A Tamil language daily newspaper's office was attacked by armed men early this morning in the northern Sri Lankan town of Jaffna.Police said the Jaffna office of the 'Uthayan' newspaper had come under attack around 5 am (local time) today when two unidentified armed men stormed the office and chased away the security staff.Uthayan's distribution office in Kilinochchi in the north was also attacked...
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will launch flexible epaper displays in Europe next month, the Korean company has said.The plastic display is not foldable or rollable but can bend up to 40 degrees. The display has a maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 and is, according to LG, highly durable.The 6-inch display is comparable in size to the display in Amazon's Kindle ereader but it's roughly a third thinner and, because it's plastic rather...
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United Liberation Front (TULF) has condemned what it said was an attempt to murder Tamil journalist G. Kuganathan.The news editor of the Tamil daily Uthayan survived the attempt in Jaffna Friday night, the party said.TULF said that on an earlier occasion too, an armed group broke into Kuganathan's office and demanded to know his whereabouts. When they failed to elicit the information, they killed two...
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office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked in the northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.Police said that the Uthayan newspaper distribution office in Kilinochchi town, an area which was once under rebel control, was attacked by an unidentified group, reported Xinhua.At least three people were injured during the attack while the building and a vehicle parked outside were also damaged.Staff at the...
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office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked in the northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.Police said that the Uthayan newspaper distribution office in Kilinochchi town, an area which was once under rebel control, was attacked by an unidentified group, reported Xinhua.At least three people were injured during the attack while the building and a vehicle parked outside were also damaged.Staff at the...
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Colombo: An office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked in the northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.Police said that the Uthayan newspaper distribution office in Kilinochchi town, an area which was once under rebel control, was attacked by an unidentified group, reported Xinhua.At least three people were injured during the attack while the building and a vehicle parked outside were also damaged.Staff...
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Masked men in northern Sri Lanka have attacked the offices of a Tamil newspaper and beaten its staff.The owner of the pro-opposition Uthayan paper said six masked men entered the building in Kilinochchi before dawn.It is the fourth time this year that Tamil-language newspapers or their distributors have been attacked in Sri Lanka, which is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.The...
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publisher says armed men have stormed his newspaper press in Sri Lanka's former war zone and set fire to the machines and newspapers ready for distribution in a second attack on the paper in two weeks.E. Saravanapavan says three men with guns entered the press of his Uthayan newspaper in northern Jaffna town threatened and chased away the workers and delivery men. Later they shot at the control board...
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3 : An office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked in the northern Sri Lanka Wednesday, police said.Police said that the Uthayan newspaper distribution office in Kilinochchi town, an area which was once under rebel control, was attacked by an unidentified group, reported Xinhua.At least three people were injured during the attack while the building and a vehicle parked outside were also damaged.Staff...
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office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked and staff beaten by masked men in northern Sri Lanka.The owner of the pro-opposition Uthayan paper said six masked men entered the building in Kilinochchi before dawn and attacked.He said that two members of staff were badly injured and property damaged, the BBC reports.It is the fourth time this year Tamil-language newspapers or their distributors have been...
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