News in brief
Nine held with Jelly Fish
Nine people including five Tamils were arrested by the Tangalle
police with a stock of Jelly Fish. Though catching jelly fish is illegal
in the island, these people were arrested with the Jelly Fish stock at
the Tangalle beach on Friday night.
17 LTTEers killed in clashes
The Security Forces killed 17 LTTE terrorists in a series of clashes
across the embattled north, the military said yesterday. The Army troops
and terrorists exchanged small arms fire in the Mannar district on
Friday, leaving 12 Tigers dead. Three soldiers were wounded.
SI and PC killed in explosion
A claymore mine explosion in Batticaloa killed a Police Sub Inspector
and a constable. Official sources said that the claymore mine explosion
took place around noon yesterday at Kaludaweli, some four kilometres off
Kalawanchikudi in the Batticaloa district.
Scourge of HIV/AIDS
US Ambassador Robert O'Blake said that HIV/AIDS has had a profoundly
negative social and economic impact on countries including the United
States. Addressing the Sri Lankan Business Federation on HIV/AIDS, he
emphasized the need to educate commercial sector employees on HIV/AIDS.
More LTTE activities in Tamil Nadu
LTTE activities are reportedly on the increase in the State of Tamil
Nadu. The main Opposition in the State of Tamil Nadu Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kalagam and the Tamil Nadu Congress party have warned that the
State was increasingly becoming a safe haven for the LTTE in recent
days.
CRC anniversary to be celebrated
The 18th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
an international treaty which sets out ground rules for a better life
for all children and the most widely ratified Human Rights Agreement in
the World is being celebrated this week. |
