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MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and Party Presidium Chairman Kannappan were released Thursday by a Chennai city court on the basis of the Tamil Nadu Government’s submission that investigations had been completed in the sedition cases filed against them. The state’s Additional Public Prosecutor admitted that there was no need to extend the remand because of the completion of the probe.

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Kaangkeasanthu’rai Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) patrol units Wednesday arrested 28 persons, including men, women and small children fleeing in boats to escape Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombings and Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery barrage on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) held Vadamaraachi North, sources in Jaffna said. Kaangkeasanthu’rai police produced the arrested in
Mallaakam district court Thursday where magistrate Ms. Sarojini Illankovan
directed the refugees to be placed in the newly setup SLA refugee camp
located in SLA High Security Zone (HSZ) in Thellippa’lai.

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A U.S. military chief commending Sri Lankan military ’success’ and wishing further capabilities to the Lankan military is viewed seriously as an undue interference in the politics of South Asia, especially at a juncture when the people of Tamil Nadu are up in arms pressing to stop the war for a political solution, says Batticaloa district parliamentarian S. Jeyanandamoorthy.

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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented his fourth budget to Parliament on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. while 12 members of the Tamil National Alliance who were present at the Sri Lankan parliament walked out after the parliamentary group leader of the TNA, R.Sampanthan made a statement in the well of the house, condemning the budget by the Rajapaksa government, which allocates a colossal sum of money for committing a genocide on Tamil civilians in the North and East.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Ampaa’rai command has claimed that 3 Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) commandos were killed in Yala jungles in the border of Ampaa’rai district Thursday morning around 8:40 a.m., when LTTE fighters clashed with the STF commandos for more than 30 minutes.

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Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) bombers attacked a settlement at the suburb of Paranathan, 6 km north of Ki’linochchi town Thursday around 2:45, destroying houses, according to initial reports.

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Vaakarai in Batticaloa district imposed new
restrictions on fishing in areas in Koa’ralaipattu North Regional
Secretariat division which forbid fishermen taking food, and that if they go fishing in the evening they should return only
next morning. SLA has also introduced a pass system in which all fishermen
have to register their names at the SLA camp in Panichchangkea’ni camp when
going out to, and on return from fishing, sources in Vaakarai said.

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Vaazhaicheanai police arrested two elderly Tamil men Wednesday in a cordon and search conducted in Kalmadu area in Vaazhaicheanai police division in Batticaloa district. Police claimed that an SLA uniform and cap were recovered in the search from the house of the arrested persons. The search began at dawn and lasted until noon, sources in Vaazhaicheanai said.

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Singapore’s veteran Tamil journalist, intellectual and respected community leader Mr. V. Thirunavukkarasu (V.T. Arasu) passed away at the age of 82 in Singapore on Tuesday. He was formerly chief editor of Tamil Murasu, Singapore’s Tamil daily.

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