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Unidentified armed men lobbed a grenade on a dental clinic run by a Tamil
medical officer in Akkaraippattu police division in Ampaa’rai district Monday
night around 9:00 p.m. The Dental Surgeon has been identified as Christopher Daniel and his clinic is located along Ismail Road in Akkaraippattu. The explosion did not cause any damage to the surgeon or to his clinic building.

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Three cadres of the paramilitary group led by Karuna stationed in Thirukkoayil
police division in Ampaarai district have gone into hiding with arms since
Monday night, according to complaints lodged with the Thirukovil Police.
The absconders are said to be close associates of Iniyabarathy, TMVP co-coordinator for Ampaarai district, and the co-ordinating secretary to President Mahinda Rajapakse.

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Twenty five Tamil civilians between the ages 16 to 30 were arrested in a
cordon and search operation conducted by the Special Task Force (STF) of the
Police stationed in kaagnchirangkudaa camp for about an hour on Monday night
from 7:00 p.m. in Vinayakapuram area in Thirukkoayil police division in Ampaarai district.

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Twenty seven Tamil civilians, including upcountry and north and east residents, majority of them employed in business establishments and other institutions, were taken into custody in a cordon and search
operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the police from dusk of Monday dawn on Tuesday in the Gampaha town, according to police sources. The arrested are being held in the Gampaha police
station for further inquiry as they failed to prove their identity and
provide satisfactory reason for their stay in the location, police said.

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A 23-year-old Tamil youth, a resident of Jaffna, was abducted
Monday night along Peoples Park in Colombo by a gang of six men clad in army
uniform, according to a complaint lodged with the police by his relatives. The armed men arrived in a white van and forced the youth into the van before driving away.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in Jaffna put up stiff resistance against the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) that attempted to advance across Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Forward Defence Line four times between Monday noon till Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Heavy clashes erupted on multiple locations along the FDL on each attempt, the Tigers said. At least 36 SLA soldiers were killed and 90 wounded, the Tigers said. Meanwhile sources in Jaffna said Jaffna Palaali Road remained closed for public traffic several times within the last four days to transport the SLA casualties to Palaali military hospital.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in Jaffna put up stiff resistance against the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) that attempted to advance across Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) Forward Defence Line four times between Monday noon till Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Heavy clashes erupted on multiple locations along the FDL on each attempt, the Tigers said. At least 36 SLA soldiers were killed and 90 wounded, the Tigers said. Meanwhile sources in Jaffna said Jaffna Palaali Road remained closed for public traffic several times within the last four days to transport the SLA casualties to Palaali military hospital.

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit triggered a Claymore mine targeting a civilian vehicle killing a 12-year-old boy, his 53-year-old father and a 34-year-old man on the spot at Channasip-Paranthan, 5 km north of Pu’liyangku’lam on Pu’liyangku’lam Nedungkea’ni Road Tuesday morning around 8:45, Tamileelam Police said. The mother and the driver of the vehicle were seriously wounded and rushed to Mullaiththeevu hospital. The vehicle was returning to Vavuniyaa after delivering weekly newspapers to Vanni.

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Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit triggered a Claymore mine targeting a civilian vehicle killing a 12-year-old boy, his 53-year-old father and a 34-year-old man on the spot at Channasip-Paranthan, 5 km north of Pu’liyangku’lam on Pu’liyangku’lam Nedungkea’ni Road Tuesday morning around 8:45, Tamileelam Police said. The mother and the driver of the vehicle were seriously wounded and rushed to Mullaiththeevu hospital. The vehicle was returning to Vavuniyaa after delivering weekly newspapers to Vanni.

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How the leadership in India in general and Tamil Nadu in particular going to respond to the question of Eezham Tamil liberation has become a test case. Watching the youth and grass-root public uprising in Tamil Nadu, defence analysts in London, Delhi and Colombo, off the record agree that the line of attempting a military defeat of Tamil nationalism can turn out to be disastrous to those who commit it, contribute to it or allow it. They also see a warning to the policy makers of the so-called International Community against meddling with Tamil affairs, writes a media student from Chennai presenting a cross section of reflections from India, Sri Lanka and Europe.

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