Batticaloa, Sri Lanka News

It was the simplest of scenes and yet it was utterly remarkable. In the swimming pool of a Sri Lankan hotel, a dozen or so young men were playing and splashing and generally horsing around.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that a bus services will operate between Kalmunai and Jaffna from 1st January.

Koneshwari, 11, lost both parents to the 26 December 2004 tsunami. Five years on, she's still struggling to rebuild her life BATTICALOA, 24 December 2009 - The Asian tsunami left more than 220,000 people dead in 13 countries, including some 35,000 in Sri Lanka.

The six Tamils had informed the police station in their area before leaving to the border of the Ampaarai district that their cattle.

A man wandering around the rubble in the commercial centre of the town of Galle, southern Sri Lanka, a month after it was flattened by the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami Desmond Boylan / Reuters COLOMBO // Five years after the tsunami swept over the shores of Sri Lanka destroying everything in its path, victims are continuing to rebuild their lives.

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On a recent visit to an American Red Cross supported project in eastern Sri Lanka, the significance of these principles resonated strongly with the American Red Cross monitoring team.

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami brought international fame to Baby 81, but the parents of the two-month-old who miraculously survived the deadly wave said it has brought them only misfortune.

PUNANI, Sri Lanka - Inside, there are no victims, no killers, and no questions. There are only bright white lights and the click-clack of sewing machines in this new garment factory in war-torn eastern Sri Lanka.

The indigenous Sri Lankan Tamils living in the Northern and Eastern provinces may tilt the balance in the January 26 Sri Lankan Presidential election which is expected to be a close contest between Mahinda Rajapaksa, the incumbent President, and Gen.Sarath Fonseka, the joint opposition candidate.

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government said Wednesday that three people were killed while 302,835 people of over 83,000 families marooned by floods in the east.

Vaakarai, Vaazhaichcheanai, Kaaththaankudi and Vavu'natheevu are among the worst affected areas in Batticaloa.

She did not make it back home until September. Trapped by Sri Lanka's civil war, Bavani, a Tamil, lost six members of her family and both her legs to a bomb.

None was injured in the blast but the office has been damaged a little. The office has been opened in order to engage in canvassing for the common opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka in the presidential election on January 26.

This Dec. 1, 2009 photo shows an internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil man waiting with his children after coming out of a camp for displaced persons in Manik Farm, Sri Lanka.

Fri, Dec 11, 2009, 10:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 11, Colombo: A special United Nations envoy today called the Sri Lankan government to take every available measure to reunite the children displaced by the war with their families as soon as possible.

Tue, Dec 8, 2009, 10:22 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 08, Kandy: A team from the Kandy Police State Intelligence Service recovered a large haul of C4- high explosives on Monday in the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Region.

A top United Nations envoy for children held talks with senior Sri Lankan officials yesterday after meeting former child soldiers, an official said.

Food, medical items, gas cylinders and life jackets were recovered from the spot, according to the police, who alleged that a group of people were trying to flee the country by boat.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Army shot at and killed a man, when a group of illegal emigrants resisted arrest at a beach in the eastern district of Batticaloa on Saturday.