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An anonymous phone call to Jaffna Government Agent (GA) Monday around 3:00 p.m claiming that a bomb has been placed in Jaffna Secretariat complex created panic among the staff and employees, sources in Jaffna said. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and Police who rushed to the secretariat searched the premises and declared the area free of danger.

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An elderly family man gone missing Friday from his home at Periyavi?laan, Pa?ndaiththarippu in Valikaamam was found dead Monday in an abandoned well near his home. Marks on the body point to torture while the neck bears knife injury.

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A 17-year-old Tamil youth who had left home Saturday is reported missing, according to complaints lodged by his mother Pathma Balasuntharam to Batticaloa police, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Batticaloa.

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Two unidentified armed men on motor cycle opened fire on the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) road patrol unit Tuesday around 2:30 p.m killing a soldier in Charava?naa Veethi in Kalladi area in Batticaloa police division, sources in Batticaloa said. SLA and police launched a cordon and search operation in the area following the shooting.

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Kandy police arrested Sunday a Tamil undergraduate from Trincomalee studying in the Arts Faculty of Peredeniya University, sources in Kandy said.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) have recovered two dead bodies of Sri Lanka Army soldiers, including one of of an 18-year-old soldier, following intense fighting on Sunday in Ve’l'laangku’lam and seized a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Launcher, a T-56 assault rifle, ammunitions and accessories. The SLA has suffered heavy losses in three clashes at Ve’l'laangku’lam. Meanwhile, a heavy fighting was continuing at Paalamoaaddai front in Vavuniyaa, where at least 10 SLA soldiers were killed Monday, according to LTTE officials in Vanni.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) recovered the dead body of a 18-year-old Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldier following intense fighting on Sunday in Ve’l'laangku’lam and seized a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Launcher, a T-56 assault rifle with ammunitions and accessories. The dead SLA soldier was identified as Jayasingha from Polonnaruwa and the SLA has suffered heavy losses in three clashes at Ve’l'laangku’lam. Meanwhile, a heavy fighting was continuing at Paalamoaaddai in Vavuniyaa, where at least 10 SLA soldiers were killed Monday, according to LTTE officials in Vanni.

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Mangala Samaraweera, rebel Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) parliamentarian, has started talks with the main opposition United National Party (UNP), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) to form an alliance to oppose the increase of election related violence in the elections to the North Central Provincial Council and Sabragamuwa Provincial Council scheduled to be held on August 23, sources in Colombo said.

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Unidentified armed men arriving in a three-wheeler 27 July night had abducted a Tamil man from his home and his corpse with gunshot injuries was found in Veappangku?lam in Vavuniyaa, Monday morning, sources in Vavuniyaa said.

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Jaffna police recovered the body of a youth with gunshot wounds washed ashore Monday morning from Ma?niam Thoaddam area in Kozhumpuththu?rai within Jaffna Municipality. The police claimed that three hand grenades were found along with the body in its report submitted to Jaffna magistrate court.

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