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Funds Sent To: National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCC/SL) Amount Sent: US$ 30,000 Date: 15 December 2004 Details of Payment Emergency: Heavy monsoon rains causing extensive flooding Date of Emergency: December 2004 Implementing Partner: NCC Sri Lanka Details of the Emergency: After…
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Washington - Sri Lanka's efforts to restore dignity and security to people displaced by its 20-year civil conflict received a boost from a US$75 million credit approved today by the World Bank for a housing reconstruction program. Around 46,000…
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By Simon Gardner COLOMBO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains across north-central and eastern Sri Lanka have killed one person and forced 250,000 more to flee flooded homes and seek refuge in schools and temples, government officials said on…
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Highlights There has been a significant reduction in the cultivated area of both irrigated as well as rainfed crops for 2004 Yala season due to the failure of the rains. The drought situation was much worse than the forecast by…
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The Government of Japan provides a sum of US $ 14,354 (approximately Rs. 1.5 million) towards the "Project for community based rehabilitation and development of the differently abled (handicapped) in Ampara District". The project is to be implemented by Survivors…
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By Joe Ariyaratnam JAFFNA, Sri Lanka, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan driver Vinayagam Krishnamoorthy shudders at the prospect of Tamil Tiger rebels' following through on a threat to resume a bloody two-decade war for autonomy. He was one of hundreds…
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The Government in its response to the LTTE's call for unconditional resumption of peace talks said 'insisting unilaterally on a single agenda item is scarcely conducive to good faith negotiations'. On Saturday LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran demanded that the Government…
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By Arjuna Wickramasinghe COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A Tamil Tiger threat to resume a two-decade war for autonomy that killed over 64,000 people will not help kickstart stalled talks to forge lasting peace in Sri Lanka, the government warned…
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AMPARA Ampara - August 2004 01.08.2004. Harthal by graduates: The month of August began with a harthal organized by the local graduates of the area over graduate appointments. Support was shown by the Muslim and Tamil communities with…
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Australia's Special Representative for Mine Action, Mr Bruce Billson, has announced from Colombo, a $1.5 million boost to save lives and support mine action in Sri Lanka. 'Twenty years of civil conflict has devastated much of Sri Lanka, claiming over…
