TamilNet: Newsbriefs 10/24/97: Firefights


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source:news@tamilnet.com  Fri Oct 24 10:53:37 1997

TamilNet's Newsdesk has filed following recently:

Firefights in the Vanni
[TamilNet, October 24, 1997]

Fierce fighting broke out between a commando group of the Sri Lankan army
and the Liberation Tigers yesterday at Karapukkuththy. The fighting which
began around 9.30 a.m went on for about three hours said sources in
Vavuniya.

Wild hares destroy Jaffna crops
[TamilNet, October 24, 1997]

Wild hares have become a major menace to farmers in the Pandatharippu
Ilavalai area who are trying to clear and cultivate their lands that have
been abandoned for more than two years.

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