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www.tamilarangam.net"Terrorists" make themfleeThree hundred families fled the Trikonamaduwaand Kandakaduwa livestock farmsafter they were threatened by 30 armedterrorists, and have been accommodatedat the Welikanda and Kaduruwela livestock(arms, officials here (Polonnaruwa) said.(Daily News — ,9th August)Ex-SLFPorganizerAformerSLFP organiser at Vaddukoddai,Mr. V. Rajasunderam, has been abductedfrom his Chulipuram home. Four armedterrorists arrived there on Wednesday eveningand took him away. The reason for theabduction of the former Principal of VictoriaCollege, Chulipuram. is not known.(Daily News - 9th August)"Adamant on a State ofThe five major terrorist groups based inTamil Nadu have indicated to the Muslim'delegation which undertook a peacemission last week that they were adamanton a state of Eelam. A spokesman for theMuslim delegation which was led by Dr. Al-Haj Badiudin Mahmud told "The Island"on arrival from Madras yesterday that the"boys" were "die hard fellows" and benton Eelam ...(The Island - 10th August)Sinhala Btiddhist call toputoff TttimpuA memorandum calling upon Governmentto postpone the Thimpu peace talks untilterrorism is wiped out and all Sinhaleseare1 re-settled in their original homes inTrincomalee and Vavuniya was signed/yesterday at the Asgiriya Vihare. Thejnatories included the Maha Nayake|,the A|^riya Chapter Ven.PalipaneidJp(Bn.Madhihe Pannaseeha,i TheroAeader of the Opposi-I BandaVanaike, MEP leaderrtawardene and representativesother Sinhala organisations3AII QByten Buddhist Congress...nd — tOth August)Uma Maheswaran leader of PLOTE hasdemanded from Government the releaseof 20 of his close colleagues now in prisonfacing charges before the Thimpu talksscheduled to be held on August 12 begins."The Island" understands this is one ofthe conditions of PLOTE's participation inthe talks ... The demand is now beingconsidered by the government...(The Island - 10th August)VT demand being"considered by government"President Jayawardene'sprophecyNew Delhi, Monday (Reuter) — Sri LankanPresident Junius Jayawardene said in aninterview published yesterday that he wascertain his country's ethnic crisis wouldbe resolved at the peace talks which resumetdday in Bhutan. "They won't fail. I amcertain Thimpu II will be a success. I wantto settle it this time", Jayawardene said ina front page report in Calcutta's "Telegraph"newspaper...(Daily News — 13th August)"Time bomb arrives onYal Devi"Seven kilos of high explosive arrived inColombo yesterday aboard the Yal Deviat 6.22 a.m. It was a calling card from thelatest group of nothern terrorists to identifythemselves — the "Reddish Forces of TamilEelam". The bomb, timed to explode at7.45 a.m. was discovered by a securitycheck at the Fort Railway Station minutesafter the train arrived...(Daily News — 13th August)Thimpu and ImplementationMinister of National Security Lalith Athulathmudalitold the Sinhala refugees fromTrincomalee that until the refugees weresettled in their areas, the decisions arrivedat Thimpu talks would not be implemented.He revealed this when he visited the Sinhalarefugee camp at Agrabodhi Vihare, Kantalai,yesterday...(The Island - 13th August)Amir says Tamils readyto give up demand forEelamThe Secretary General of the Tamil UnitedLiberation Front Mr. Appapillai Amirthalingamhas made a fervent appeal toPresident Jayawardene to "act like astatesman" and agree to grant full autonomy.to the Tamils because they are ready togive up their demand for a separate state"...(The Island - 13th August)Mine kills 4 PolicemenA mine exploded at 6 a.m. yesterdayopposite the State Mechanised CarpentryWorkshop in Vavuniya kitting a Sub-Inspectorand three constables who were travellingin a Police jeep at that time. The Sub-Inspector has been identified as Mr. Dassanayake.Two others seriously injured wererushed to the Anuradhapura Hospital...Meanwhile, ten boutiques in Vavuniya townwent up in flames ...(The Island - 11th August)DaughterLife" father"WildDr. Shelton Atapattu, Director of Wild LifeConservation is charged in the MountLavinia Magistrate's Court with hayingvoluntarily caused hurt to his 19-year olddaughter Shereen. The plaint has beenfiled by Shereen herself charging her fatherunder Section ai^ef ihe Penal Code,which offence carries a penalty of oneyear's imprisonment...(The Island - 11th August)Mr. AmlrthallngamThimpuat"... There is one more lesson to be drawnfrom Thimpu I. On the first day, I learn,Mr. Amirthalingam took the centre seat,facing Mr. H.W. Jayawardene. On thesecond, somebody said "move ove>" andhe took another seat. By the end of thetalks, a cynic present at Thimpu said theTULF were like "book-ends"...(Columnist Kautilya — The Island — 11thAugust)Tamil constable killed :Mum's the wordThe mystery behind the brutal killing of aTamil police constableinthe barracks ofthe Tisswtiaharama Fpjice Station stillremains unsolved almost two months afterthe slaying took place. A senior *f>olieeofficial admitted that... nobody seems tohave seen the Killer despite the fact thatthe gruesome killing had taken place inthe Police barracks.(The Island - 12th August)jkpo;j; Njrpa Mtzr; Rtbfs;