TamilNet newsbriefs 11/8/97 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit news@tamilnet.com Sat Nov 8 10:50:20 1997 TamilNet's Newsdesk has filed following recently: For full story please visit URL: http://www.tamilnet.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT:14:35 Sinhala colonisation threatens Muslims [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] Irakkamam, an old Muslim settlement in the Ampara district is threatened with Sinhala colonisation backed by the Sri Lankan army which has been encroaching into its environs since 1990. Several community leaders and educated youth of the village have spoken against this and written to the Tamil press about the imminent danger they face from Singha Gama - the Sinhala settlement that has sprung up nearby in recent years. GMT:14:33 Tigers supplies by air? [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] Sri Lankan intelligence sources have told the Sunday Lankadeepa, one of the largest selling Sinhala papers in the island that they have reliable information that the Liberation Tigers are preparing to bring in their arms supplies by air to Mullaithivu. GMT:14:31 President will avoid critic [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] President Chandrika Kumaratunge Bandaranaike told the SLFP central committee this week that she will boycott functions to which Mr. Vasudeva Nanayakkara MP is invited. GMT:10:40 Batticaloa Council demands use of Tamil [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] The Batticaloa Municipal Council passed a resolution that all entries made at the Sri Lankan Police stations in the Batticaloa district should be recorded in Tamil. GMT:10:46 Tigers kill five SL Policemen [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] The Liberation Tigers attacked a bunker line on the Mannar Vavuniya road this morning killing five policemen and wounded seven. GMT:03:54 SLA opening alternative supply route? [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] Sources in Vavuniya said today that the Operation Jayasikurui is now aimed at securing the old Kandy road to Kilinochchi. They said that the army is currently building a highway which begins from the Sinhala village east of Vavuniya called Maamaduwa. GMT:02:49 SLA harassing Jaffna official [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] One of Jaffna's Divisional Secretaries (formerly Assistant Government Agents) has handed over a written complaint to the Jaffna GA that he is being harassed and intimidated by the Sri Lankan army over a transfer. GMT:00:01 LTTE challenges US designation [TamilNet, November 08, 1997] The LTTE has challenged the US State department's designation as a 'terrorist' organization, according to one of its lawyers. The LTTE has formally filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington,D.C. said Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran. ------------------------------------------------------------------- [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-11.08.97-22:44:54-15572