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January - 10 
The United Nations (UN) has called for the protection of all civilians throughout the island. The UN also said that the situation in Vaharai in eastern Sri Lanka is "grave" and demanded an urgent response. "According to Government estimates, 15,000 people are isolated without access to food or basic
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The United Nations (UN) has called for the protection of all civilians throughout the island. The UN also said that the situation in Vaharai in eastern Sri Lanka is "grave" and demanded an urgent response. "According to Government estimates, 15,000 people are isolated without access to food or basic supplies as stocks are decimated. Since the 29 November when the last convoy of humanitarian supplies were allowed in, there has been no access to Vaharai for humanitarian agencies," said the UN in a statement. It reminded both the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE of their obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law, as expressed in the Security Council Resolutions on the Protection of Civilians and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
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January - 22 
Government promised to wipe out the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from Thoppigala jungles in the Batticaloa district after capturing the outfit’s stronghold in Vakarai, reports Colombo Page. However, the Government also said that it is ready to hold the fighting if the Tigers agree to come
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Government promised to wipe out the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from Thoppigala jungles in the Batticaloa district after capturing the outfit’s stronghold in Vakarai, reports Colombo Page. However, the Government also said that it is ready to hold the fighting if the Tigers agree to come for peace talks. Defense spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told a news agency on January 22, "Toppigala is a bit of a volatile area, which runs the risk of forces being attacked from time to time, so we will have to eliminate that risk as well. If tomorrow the LTTE says 'we are ready to stop hostilities and get back to the negotiating table', we will stop immediately. If they do not, then we’ll have to liberate the Tamil civilians in the east and then call (the Tigers) for negotiations." He added that the Government was not threatening to banish the Tigers from their main northern base.
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January - 25 
Associated Press reports, the Resettlement Minister Rishad Badiudeen said 64,250 ethnic minority Tamils have been displaced in eastern Batticaloa district, including 12,500 people who fled from Vaharai. He said another 6,000 ethnic Sinhalese who fled their villages in neighbouring Trincomalee distri
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Associated Press reports, the Resettlement Minister Rishad Badiudeen said 64,250 ethnic minority Tamils have been displaced in eastern Batticaloa district, including 12,500 people who fled from Vaharai. He said another 6,000 ethnic Sinhalese who fled their villages in neighbouring Trincomalee district earlier have started moving back.
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February - 2 
The Armed Forces consolidating their positions in the East after flushing the LTTE cadres out of Vakarai town, announced that the troops are now in the process of removing landmines ahead of their operation's final phase of resettling the displaced, reports Daily News. Brigadier R.M.D. Ratnayake, Ge
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The Armed Forces consolidating their positions in the East after flushing the LTTE cadres out of Vakarai town, announced that the troops are now in the process of removing landmines ahead of their operation's final phase of resettling the displaced, reports Daily News. Brigadier R.M.D. Ratnayake, General Officer Commanding of 23 Division said they had removed 4,000 landmines from several locations in Vakarai, Palachchenai, Kadiraveli and Verugal.
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February - 17 
The defence ministry sources said that the troops are now engaged in a massive clearing operation including a de-mining programme for the resettlement of the people displaced by the LTTE activities in Vaharai where the army claimed to have completed its operation on January 19. According to the offi
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The defence ministry sources said that the troops are now engaged in a massive clearing operation including a de-mining programme for the resettlement of the people displaced by the LTTE activities in Vaharai where the army claimed to have completed its operation on January 19. According to the official sources, a total of two 152 mm artillery guns, five 120mm mortars, eight 81mm mortars, 624 T 56 assault rifles, two anti-craft guns, RPG launchers and rockets, two suicide boats fitted with 22 and 24 Claymore mines each, seventy one claymore mines [some weighing 10-15 kilograms], 13 machine guns, 34 high tech communication sets, 62 I-Com radio sets, large quantities of ammunition of all types, and anti-personnel mines have been recovered up to February 16. The army further claimed that it is the largest haul of heavy weapons and small arms, explosives, claymore mines and high tech equipment from the LTTE in the entire history of the 25-year-long armed conflict.
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February - 25 
Sri Lankan security forces reportedly captured four LTTE bases in the Peraru area of Trincomalee district forcing the Tigers to withdraw into the jungles in further north, military said, according to Colombo Page. “The LTTE terrorists have withdrawn to the area north of Trincomalee under severe pres
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Sri Lankan security forces reportedly captured four LTTE bases in the Peraru area of Trincomalee district forcing the Tigers to withdraw into the jungles in further north, military said, according to Colombo Page. “The LTTE terrorists have withdrawn to the area north of Trincomalee under severe pressure as a result of the recent limited military operations in the Trincomalee – Peraru area,” military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said on February 25. He said that during these Army operations a well equipped LTTE training camp for 40 cadres was also destroyed. A medical complex fully provided and equipped to accommodate 50 with medical equipment and drugs has also been captured by the troops. The Army has recovered large stocks of weapons and ammunition from the captured LTTE camps, including claymore mines, 81 mm mortars, hand grenades, T 56 assault rifles, anti – personnel mines, RPG bombs, 60mm mortars and bombs, motor cycles and a huge stock of ammunition.
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The Defense Ministry said that ground troops, backed by artillery, captured three LTTE bases in the Trincomalee district in a major Military operation that began on March 8 and ended on March 9-morning (today), reported Associated Press. "We have forced the terrorists to flee from these three bases,
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The Defense Ministry said that ground troops, backed by artillery, captured three LTTE bases in the Trincomalee district in a major Military operation that began on March 8 and ended on March 9-morning (today), reported Associated Press. "We have forced the terrorists to flee from these three bases," Military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said, adding, there were between 100 to 150 rebels in the bases. "They have suffered heavy casualties," he added futher, but did not provide a figure.
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March - 11 
According to International Red Cross (ICRC), nearly 40,000 civilians have left LTTE-controlled areas in eastern Sri Lanka over the last three days. ICRC spokesman Davide Vignathi told BBC Tamil Service on March 11 that the latest influx has joined thousands of existing Internally Displaced People (I
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According to International Red Cross (ICRC), nearly 40,000 civilians have left LTTE-controlled areas in eastern Sri Lanka over the last three days. ICRC spokesman Davide Vignathi told BBC Tamil Service on March 11 that the latest influx has joined thousands of existing Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Batticaloa. "This brings up the total number of IDPs presently sheltering in Batticaloa district to 120,000," he added.
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March - 14 
According to Daily News, LTTE had taken control over the Karadiyanaru hospital forcing civilians to evacuate the hospital in preparation of a Vakarai type operation in face of the ongoing Security Forces (SFs) operations to liberate the areas west of Batticaloa, Military Spokesman Brigadier Prasad S
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According to Daily News, LTTE had taken control over the Karadiyanaru hospital forcing civilians to evacuate the hospital in preparation of a Vakarai type operation in face of the ongoing Security Forces (SFs) operations to liberate the areas west of Batticaloa, Military Spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said. "We have received reliable information from civilians arriving in cleared areas that the LTTE had taken control over the Karadiyanaru hospital to treat injured cadres," he added.
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May - 22 
The Sri Lankan government on May 22 unveiled separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces, reports Xinhua. "We have unveiled two separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces in terms of the Supreme Court ruling separating the two provinces," said the Minister of Local Government, J
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The Sri Lankan government on May 22 unveiled separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces, reports Xinhua. "We have unveiled two separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces in terms of the Supreme Court ruling separating the two provinces," said the Minister of Local Government, Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, adding, that unveiling of flags took place in the Trincomalee town.
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June - 22 
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will lose one of its major income generating sources after they lose Thoppigala jungles where they conducted businesses including cannabis plantation, said security forces (SFs) engaged in the battle at Thoppigala, according to Daily News. General Officer
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will lose one of its major income generating sources after they lose Thoppigala jungles where they conducted businesses including cannabis plantation, said security forces (SFs) engaged in the battle at Thoppigala, according to Daily News. General Officer Commanding the 23rd Division of the Sri Lanka Army, Major General Daya Ratnayaka, said that troops are now engaged in a mission to liberate thousands of paddy acres which were forcibly taken by the LTTE after chasing the farmers away from their lands, adding, "In addition to cultivating paddy lands forcibly taken from innocent civilians, the Security Forces have observed that the LTTE was engaged in many other illegal activities within the Thoppigala jungles like cannabis cultivation and illicit timber felling." The outfit also takes ransom from civilians employed in brick production and other legal industries, he added. Meanwhile, Brigade Commander of the 232 Brigade in Sittandi, Lt. Colonel Priyantha Napagoda, said many LTTE cadres were surrendering to the SFS after crossing the lagoon in Santhiveli area, adding, "The Security Forces thwarted several attempts by the LTTE to break the defences in Sittandi area including their failed attempt to capture four Army camps Mavadivembu, Chenkaladi, Sittandi and Vantharamoolai a few months back."
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June - 27 
Sri Lanka government intends to hold elections to the local bodies in the Eastern Province, said an unnamed official of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on June 27. The official told The Hindu that with the virtual ouster of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) from its remaining pocke
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Sri Lanka government intends to hold elections to the local bodies in the Eastern Province, said an unnamed official of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on June 27. The official told The Hindu that with the virtual ouster of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) from its remaining pockets in the east, the government would like to empower the people at the grassroots level to elect their own representatives and have a say on issues of development. "The time-frame is not worked out yet. The intention of the Government is to involve people in decision-making process. The idea is to follow up the local bodies polls with an election to the eastern provincial council with a Chief Minister in place," he said. It would be for the first time since 1989 that the province would witness the democratic exercise. Elections to the temporarily merged north and eastern provinces were held as a follow up to the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. Meanwhile, the military claimed that it has gained control of 99 per cent of the territory in the Thoppigala jungles, the last remaining pocket of the LTTE, and an estimated 100 odd cadres of the outfit were trapped in the bushy jungles.
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July - 9 
President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed to "wipe out" the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from the Northern Province like the way his government did the "job" in the Eastern Province, according to The Hindu. Speaking at a function in Trincomalee town on July 9, he said blunting the military prowes
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President Mahinda Rajapakse vowed to "wipe out" the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from the Northern Province like the way his government did the "job" in the Eastern Province, according to The Hindu. Speaking at a function in Trincomalee town on July 9, he said blunting the military prowess of the LTTE was the only way to achieve permanent peace in the country.
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July - 15 
Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa has said that the government would fast track what he termed as a three-pronged strategy to restore normalcy in the Eastern Province and asserted that security would be critical, according to Lanka Newspapers. According to him, “In fact, everything would d
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Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa has said that the government would fast track what he termed as a three-pronged strategy to restore normalcy in the Eastern Province and asserted that security would be critical, according to Lanka Newspapers. According to him, “In fact, everything would depend on an effective security plan to prevent the enemy from disrupting government plans…It would be a vital part in the three-pronged strategy.” Implementation of a development plan and resumption of political work in the province, too, would be part of the plan, he said.
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July - 15 
Troops have found a major Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) burial ground in Thoppigala, according to Colombo Page. “In the burial ground, which covered a vast area, tombs of hundreds of dead LTTE cadres can be seen. On the tombs were written the names of terrorists and the year in which they
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Troops have found a major Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) burial ground in Thoppigala, according to Colombo Page. “In the burial ground, which covered a vast area, tombs of hundreds of dead LTTE cadres can be seen. On the tombs were written the names of terrorists and the year in which they died in Tamil language. Also a monument in memory of the dead cadres has also been built,” an unnamed senior military official said, adding, a large number of newly built tombs were found, confirming that a large number of cadres had been killed in the recent clashes.
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July - 25 
The Sri Lankan Government accused the LTTE of violating the cease-fire agreement (CFA) and international law by closing the water supply from the Mawilaru anicut to several villages in the Trincomalee District. The government in a statement said, “The LTTE’s forcible closure of this water supply in
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The Sri Lankan Government accused the LTTE of violating the cease-fire agreement (CFA) and international law by closing the water supply from the Mawilaru anicut to several villages in the Trincomalee District. The government in a statement said, “The LTTE’s forcible closure of this water supply in an area until recently controlled by the Government is a hostile act committed against the civilian population in contravention of the Ceasefire Agreement. This act by the LTTE contravenes norms of civilized behaviour and is in violation of international law.” The LTTE has prevented the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) from having access to the location and blocked efforts by the SLMM to facilitate restoration of the water supply, the statement charged.
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August - 7 
Meanwhile, in an e-mailed statement, LTTE military leader Ilanthirayan claimed that the outfit has killed four police commandoes in an hour-long battle in the Ampara district, according to Associated Press.
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Meanwhile, in an e-mailed statement, LTTE military leader Ilanthirayan claimed that the outfit has killed four police commandoes in an hour-long battle in the Ampara district, according to Associated Press.
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August - 8 
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 23rd Division in Batticaloa district has officially informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that the Karuna group has to be disarmed for restoration of normalcy in the East, according to The Hindu. "The GOC told the SLMM it was a requirement to di
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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 23rd Division in Batticaloa district has officially informed the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) that the Karuna group has to be disarmed for restoration of normalcy in the East, according to The Hindu. "The GOC told the SLMM it was a requirement to disarm the Karuna group in order to restore normalcy in the east," said the SLMM weekly report. The weekly report on the ground situation said that the SLMM was informed that the police would increase its forces from 2,000 to 4,000 officials in Ampara district and a new Army camp would be established in the Thoppigala area.
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August - 28 
On August 28, the LTTE alleged that nine boys and five girls being taken to be handed over to their parents in the Ampara district by the outfit’s political division and the Child Protection Authority were ambushed by security forces in Ampara district on August 27, according to The Hindu. As per th
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On August 28, the LTTE alleged that nine boys and five girls being taken to be handed over to their parents in the Ampara district by the outfit’s political division and the Child Protection Authority were ambushed by security forces in Ampara district on August 27, according to The Hindu. As per the LTTE, the “underage youths” were being taken to a civilian area in accordance with an arrangement between the LTTE and UNICEF. The outfit’s district political head of Ampara, P. Kavaiyarasan, told Tamil Net that two of the boys had managed to return to an outfit base after the ambush and the fate of the others is not known. The Sri Lankan Defense Ministry, however, acknowledged that the Special Task Force (STF) troops confronted a group of LTTE cadres. The STF troops, after observing a movement of armed LTTE cadres in the Kanchikudichchiaru area opened fire at them and subsequently recovered one T-56 weapon from the area, adds SLA.
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September - 17 
The country can achieve permanent peace only through defeating terrorism 100 per cent militarily, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said in Trincomalee on September 17, according to Daily News. "We cannot establish permanent peace in the country by winning only half or two thirds of the war agai
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The country can achieve permanent peace only through defeating terrorism 100 per cent militarily, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said in Trincomalee on September 17, according to Daily News. "We cannot establish permanent peace in the country by winning only half or two thirds of the war against terrorism," he said, adding the President Mahinda Rajapakse cannot implement the desired political solution for the North and East conflict unless Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorism was defeated 100 per cent. He reiterated that the LTTE terrorism can be defeated by military means and the security forces (SFs) are committed to achieve that task without passing the burden of war to the next generation. He stressed that SFs have now been able to confine the LTTE terrorism and its leader Prabhakaran only to the Wanni with the liberation of the East, adding, "If we are aware that LTTE terrorism exists only in the Wanni there is no hesitation on our part about the next step."
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October - 15 
The perception of an increased threat from the LTTE has forced the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd, India's largest power generation company, to relocate its proposed 500 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Sri Lanka, reports Daily News. "The new site is north of Trincomalee, while th
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The perception of an increased threat from the LTTE has forced the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd, India's largest power generation company, to relocate its proposed 500 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Sri Lanka, reports Daily News. "The new site is north of Trincomalee, while the earlier site was south of it. We have selected the site and prima facie it is okay. We now have to sign the power purchase agreement," said an unnamed senior NTPC executive.
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October - 18 
According to Xinhua, at least six people, including two Japanese nationals, working for a Japanese aid agency at Morawewa in the Trincomalee district, were reported missing, the police said on October 18 (today). They had gone to inspect an abandoned irrigation tank in the area when they went missin
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According to Xinhua, at least six people, including two Japanese nationals, working for a Japanese aid agency at Morawewa in the Trincomalee district, were reported missing, the police said on October 18 (today). They had gone to inspect an abandoned irrigation tank in the area when they went missing on October 16-evening, said the police spokesman Jayantha Wickramaratna, adding, "They have been reported missing since then," the said.
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December - 20 
Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) stated that it has received reports of the TMVP forcing civilians to carry arms in some areas of Ampara on at least two occasions. In its latest weekly monitoring report, covering the period December 10-16, the SLMM said that on December 11, two men
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Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) stated that it has received reports of the TMVP forcing civilians to carry arms in some areas of Ampara on at least two occasions. In its latest weekly monitoring report, covering the period December 10-16, the SLMM said that on December 11, two men (ages 19 and 20) and one boy (age 17) were abducted, reportedly by the TMVP, from Thirukoil in Ampara. "The SLMM received information that they were given guns and forced to patrol the area on motorbikes," the mission said. It also stated that, on the same day, another 18-year-old man was abducted from Thandiady in Ampara. "It was reported that the perpetrator was the TMVP, and the man was forced to do armed street patrolling," the SLMM added. It also stated that after the arrest of Karuna in London, the confrontation between the Pillaiyan and Karuna factions of the TMVP had increased in the East.
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