Reuters protests to Sri Lanka over censorship Reuters, the international news and
information organisation, said on Friday it had urged the Sri Lankan
government to lift censorship of war reporting to ensure balanced
coverage of the ethnic strife.
No middleman, please(The Indian Express-28/06/98)
Two farmers hacked to death by LTTEers
Two farmers who entered Somawathiya jungles to collect fire-wood were hacked to death by
suspected LTTE terrorists on May 26 and their bodies were found by the villagers at Puddur in the
Polonnaruwa Police area on Saturday afternoon, police said.
(The Island-02/06/98)
STF chief missing The chief of Sri Lanka's crack police commando force was missing today
while swimming in the sea, official sources said. (The Hindu-01/06/98)
