TamilNet newsbriefs 10/31 p.m. Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source: news@tamilnet.com (TamilNet mailing list) TamilNet's Newsdesk has filed following recently: For full story please visit URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT:17:58 Thousands at Jaffna peace rally [TamilNet, October 31, 1997] The peace rally in the Jaffna town organised by the Jaffna Diocese Committee for Peace and Justice which began around 4.30 p.m. today drew more than seven thousand people. Sources said this was unprecedented since the SLA moved in two years ago. GMT:14:09 Sinhala Budhists launch ultra-nationalist weekly [TamilNet, October 31, 1997] The Sinhala Buddhist lobby which is campaigning against the PA's devolution package has brought out a weekly now to exclusively promote their cause. The broad sheet is appropriately called 'Sinhala Jaathiya' (the Sinhala race). GMT:13:51 Empty schools in Sinhala colonies to close [TamilNet, October 31, 1997] The government has decided to close down twenty seven schools in several Sinhala villages on the border of the eastern province. The process will be phased out over a few years as all secondary level students currently studying in these schools leave in due course. GMT:13:46 Girl attempts suicide after rape [TamilNet, October 31, 1997] A girl who was abducted and found the next day near her house tied up and unconscious in Nayanmarkaddu in Jaffna recently was admitted to hospital on Wednesday Oct.29 after attempting to commit suicide by consuming a large quantity of kerosene. ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Reproduction of these news items is allowed when used without any alterations to the contents and source, TamilNet, is indicated.] ------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytas-11.01.97-00:02:22-12685