

SLAF fighter jets and Mi-24 helicopter gun-ships made successive air raids at pre-identified key LTTE locations in Mullaittiuvu, Kilinochchi and Mannar districts today (May 29).

World Tamil Movement (WTM) was so powerful and influential in Canada that even it helped host Canadian Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin and International Cooperation Minister Maria Minna both of the Liberal Party to a dinner to raise funds, May 6 2000.

6 civilians were reported killed, another 20 including a pregnant mother injured in LTTE launched indiscriminate artillery attacks towards the densely populated Jaffna mainland this morning (May 29).

A journalist, the Jaffna area correspondent for Sirasa, MTV and Shakthi Tv, who had done a comprehensive coverage for the Jaffna Re-awakening trade fair and his friend were hacked to death by unidentified assassins alleged to be LTTE terrorists last evening, May 28.

Troops engaged in offensive operation in Wanni front have captured LTTE main supply and administration base known as “Munnagam Base” located in general area north of Janakapura this morning, May 29.

Secretary Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, along with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Marshal Donald Perera and Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka yesterday (May 29) toured eastern province to review the security situation in the area following the recently concluded provincial election.

17 LTTE terrorists were killed while 31 suffered injuries in yesterday’s clashes reported from Wanni and Jaffna theaters, the report received from the warfront said.

On the 26th of May Defence Secretary had called in the two senior members of the free media movement Mr. Sanath Balasuriya and Mr. Poddala Jayantha to the Defence Ministry.

A group of LTTE terrorists believed to have come out from the Wilpaththu jungle has murdered a 50 year old mother and injured her husband at the Yaya 18 (Zone 18) village around 8.45 pm.

Condemning the brutal terrorist attacks of the LTTE targeting civilians, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said yesterday (29) that ‘the targeting of non-combatants is a contravention of International Humanitarian Law, for which those responsible must be held accountable.’

The controversial character Keith Vass, President and the Convener of the British Parliamentary Group for Tamil Solidarity, has resigned from his posts, sources from London revealed.

Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets pounded on LTTE artillery and mortar launching platforms located at Kalmunai point, in the Poonaryn general area this afternoon (May 30).