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TNPF deploys ‘Federalism’ to dislodge Tamil Self-Determination and the Referendum call

When the now-defunct Tamil People’s Council (TPC) released its federal proposals in 2016, TamilNet warned that the draft risked diluting the Tamil national question under Colombo-centric ...
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Eezham Thamizh and Tamil Eelam: Understanding the terminologies of identity

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 00:43 GMT] Many readers, Tamils as well as non-Tamils, wonder at the way words and phrases such as Eezham, Thamizh, Eezham Tamil or Eezham Thamizh, Tamil Eelam ...
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Ex-LTTE Women's Political Head Thamilini dies of cancer at 43

[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 October 2015, 18:37 GMT] Sivakamy Sivasubramaniyam alias Thamilni, who was formerly the head of LTTE's Women Political Wing, has passed away on Sunday at Maharagama cancer ...
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Thursday, 01 April 1999, 19:36 GMT] Sri Lankan Army grants permission for refugees wanting to return home; Fisherman's boat strays into Sri Lankan Navy no go zone; Bomb alert in Batticaloa ...
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31.07.16 Sumanan tortured, killed by Chunnakam police, eye-..

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31.07.17 SL Prime Minister behind harassing Tamil DS office..

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28.02.18 NPC urges UNHRC to refer SL State to an internatio..

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30.07.18 Intruding engine boats destroy ecosystem of Kokku'..

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World Bank helps Vavuniya families to resettle

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 February 2003, 21:03 GMT] As the first phase of World Bank's Unified Assistance program for helping displaced families resettle in their own villages, World Bank's resident ...
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Battle for seats

[TamilNet, Monday, 18 December 2006, 23:27 GMT] For the half million or so civilians in Jaffna, travel to a town outside the district has become an almost impossible endeavor. "This is the fourth day ...
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Norwegian company donates sea craft, felicitates Colombo's 'victorious' forces

[TamilNet, Friday, 20 February 2009, 19:39 GMT] Managing Director of a Norwegian boat manufacturing company, Jostine Viksund, Friday said that he and his staff had decided to donate their latest ...
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'PTA will not be repealed' -Prime Minister

[TamilNet, Sunday, 24 February 2002, 12:00 GMT] "We cannot be too rigid in regard to the talks. We have to first bring the LTTE to the negotiating table. We should not put too many prohibitions, too ...