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Sri Lankan Army Says Rebel Defense Lines Overrun Near Jaffna
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Jan. 31.
an. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka's army said soldiers overran two defense lines of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam near Jaffna as it increased attacks in the north, the last area controlled by rebel forces.
Hundreds of soldiers stormed the defense lines at Nagarkovil and Muhamale on the Jaffna peninsula, killing as many as 30 fighters yesterday, the Media Center for National Security said on its Web site.
The LTTE beat back yesterday's pre-dawn army offensive in the Jaffna peninsula, the group's spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan said in an e-mailed statement.
The Tamil Tigers suffered their most serious defeat in July last year when the army drove fighters from Sri Lanka's eastern region. The government on Jan. 16 ended a 2002 cease-fire with the LTTE, which is fighting for a separate homeland in the 25- year conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people.
Air force jets attacked LTTE positions about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) south of Muhamale yesterday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on its Web site.
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Published: Wed Jan 30 22:18:21 EST 2008
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TN 'bans' support to banned LTTE
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jan 31.
Chennai, Jan. 30 The Tamil Nadu government today declared that expression of support to banned organisations like the LTTE in any form would be an offence under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and warned of action against those who violated the law.
Announcing this in the State Assembly, Public Works and Law Minister Duraimurugan, said after a detailed discussion at a high- level meeting, chaired by Chief Minister M Karunaidhi, it was decided to invoke ''The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) against those who express support to the the banned outfits. A day after announcing in the Assembly that the government was open for enacting a special legislation to curb the expression of support to banned outfits, the Chief Minister discussed the issue with senior civil, police officials and Advocate General and decided to invoke the above existing law, he said.
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Published: Wed Jan 30 22:16:05 EST 2008
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VCK leader justifies demand for lifting ban on LTTE
chennaionline,
Jan. 31.
Chennai, Jan.30: Thol Thirumavalavan, President of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), an ally of the ruling DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) in Tamil Nadu, today justified his demand for lifting the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Defending his stand, the Dalit leader, talking to newspersons here, said his demand to seek lifting of the ban on LTTE and recognise the organisation as people's movement, was his individual freedom of expression and democratic right. "This is our stand. If the law seeks to punish us for taking the stand, we are prepared to face it," Mr Thirumavalavan said, even as the State Government announced that those who expressed support to banned organisations like the LTTE would be punished under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
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Published: Wed Jan 30 22:17:07 EST 2008
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