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Sri Lanka: Police arrest 6 Batticaloa Tamils
The six Tamils had informed the police station in their area before leaving to the border of the Ampaarai district that their cattle.
Sri Lankans want to know where tsunami aid has gone
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.
Weaving Shoes to Make Money in Eastern Sri Lanka
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.
Haul of claymore mines recovered in Northern Sri Lanka
Sat, Dec 19, 2009, 10:36 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 19, Colombo: Sri Lankan Army troops conducting search and clear operations in the northern region recovered a large haul of claymore mines yesterday , the military said.
Sri Lanka still waiting for its peace dividend
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.
Navy restores electricity and potable water facilities to Eastern villages of Sri Lanka
Fri, Dec 18, 2009, 08:28 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 18, Colombo: Since the successful conclusion of the decades-long war Sri Lanka Navy has been providing humanitarian assistance to uplift the conflict-affected villages in Eastern Sri Lanka.
Lanka: North-East Tamils may tilt polls balance
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.
3 dead, 300,000 displaced in Sri Lankan flooding 2009-12-16 18:05
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.
Sri Lanka: Heavy floods in East, 3 killed, IDP camps under water
Vaakarai, Vaazhaichcheanai, Kaaththaankudi and Vavu'natheevu are among the worst affected areas in Batticaloa.
Sri Lanka: Grenade attack on UNP district office in Batticaloa
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.
Sri Lanka war refugees face uneasy homecoming
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.
Floods affect over 28,000 families and 1,000 acres of paddy lands in Eastern Sri Lanka
Fri, Dec 11, 2009, 08:09 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 11, Colombo: Due to continuing heavy rains in the Ampara district during the past few days, over 28,000 families have been affected by floods in the area, the Disaster Management Centre said.
UN diplomat meets former Sri Lankan child soldiers
A top United Nations envoy for children held talks with senior Sri Lankan officials yesterday after meeting former child soldiers, an official said.
Sri Lanka: Tamils flee from East by sea, SL Police says
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.
UNHCR welcomes freedom of movement for IDPs
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it welcomed Sri Lankan government's decision this week to allow "increased" freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced people remaining in 20 camps in the north of the country.
UN agency welcomes Sri Lanka's decision to let people in camps move freely
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka's decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons remaining in 20 closed camps in the country's north following the recently-ended civil conflict.
13 airstrips in Sri Lanka to be renovated
Thu, Dec 3, 2009, 11:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 03, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to renovate thirteen air strips in the country, the Ports and Aviation Ministry authorities said.
Sri Lanka: Grabbing land for wrecking contiguity of Tamil homeland
But the tract is of utmost importance to Eezham Tamils in linking the north and east of their historic homeland.
Independent Appeal: Mental scars of war and terror
A statue of the Virgin Mary stands among the debris from the tsunami in 2004 one of several disasters that have left Sri Lankans traumatised Room 63 at Trincomalee General Hospital has little to recommend it.
Sri Lanka government says all displaced from Jaffna resettled
Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 10:50 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 26, Colombo: Sri Lanka government said that all the displaced civilians from Jaffna who were in the camps have returned to their original homes today and there will be no more Internally Displaced Persons from Jaffna in the Manik farm welfare village.
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