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List compiled to initiate criminal proceedings:
LTTE responsible for 80 percent of alleged abductions
The LTTE was responsible for nearly 80 percent of
the alleged abductions, of the cases already heard in four districts
except Jaffna, the Presidential Commission investigating cases of
missing persons in the North and East was told. The Commission has
held public sittings in Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Batticaloa and
Mullaitivu from January to June this year and heard 831 cases of
missing persons,
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Suspicion leads to killing: Woman's life snuffed out in her
prime
Just as many women have done before her, poverty
drove Tikirimenike to seek a job in the Middle East as a housemaid.
Tikirimenike and the family did not have a roof over their heads.
They often went hungry and bore their lot with patience , hoping
there would be a silver lining at the end of the tunnel.
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‘Api Army’ forms new volunteer reserve:
Army volunteers to beef up nation development
Experts of a field can mitigate the intensities
of disasters safe-guarding the country. The current trend is to form
a volunteer reserve of professionals who will be called out for duty
on requirement. A major part of the development work is shouldered
by the Army's volunteer forces as it is they who have civil
engineers, technicians, masons, carpenters,
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