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JANUARY 4, 2005 EST, USA
 
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HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI!
A massive tsunami, created by a 9.0R earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, has caused severe damage in Sri Lanka. Here is how you can help the victims: Use your credit card to make a donation here. We will send all the donations collected to ease the suffering. Alternatively, send a check payable to "Lanka Academic Network" (and marked "Tsunami Victims") to: C/O Daya Weerakkody, LAcNet Treasurer, 9603 Avenel Road, Silver Spring, MD 20903-2311, USA. All donations are tax-deductible in the USA. LAcNet is a 501(c)(3) organization in the USA. Its US tax Id: 411-69-1170. We have collected over Thank you! Please do continue to send the donations, more donations the better.
LACNET TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT lists Sri Lanka's current needs, how your donations are being spent, ways to find your missing loved ones, and all other matters related to the tsunami.
THANK YOU IDEXX LABORATORIES!
IDEXX Laboratories has donated a large quantity of its Colilert test kits for field testing coliform bacteria in the affected areas in Habantota and Tangalle, Sri Lanka. LAcNet thanks IDEXX Laboratories for its generous contribution in this hour of need.
LAcNet Blog: You can post your thoughts, wishes and anything you want to say about the tsunami here. Thanks to Rasika for creating.
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Epidemic fears fade as Sri Lanka faces refugee crisis
theaustralian.news.com.au, January 05, 2005. RESPIRATORY illnesses are emerging in many tsunami survivors, but there is no sign of the widespread diseases such as cholera that many aid organisations feared would take more lives than the raging sea.

Although there have been cases of diarrhoea, which can be deadly particularly to the very young and the elderly, there has not been a single case of cholera in Sri Lanka so far, according to Dr Amal Harsha De Silva, director of private health sector development at the Ministry of Health.

The island nation has enough pharmaceuticals and more than enough doctors on hand, he said, leaving restoring infrastructure as the most pressing concern. More...
Published: Tue Jan 4 11:56:28 EST 2005

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PRESIDENT BUSH, FIRST LADY AND TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS VISIT THE SRI LANKAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
The Lanka Academic, January 04. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, President George W. Bush accompanied by the First Lady Laura Bush, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton called on the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC this morning. They were received by HE the Ambassador for Sri Lanka Devinda R. Subasinghe and Mrs Helga-Wurzer Subasinghe. The first Lady presented a white bouquet of flowers to Mrs Subasinghe in a symbolic gesture of condolence. President George W. Bush who announced a nationwide charitable fundraising effort to be led by former President George H.W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton to aid victims of last week's earthquake and tsunamis in South Asia on Monday, January 3, 2005, had praised both Presidents for taking time out of their busy schedules to not only serve as a catalyst for the American people to give money to help, but also to join him and the First Lady in paying their deepest respects to those nations that have been affected by the tsunami. More...
Published: Tue Jan 4 23:07:37 EST 2005 Back to the top
Send Money Home and Call Home Free!
LTTE’s complaint is a ploy to collect money, says Lankan official
hindustantimes.com, January 4, 2005 21:43 IST. A top Sri Lankan government relief official has said that the LTTE's loud and persistent gripe that no government relief material is reaching areas controlled by it is only a clever ploy to collect money for its own coffers from gullible Tamils living abroad.

"The LTTE is pretending that no aid is reaching its areas just to motivate Sri Lankan Tamils living abroad to pour money into its coffers," a top official told Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity.

The official said that he had checked with the UN agencies engaged in relief work in the rebel-held northern districts, and they categorically said that government aid was reaching. More...
Published: Tue Jan 4 12:18:17 EST 2005 Back to the top

Sri Lanka s Tsunami Survivors Lose Hope, Shun Coast
 go.com, Jan 4, 2005. PALLAI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Housewife Viyarseeli Nadarajahlingam's whole life revolved around her six children and helping her husband mend his fishing nets on an idyllic white sand beach at Sri Lanka's northern tip... Back to the top
Economy off track in Lanka
 indiatimes.com, TUESDAY, JANUARY 04, 2005 11:33:20 PM . BANGALORE: The tsunami has made a serious dent in the $73.3-billion Sri Lankan economy... Back to the top
Sri Lanka s proven toughness faces daunting test
 ft.com, Published: January 5 2005 02:00 | Last update. By Ray Marcelo Sri Lanka's economy has shown remarkable resilience in the past three years, enduring frequent floods, droughts and two decades of civil war, to average a growth rate of 4 per cent... Back to the top
DART's mission is to help victims, not fend off rebels in Sri Lanka: military
 Yahoo, Tue, Jan 04, 2005. GREG BONNELL TRENTON, Ont. (CP) - Canadian military officials said Tuesday the country's Disaster Assistance Response Team is going to tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka to provide medical help, not to fend off rebel forces in the politically volatile region... Back to the top
SENATOR BILL FRIST TO VISIT SRI LANKA TO ASSESS TSUNAMI DAMAGE AND OFFER ASSISTANCE
 SLEMBASSY - WASHINGTON DC, January 04. January 4rd, 2005 Washington D.C. - The Office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M... Back to the top
Parliament mourns, call to work together to rebuild Lanka
 dailynews.lk, Wednesday, 05 January 2005. Members of Parliament yesterday observed two minutes silence in memory of thousands of people who died and were affected in the tsunami tidal waves... Back to the top
U.S. to Double Tsunami Relief Helicopters
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 18:58 EST . ROBERT BURNS - AP Military Writer - The White House, meanwhile, said President Bush ordered that $65 million of ``defense articles and services'' be drawn from Pentagon inventories to provide disaster assistance to Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka - , India, Maldives, Malaysia, Burma, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Bangladesh and the Seychelles... Back to the top
India s biggest relief package to Lanka
 dailynews.lk, Wednesday, 05 January 2005. The Rs.100 crore (US$ 23 million) relief package to Sri Lanka for reconstruction is the biggest ever granted to any country by India so far, Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao told the Daily News yesterday... Back to the top
Rains lash tsunami-ravaged eastern Sri Lanka as trauma takes mental toll
 Yahoo, Tue, Jan 04, 2005 . COLOMBO (AFP) - Heavy rains slowed relief operations in Sri Lanka's worst affected region as international aid piled up while doctors warned tsunami survivors were beginning to crack under the stress of their trauma... Back to the top
Britain's treasury chief expects rich nations to freeze debt payments by tsunami-hit countries
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 15:56 EST . ROBERT BARR - Associated Press Writer - ``Last year Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand paid out $20 billion on debt repayment, and the total debt burden for the countries affected (by the disaster) is $300 billion,'' Bloomer said... Back to the top
Tamil Tiger rebels accuse U.S. Marines of spying
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 12:48 EST . ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press Writer - ABOARD THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD (AP) Two ships full of Marines and heavy equipment steaming toward Sri Lanka - were diverted due to reduced need for aid, officials said Tuesday, and instead bolstered the U... Back to the top
Powell underscores U.S. commitment in tsunami tour, pledges more forensic help
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 12:57 EST . ANNE GEARAN - AP Diplomatic Writer - In Washington, the State Department said 16 Americans - eight in Thailand and eight in Sri Lanka - died in the disaster... Back to the top
U.N. offers to direct aid in divided Sri Lanka; civilians put politics aside
 Yahoo, Tue, Jan 04, 2005 . The United Nations is offering to help coordinate tsunami relief shipments to Sri Lanka amid reports of logjams at the capital's airport and bickering between the Sri Lankan government and separatist rebels over delivery of aid... Back to the top
Sri Lanka air force's dawn-to-dusk task -- deliver food
 Yahoo, Tue Jan 4,12:26 AM ET. AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - As the sun rises on this eastern shoreline of tsunami-battered Sri Lanka, dozens of airforce officers gather at the tiny Ampara military airport... Back to the top
Work at Colombo port goes on smoothly
 dailynews.lk, Monday, 3 January 2005. Work at Colombo Port has been resumed and goes on smoothly... Back to the top
Chinese healing hands in tsunami-hit Sir Lanka
 xinhuanet.com, January 4, 2005. HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Fourteen pairs of Chinese healing hands Tuesday were seen in a bid to soothe people's pain and sorrow in Hikkaduwa, a small town some 90 km off Colombo, the capital of tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka. Wang Bingqiang, head of the 14-member Chinese medical squad, told Xinhua,"we are here to relieve the Sri Lankan people... Back to the top
Further Chinese aid for Lanka
 dailynews.lk, Wednesday, 05 January 2005. "In order to further relief the pains and misery of our Sri Lanka friends who have been suffering from the catastrophic tidal waves of 26th December 2004, the Government of the People's Republic of China decides to render additional emergency assistance worth 15 million Renminbi Yuan or approximately 185 million Sri Lankan Rupees to Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Tsunami aid avalanche saves Sri Lanka from disaster
 Yahoo, January 4, 2005. COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka was facing a foreign exchange crisis when tsunamis caused massive loss of life, but analysts say spontaneous international aid may have saved the country from a bigger economic calamity... Back to the top
Israeli Group Biggest Civilian Aid Contributor to Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, January 4, 2005. Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The Sri Lankan government reportedly refused to accept a large Israeli rescue and medical mission to aid tsunami victims. But even so, an Israeli group says it has contributed more civilian aid to Sri Lanka than any other country... Back to the top
Agencies preparing long-term trauma help for 'tsunami Generation'
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 11:42 EST . ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS - Associated Press Writer - Red Cross specialists have gone to Indonesia and Sri Lanka to see what needs to be done, Rodenburg said in a telephone interview from Copenhagen, Denmark... Back to the top
UNICEF Executive Director calls on Sri Lanka President
 xinhuanet.com, January 4, 2005. COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Carol Bellamy, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director, called on Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga on Monday, UNICEF official said here Tuesday. Kumaratunga briefed Bellamy and the Resident Representative TedChaiban about the program now in place to protect children made destitute by the catastrophe... Back to the top
Scientific Delegation Into Sri Lanka's Wave-Ravaged Areas
 Yahoo, Tue 04-Jan-2005, 15:40 ET . Newswise — Philip Liu, Cornell University professor of civil and environmental engineering, will lead a delegation of American scientists from the National Science Foundation's Tsunami Research Group and the U... Back to the top
Lack of coordination leads to very little relief supplies going to shelter homes in the East
 Alladin Hussein in Colombo, January 4, 2004, 9.31 p.m.. Amidst reports that there is ample food and medicine and other necessities at all refugee camps in the South, many relief officers currently operating in the Eastern part of the country pointed out that there is still a severe lack of food, clothing and medicine for the tsunami victims in Batticaloa, Ampara district shelter homes... Back to the top
Lankan children off to tree-schools
 indiatimes.com, January 4, 2005. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's teachers are doing something not found in their job descriptions... Back to the top
Sri Lanka opens tsunami fund rising arrangement in Bangladesh:
 newkerala.com, January 4, 2005. [World News]: Dhaka, Jan 4 : The Sri Lankan High Commission in Dhaka has taken up a move to receive cash donation for the tsunami-affected people of its county from Bangladesh as the island nation now needs huge supports to recover from the devastation... Back to the top
“Donate more toys for tsunami child victims,” relief officers appeal
 Alladin Hussein in Colombo, January 4, 2004, 9.29 p.m.. Relief officers today called upon the public to donate toys for the tsunami child victims... Back to the top
In Sri Lanka, mortal foes achieve rare unity
 IHT, Wednesday, January 5, 2005. PUTHUKADY JUNCTION, Sri Lanka The Tidal Wave Task Force headquarters here is not much to look at, but what is happening inside is extraordinary... Back to the top
Powell says tsunami tragedy might offer chance to settle conflicts in Aceh, Sri Lanka
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 11:06 EST . - - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that Asia's tsunami catastrophe could provide an opportunity to discuss settling long-running separatist conflicts in Sri Lanka - and the Indonesia province of Aceh... Back to the top
World Bank President to visit Sri Lanka
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 4.40 P.M Tuesday 4 January. World Bank President James D Wolfensohn will visit Sri Lanka on the weekend of 8-9 January to have a first-hand view of the destruction to lives, livelihoods and property caused by the tsunami of 26 December... Back to the top
Sri Lanka says tsunami reconstruction may cost US$1 billion
 channelnewsasia.com, 04 January 2005 1713 hrs . COLOMBO : The Sri Lankan government estimates it will cost about US$1 billion to rebuild the areas devastated by the Asian tsunamis... Back to the top
Indian Navy clears Sri Lanka port:
 newkerala.com, Tueday, 4th Jan, 2005 14:20 GMT. [India News]: New Delhi, Jan 4 : The Indian Navy Tuesday cleared Sri Lanka's key Galle port after an extensive operation to remove sunken vessels there as part of the largest peacetime initiative mounted by the country's armed forces post tsunami... Back to the top
Annan s Lanka visit to include LTTE controlled areas
 deepikaglobal.com, Wednesday, January 5, 2005 . Colombo, Jan 4 (UNI) UN Secretary General Koffi Annan will visit the areas of Northern Wani region controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels during his two-day official visit to the tsunami hit Sri Lanka scheduled this weekend, LTTE sources said this evening... Back to the top
Bureaucracy puts brake on vital assistance to Sri Lanka
 smh.com.au, January 5, 2005. As Sri Lanka grapples with a massive relief effort in the aftermath of the tsunami, concerns remain that the distribution of aid to affected areas is patchy and the Government has failed to offer a co-ordinated relief plan... Back to the top
Fishermen in Sri Lankan village reluctant to return to sea after devastating tsunami
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 10:04 EST . CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press Writer - MERISSA, Sri Lanka (AP) The five crew members of the fishing boat Lakmadu barely felt the impact of the tsunami that devastated the Sri Lankan coastline because they were 750 kilometers (465 miles) out to sea... Back to the top
Communications services being restored
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 10:01 EST . In Sri Lanka and Indonesia, vital fixed and mobile communications services are being restored... Back to the top
Lanka takes measures against tsunami
 Dawn, Tueday, 4th Jan, 2005 15:35 GMT. The Sri Lankan government has decided to ban the construction of hotels or houses within one hundred metres from the coast as a precaution against another tsunami attack... Back to the top
Sri Lanka: Hopes Rise that Disaster Will Bridge Gap Between Govt, Tamil Tigers
 voanews.com, 4 January 2005. In the days before the deadly tsunami devastated Sri Lanka, there were worries that the island country may head back to war as a peace process between Tamil Tiger rebels and the government stalled... Back to the top
Tsunami aid effort delivers too many patients for hospitals to handle
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 08:43 EST . LELY T. DJUHARI - Associated Press Writer - In Sri Lanka too, the country's only international airport was brimming with relief, but there was not enough transport available to get it to victims... Back to the top
An eyewitness account from Sri Lanka
 alertnet.org, 04 Jan 2005 14:34:00 GMT. Christian Aid’s Asia specialist, Anjali Kwatra, is part of a Christian Aid emergency assessment team in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Rain hampers Sri Lanka relief bid
 bbc.co.uk, Tuesday, 4 January, 2005, 12:42 GMT . Heavy rain and flooding are seriously hampering the tsunami relief operation in eastern Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Italy plans to cancel/convert debt owed by Indonesia, Sri Lanka after tsunami
 Yahoo, Tuesday January 4, 11:51 AM . ROME (AFX) - Italy is planning to cancel or convert debt owed by tsunami-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Gianfranco Fini said... Back to the top
Paris Club to discuss Indonesia, Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, 04 Jan 2005 08:19:32 GMT. PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The Paris Club group of creditors will examine a debt moratorium for Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two countries hardest hit by a tsunami in southern Asia, when it meets on Jan... Back to the top
Indian relief workers lead aid effort in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka :
 teamindia.net, Tueday, 4th Jan, 2005 14:20 GMT. Colombo : Indian relief workers are in the forefront of Sri Lanka's biggest humanitarian operation, treating the injured, rescuing the marooned and distributing tonnes of rations to thousands of homeless tsunami survivors... Back to the top
Sri Lanka grateful towards Malta
 di-ve.com, 05 january. The Sri Lankan ambassador Mazako Perera during a phone conversation with the Director of the Civil Protection Department Peter Cordina and the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Tonio Borg, personally thanked the Maltese people for their generosity shown towards the population of her country hit by the tsunami disaster... Back to the top
Sri Lankan high commissioner praises Aust s generosity
 abc.net.au, Tuesday, January 4, 2005. 4:47pm (AEDT). Sri Lanka's high commissioner to Australia has praised the generosity of the Australian public and the Federal Government but says more money will be needed to cope with the tsunami disaster... Back to the top
Sri Lanka counts the dead
 Yahoo, Tuesday, 04th Jan 10:19GMT. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's government says rescue workers have recovered no corpses in the last few hours, but they don't yet have a final count of tsunami victims... Back to the top
Sri Lanka rebuilding campaign raises $;40,000
 Yahoo, Tuesday January 4, 02:50 PM . Canberra church groups and sporting associations are getting behind a fundraising campaign to rebuild villages destroyed by the tsunami in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
World Leaders Arrive In Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, January 04, 2005 14:48 PM. COLOMBO, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday prepares to welcome the biggest number ever of foreign dignitaries including UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as relief and rehabilitation operations continue with the US taking the lead in a marathon international relief initiative... Back to the top
U.N.: Companies helping smooth tsunami aid effort
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 08:02 EST . JONATHAN FOWLER - Associated Press Writer - Besides helping UNHCR in Indonesia, the network has sent a team to manage aid cargos at the Colombo airport in Sri Lanka... Back to the top
British Forces Assess Destruction on Sri Lanka
 scotsman.com, Tue 4 Jan 2005. British forces today made their first aerial survey of areas along Sri Lanka’s coast destroyed by Boxing Day’s devastating tsunami... Back to the top
Sri Lanka struggling to manage influx of help
 Yahoo, January 4, 2005. GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Kegalle Panangarama, a Buddhist monk and community leader, expressed frustration as he outlined the obstacles plaguing local recovery efforts in his tsunami-wrecked region... Back to the top
Sri Lanka sees return of tourists by summer
 IHT, Wednesday, January 5, 2005. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka John Keells Holdings, Jetwing Hotels and other Sri Lanka hoteliers expect a revival in travel to the island, which thousands of visitors fled after an earthquake triggered giant waves that devastated the coast... Back to the top
Sri Lanka coast: Starvation still
 cnn.com, Tuesday, January 4, 2005 . CNN) -- Aid is filtering through to parts of Sri Lanka, but thousands of people are still desperate for food and medical supplies, as many areas have not been reached by relief workers, CNN's Paula Hancocks reports... Back to the top
Bush, Clinton to Lead Tsunami Fund Raising
 Associated Press, Mon January 3, 2005 18:03 EST . JENNIFER LOVEN - Associated Press Writer - Bush, his wife, Laura, and his two predecessors paid brief sympathy visits to the embassies of the four nations hit hardest Indonesia, Sri Lanka - , India and Thailand... Back to the top
Swiss government pledges additional 22 million USD
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 12.20 P.M Tuesday 4 January. The Swiss government has promised an additional CHF 25 million ($22 million) in immediate aid to countries hit by the tidal waves in Southeast Asia... Back to the top
ACT Dateline: South south east Asia/Sri Lanka
 alertnet.org, 04 Jan 2005 09:07:00 GMT. Colombo, January 3, 2005--Homeless and hungry, survivors of the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka on December 26 are struggling to carry on with life in almost a thousand temporary shelters around the island nation, accompanied by faith communities providing food, clothing, shelter, and other emergency support... Back to the top
DART Prepares for Sri Lanka Mission
 cfra.com, Tuesday, January 04, 2005. They're clinging to stories that inspire hope, but it's been days since thousands of people have heard from their missing relatives in Southern Asia... Back to the top
Lm3m worth of supplies for Sri Lanka
 timesofmalta.com, Tuesday, January 4, 2005 . About Lm3 million worth of supplies yesterday started being loaded onto containers to be shipped to Sri Lanka to help the tsunami disaster victims... Back to the top
German football powerhouse to finance Sri Lanka aid project
 Yahoo, 4 January 2005 . BERLIN - Germany’s most successful football team, Bayern Munich, is to finance a rebuilding project in Sri Lanka, where the number of victims from last week’s tsunamis has risen to over 30,000... Back to the top
Charity employee sees hope in Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005. EDITOR'S NOTE: Toni Radler is the director of communications for the Richmond-based Christian Children's Fund... Back to the top
In politically sensitive south Asia, U.S. Marines find it hard to get boots on the ground
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 08:01 EST . ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press Writer - While U... Back to the top
US MARINES ARRIVE IN SRI LANKA
 sbs.com.au, 4.1.2005.. United States marines have arrived in Sri Lanka to boost relief efforts as the island's tsunami death toll hit 30,196 and fears grow of an outbreak of disease and rape of survivors... Back to the top
A week after tsunami, tourist die-hards linger in Sri Lankan surf resort
 Associated Press, Tue January 4, 2005 01:53 EST . CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press Writer - HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (AP) Marijuana smoke wafted through the Blue Fox restaurant on a seaside strip of low-budget hotels and surf shops, a reminder that a few foreign tourists were still around after all the devastation wrought by the tsunami a week ago... Back to the top
Fued stalls Sri Lanka aid
 DOUG SAUNDERS Globe and Mail , Tuesday, Jan 4, 2005 . Jaffna, Sri Lanka — Angry feuding over the right to deliver aid is slowing relief efforts in Sri Lanka, a major focus of private and official Canadian efforts to help tens of thousands of people left homeless by last week's tsunami... Back to the top
‘Disaster may not bring LTTE to peace parleys’
 deccanherald.com, January 4, 2005. LTTE has not responded to the letter sent by the Lankan government asking it to send a representative to the national-level committee on disaster management... Back to the top
Relief ‘cheats’ arrested
 BBC, January 4, 2005. A graduate teacher with a load of relief supplies in his house has been arrested by police in Batticaloa... Back to the top
Threat of environmental hazard from debris
 BBC, January 4, 2005. Tangalle has already started removing rubble and debris using earth moving machines... Back to the top
Devastation in Sri Lanka overwhelming: UNICEF
 com, Monday, 03 January , 2005, 21:00. Colombo: The death and devastation wrought by the tsunamis in Sri Lanka are "overwhelming", UNICEF chief Carol Bellamy said Monday, adding that the most haunting sight of her two-day tour of ravaged area was of parents watching for the sea to bring back the bodies of their children... Back to the top
Sri Lanka s rebels get credit for well-organized relief
 startribune.com, January 4, 2005. MULLAITTIVU, SRI LANKA -- The beachfront road is gone, along with all the neighborhoods behind it... Back to the top
Tamils Worry LTTE Actions Hinder Relief Efforts in the Affected Areas.
 K.S. Rajkumar, reporting from Jaffna., Monday 3rd Jan 2005: 20:06GMT. Tamils in the affected areas are beginning to worry that the LTTE’s actions are hindering the relief and rehabilitation efforts in their areas... Back to the top
Aid Shipments Arrives in Sri Lanka , Agency Raises Appeal to $5 Million
 Associated Press, Mon January 3, 2005 15:58 EST . The initial shipments were airlifted last week, a first shipment of shelter kits arrived for distribution in Sri Lanka on Sunday... Back to the top
Lanka stars get a glimpse of island’s loss, heroism
 indianexpress.com, Posted online: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 at 0. COLOMBO, JANUARY 3: Sri Lanka’s players back from their abandoned tour of New Zealand have told harrowing stories from the tsunami-devastated south-east coast, expressing shock at the way major towns such as Galle and Matara were battered by the tidal waves on Boxing Day... Back to the top
Tamil Tigers cooperate with government
 guardian.co.uk, Tuesday January 4, 2005. Jonathan Steele in Mullaittivu, Sri Lanka Faced with some of the worst destruction in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tiger guerrillas who have been running an armed struggle for autonomy for more than 20 years find themselves facing a new battle... Back to the top
Fears, illness slowing aid effort in Sri Lanka
 ctv.ca, Janaury 4, 2004. While faith is helping Sri Lankans cope with the tsunami disaster, fear is hurting the South Asian nation's population... Back to the top
Pak sends relief to tsunami victims in Indonesia, Sri Lanka:
 newkerala.com, January 4, 2005. [World News]: Islamabad, Jan 3 : Pakistan today began airlifting relief supplies to Indonesia to help tsunami victims, while two of its naval ships along with helicopters have been detailed to take part in the relief operations in Sri Lanka Back to the top
Breakdown of Tsunami Death Toll by Nation
 Associated Press, Mon January 3, 2005 17:05 EST . The Associated Press - - Sri Lanka - : 30,196 killed... Back to the top
British warship arrives in Colombo for tsunami relief
 deepikaglobal.com, January 4, 2005. British warship arrives in Colombo for tsunami relief Colombo, Jan 3 (UNI) A British warship, HMS Chatham, with sailors and two light helicopters on board arrived at the Colombo harbour here this evening for complementing Britain's relief efforts in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Foreign troops in Sri Lanka only for relief work: Lanka Govt
 newindpress.com, Tuesday January 4 2005 00:00 IST. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has clarified that foreign troops scheduled to arrive in the island nation were only coming to help in relief work in tsunami-ravaged areas and not for "military operations"... Back to the top
€28m pledged to help Sri Lanka's children
 2.162.45, 03/01/2005 - 14:18:07 . The UN children’s fund will spend at least €28m to help Sri Lankan children affected by the tsunami disaster to regain their future... Back to the top
For Sri Lanka, a ground zero
 csmonitor.com, January 04, 2005 . TELWATTE, SRI LANKA – A small train station along Sri Lanka's southern belly - a sun-drenched, palm-flanked stop called Telwatte - is becoming this country's psychological "ground zero... Back to the top
Will disaster stir Sri Lanka peace?
 bbc.co.uk, Monday, 3 January, 2005, 16:49 GMT . It is notable that the two worst hit areas in the tsunami disaster - Sri Lanka and the Indonesian island of Sumatra - have been suffering civil conflicts... Back to the top
EU Will Continue to Support Sri Lanka- Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid
 Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo, SLT 6.00 P.M Monday 3 January 2005. European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel said today that the European Commission will help and support Sri Lanka's aid effort as long as it’s necessary, probably years... Back to the top
Sri Lankan air force drops food, water in major relief operation
 turkishpress.com, 01-03-2005, 14h10. AMPARA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - A large-scale relief operation was underway in this eastern coastal region of Sri Lanka as the military carried out air drops of food and water to thousands of tsunami survivors... Back to the top
ANALYSIS-Sri Lanka tsunami aid becomes geopolitical game
 alertnet.org, 03 Jan 2005 12:15:18 GMT. COLOMBO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tsunami devastation has drawn a huge international aid response, but a geopolitical game of influence between India and the United States is playing not too subtly in the background, analysts said on Monday... Back to the top
Tsunami unearths old dead in Sri Lanka, adds new
 Yahoo, 03 Jan 2005 15:55:51 GMT. SINNAMUHATTUVARAM, Sri Lanka, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A solitary skull sits on the roadside, torn by tsunami waves from the rest of the skeleton that lies nearby, wrapped in dirty cloth in its gaping wooden coffin... Back to the top
Medair begins water and sanitation interventions along the east coast of Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, 03 Jan 2005 13:33:00 GMT. Medair's emergency assessment team is rapidly surveying a 60 kilometre stretch of the devastated east coast of Sri Lanka... Back to the top
DART headed to Ampara, Sri Lanka, Graham says
 ctv.ca, Mon. Jan. 3 2005 1:32 PM ET . More than a week after tsunamis devastated a dozen south Asian countries, Canada has confirmed it is deploying its crack military disaster response team to the region... Back to the top
Canada to Send Military Aid Team Thursday to Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, Jan 03 23:03. Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Canada will send its 200-member disaster relief team to Sri Lanka Thursday to help rescue efforts following last week's earthquake and tsunamis, Prime Minister Paul Martin said. The Disaster Assistance Response Team will provide medical help and drinking water to the eastern region of Sri Lanka, among the hardest-hit areas from the earthquake that has left as many as 155,000 dead or missing... Back to the top
New York doctors provided aid during their Sri Lanka vacation
 newsday.com, January 3, 2005, 4:29 PM EST. NEW YORK -- A family of New York doctors, vacationing in Sri Lanka when the killer tsunami hit, helped in the best way they knew: They put on sterile gloves and provided medical care to battered victims... Back to the top
Dubai doctors and aid reach Colombo
 khaleejtimes.com, 2 January 2005 . DUBAI — A team of three Dubai-based doctors reached Colombo yesterday to provide medical assistance and relief material to the Sri Lankans affected by the tsunami disaster on December 26 last... Back to the top
Sri Lanka slips back to the bad old ways
 smh.com.au, January 4, 2005. The tsunamis that killed 30,000 Sri Lankans and left perhaps 2 million homeless were supposed to be the force that unified this religiously and ethnically diverse land... Back to the top
Sorge bio author among Sri Lanka dead
 japantimes.co.jp, January 4, 2005. LONDON (Kyodo) Veteran British journalist Robert Whymant, author of a biography on Russian spy Richard Sorge, has been confirmed dead after being swallowed by tsunamis at a beach resort in Sri Lanka, the Press Association reported Sunday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka says death toll likely to top 35,000
 jpost.com, Jan. 3, 2005 5:32. Sri Lankan authorities said Monday the country's death toll from last week's tsunami disaster would likely top 35,000... Back to the top
First signs of disease in Sri Lanka
 com, Monday, 03 January , 2005, 14:35. Internationally-backed relief operations picked up in Sri Lanka on Monday as flood waters receded, but the death toll from the tsunami tragedy rose to 29,957 and fuelled fears that disease could spread... Back to the top
Rapists prey on Sri Lanka tsunami survivors - group
 alertnet.org, 03 Jan 2005 10:17:19 GMT. COLOMBO, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Rapists are preying on survivors of Sri Lanka's deadly tsunamis, taking advantage of lax security at refuge centres for those made homeless in the disaster, a women's collective said on Monday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka plans for welfare of tsunami child victims
 xinhuanet.com, 2005-01-03 20:16:16. COLOMBO, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- An initial welfare plan is to be launched immediately for the children left orphaned and unaccompanied by the Dec. 26 Tsunami disaster. Save the Children Fund's Sri Lanka office said that welfare of Tsunami child victims is a priority... Back to the top
Tamil Tigers torch camp
 gulf-daily-news.com, Monday 3 January 2005 . COLOMBO: Tiger rebels yesterday torched a refugee camp in Sri Lanka's northern peninsula of Jaffna in which some 60 Tamil families who were victims of last week's tsunami were housed, a defence official said... Back to the top
S.Lanka scrimping on tsunami aid -- rebels
 Yahoo, 03 Jan 2005 16:41:28 GMT. KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels accused the government on Monday of denying them adequate tsunami aid, warning this could squander a chance to bridge differences after two decades of war... Back to the top
Island doc in Sri Lanka is jolted
 Yahoo, Monday, January 03, 2005. The coconut trees are intact along Sri Lanka's battered coastline but houses built of brick and concrete have been transformed into mountains of rubble that line both sides of the coastal road... Back to the top
U.S. Marines to Accelerate Aid Effort in Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, Jan 03 13:45. Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Marines scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka this week will boost relief efforts by airlifting clean water, food and medicine to coastal communities in the Asian nation second-hardest hit by tsunamis more than a week ago... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Cricket to raise money for tsunami survivors
 Yahoo, Mon 03 Jan, 1:30 PM. COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka Cricket said the national team will play a series of benefit matches to help raise money for survivors of the tsunami tragedy that claimed more than 30,000 lives in this cricket-crazy nation... Back to the top
Foreign troops in Sri Lanka only for relief work: govt:
 newkerala.com, Mon, 3rd Jan 2005. [World News]: Colombo, Jan 3 : Sri Lanka has clarified that foreign troops scheduled to arrive in the island nation were only coming to help in relief work in tsunami-ravaged areas and not for "military operations"... Back to the top
Will battered Lanka pull itself by the bootstraps in 2005?
 Yahoo, January 3, 2005 15:34 IST. For the "Paradise Isle" of Sri Lanka, the year 2004 ended with a dreadful and completely unexpected blow from the sea... Back to the top
Sri Lanka's hard-hit fisherfolk ponder their future
 Yahoo, Monday January 3, 05:18 PM . THOTAMUNA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Fishing runs in the veins of N... Back to the top
Sri Lanka to suffer worst from tsunamis
 timesonline.co.uk, January 03, 2005 . Sri Lanka is likely to suffer the worst economy damage from the tsunami disaster, Standard & Poor's, the credit rating agency, has said... Back to the top
In Sri Lankan town, judges and lawyers struggle to resume work amid tsunami's destruction
 Associated Press, Mon January 3, 2005 04:01 EST . CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press Writer - GALLE, Sri Lanka AP) Workers in a lawyer's office sifted through a sodden pile of documents in the street on Monday, a scene that symbolized the toll that the devastating tsunami exacted on the legal system in coastal areas of Sri Lanka - ... Back to the top
Schools near beach to be relocated in Sri Lanka
 xinhuanet.com, 2005-01-03 13:27:23. COLOMBO, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka is to launch a re-location plan for schools within one km off the coastline, local media reported Monday. The Daily News newspaper quoted sources from the Ministry of Education as saying that the State Engineering Corporation, the National Construction, the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and other concerned agencies are all involved in the program... Back to the top
Kin try to ID Sri Lanka tsunami victims
 nwsource.com, Sunday, January 2, 2005 . GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Balage Shriyani held an old photograph of her 7-year-old daughter, dressed up for a school concert in bangles, makeup and a yellow, ankle-length dress, against a new photograph of a bloated corpse in a sodden blouse... Back to the top
British ship assists in Tsunami-hit Sri Lanka
 xinhuanet.com, 2005-01-03 19:32:25. COLOMBO, Jan. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- A British military vessel has followed the deployment of US marines to assist in Sri Lanka's Tsunami disaster relief task, Sri Lankan government officials said Monday. HMS Chatham, a British Army vessel, arrived in Colombo early Monday, an official confirmed... Back to the top
Aid reaches rebel controlled areas of Sri Lanka
 abc.net.au, Monday, 3 January , 2005 08:18:23. ELEANOR HALL: In Sri Lanka, where almost 30,000 people are confirmed to have died, aid is now making it through to the rebel controlled areas in the north-east of the country... Back to the top
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