| Tamil separatists in northern areas around Jaffna are engaged in armed rebellion against the government, which is controlled by the Sinhalese. |
| Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city. |
| The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare. |
| In any instance, it does not seem so repulsive as the serpent worship still in existence near Jaffna. |
| In Sri Lanka, war rages again on the Jaffna Peninsula while international peace-making efforts to unite Tamils and Sinhalese are spurned. |
| We flew by helicopter to Jaffna, saw the villages that had been destroyed, and demonstrations by the people who wanted to go home. |
