The Lanka Academic
 
JANUARY 30, 2005 EST, USA
 
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY LACNET
 
VOL. 5, NO. 299
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Srilanka, Power struggle over tsunami aid to Tiger territory ...
keralanext.com, Sunday 30th Jan 2005: 14.00GMT. COLOMBO - A battle for control of tsunami relief aid has dimmed prospects of reviving Norwegian-backed peace talks between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Colombo government sources close to the rebels said on Sunday.

The top negotiator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Anton Balasingham, left here early Sunday without agreement over the handling of international help for tsunami relief, a source said.

“The LTTE is proposing a structure in which it will have a majority control (in the Tamil-dominated east and northeast), but the government is opposed to that,” the source said. More...
Published: Sun Jan 30 09:01:03 EST 2005

Austrian railway to help Sri Lanka rebuild tsunami-battered railroad
Associated Press, Sun January 30, 2005 07:22 EST . VIENNA, Austria (AP) Austria's national railway will send a team of experts to Sri Lanka to help rebuild the country's tsunami-battered rail system, officials said Sunday. He said the work would focus on the roughly 180 kilometers (112 miles) of track linking Colombo to Matara, which Pichler likened to ``an important blood vessel'' in Sri Lanka - 's rail system.

As they rebuild the rail system, the Austrian experts also will help the country boost the speed of long-haul trains from 40 kilometers per hour (25 miles per hour) to 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour), the OEBB said.
Published: Sun Jan 30 09:01:15 EST 2005 Back to the top

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Russia sends more tsunami aid to Sri Lanka
Associated Press, Sun January 30, 2005 09:55 EST . MOSCOW (AP) Russia was sending a new planeload of humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka on Sunday as part of its response to last month's deadly Tsunami, an official said. Russian planes have made 23 aid flights to Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka since the Dec. 26 catastrophe, delivering 528 tons of aid, he said.

An Emergency Situations Ministry hospital set up in Sri Lanka on Jan. 19 has treated more than 2,500 patients, Beltsov said. A Defense Ministry hospital is operating on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin said Russia's aid to tsunami-stricken Asian countries would top US$33 million (euro25.4 million), Moscow's biggest-ever contribution to an international disaster-relief effort.
Published: Sun Jan 30 10:41:36 EST 2005 Back to the top

Andover group is back from Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, Sun, Jan. 30, 2005. Hope has new meaning and faith has new strength for nine men who returned to Wichita on Saturday after a week in Sri Lanka helping victims of the Dec... Back to the top
Rebels' ties to charities cause concerns
 Washington Times, January 29. Links between charities and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department, have raised concerns in Western governments that the Sri Lankan rebel group is using aid meant for victims of the tsunami to buy weapons and replenish its depleted ranks with child soldiers... Back to the top
French tsunami relief effort shows small force _ with its wine and painter _ can make difference
 Associated Press, Sat January 29, 2005 15:54 EST . MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press Writer - The French, who also are conducting relief operations in Sri Lanka - and the Maldives, object to comparisons with the Americans... Back to the top
Sri Lanka War Refugees Feel Forgotten
 Associated Press, Sat January 29, 2005 02:02 EST . ARTHUR MAX - Associated Press Writer - JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AP) While the world's heart and money go out to tsunami victims who lost their homes, another group of refugees looks on in despair... Back to the top
Sri Lanka s beach boys wait for tourists to return
 alertnet.org, 30 Jan 2005 03:06:31 GMT. UNAWATUNA, Sri Lanka, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Lara used to earn his living assisting a diving master and offering company to lonely woman tourists on one of Sri Lanka's popular beaches dotted with small hotels and shacks selling spicy lobsters... Back to the top
Fishermen resist Sri Lanka's plan to put them inland
 sfgate.com, Saturday, January 29, 2005. Hikaduwa, Sri Lanka -- Four weeks after a tsunami ravaged large parts of South Asia's coastal regions, people are discovering that the reconstruction process may change their communities even more profoundly than the ocean did... Back to the top
Using children for selfish ends: Editorial(Gulf News)
 gulfnews.com, 28/1/2005, 07:31 (UAE) . LTTE will not win hearts if it recruits child soldiers from tsunami affected areas... Back to the top
Tsunami Warning Centers to Be Created
 Associated Press , Sat January 29, 2005 07:33 EST . JOSEPH COLEMAN : PHUKET, Thailand (AP) - Delegates at a conference in Thailand decided Saturday to create several regional tsunami warning centers around southern Asia that would protect the area from killer waves, a U... Back to the top
U.S. troops to be out of Sri Lanka in 2 weeks
 Associated Press, Sat January 29, 2005 08:56 EST . COLOMBO, Jan. 29 (Kyodo) The U.S. military relief operation in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka will end in two weeks, a senior U... Back to the top
Tamil Tigers deliver peace blow
 BBC, Friday, 28 January, 2005, 15:34 GMT . Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have ruled out talks on tsunami reconstruction being used to revive the country's peace process... Back to the top
N.C. family learns lesson of faith, humanity through tsunami
 Associated Press, Sat January 29, 2005 13:48 EST . JOHN DESANTIS - - WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) The kitchen of Joyce Fernando's Echo Farms home is a world away and then some from Sri Lanka - 's western coast, where the registered nurse, her psychiatrist husband and two sons found themselves amid a moving wall of people on Dec... Back to the top
1/29/05-Longview Disaster Relief Team Home From Sri Lanka
 Yahoo, January 29, 2005, 23:15 EDT. The east Texas disaster relief team is back home after a two week mission to tsunami ravaged Sri Lanka... Back to the top
Sri Lankan mother appeals to president to get back disputed child
 Associated Press, Fri January 28, 2005 19:29 EST. KRISHAN FRANCIS - KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Jenita Jeyarajah says the hospital visits to the infant boy she claims is her son are like visiting a prisoner in jail - she can't feed him, cuddle him, even lift him... Back to the top
LTTE massacre site is haven for Tamil victims
 BBC, 28 January, 2005 - 18:43 GMT. A place where one of the most devastating atrocities was committed during the history of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, had become a symbol of peace and coexistence after the tsunami... Back to the top
‘Tsunami’ panic in the coastline
 BBC, 28 January, 2005 - 17:37 GMT. Sri Lankan authorities are creating panic among the depressed people after tsunami, a specialist on mass communication said... Back to the top
Religious problems muddy quake relief
 iafrica.com, Sat, 29 Jan 2005 . Religious intolerance could derail crucial relief efforts in tsunami-hit Asian nations, US groups warned on Friday amid isolated reports of proselytising in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India... Back to the top
Pope sends envoy to tsunami-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka
 Associated Press, Sat January 29, 2005 12:59 EST . VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope John Paul II has sent an envoy to Indonesia and Sri Lanka to help coordinate tsunami relief efforts by Catholic agencies, the Vatican said Saturday... Back to the top
Sri Lanka Tsunami Survivors Saved by Colonial Past
 planetark.com, Sat January 27, 2005. GALLE, Sri Lanka - For generations, souvenir-seller M. Samsudeel's family have owed their livelihood to the imposing 17th century Dutch fort in Sri Lanka's southern town of Galle... Back to the top
Sri Lanka issues certificates to over 5000 tsunami victims
 xinhuanet.com, Saturday,Jan.29,2005 . COLOMBO, Jan. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- A Sri Lankan official said Saturday that the government has issued death certificates to over 5,000 people who had succumbed to the killer tsunami last month. Registrar General LK Ratnasiri said that the certificates wouldbe important for the next of kin of the deceased to lay claims to their properties, belongings and insurance claims etc... Back to the top
US applauds India s post-tsunami assistance to Sri Lanka
 deepikaglobal.com, Saturday, January 29, 2005 . Colombo, Jan 29 (UNI) The US government is impressed by the post-tsunami rescue and relief operation in Sri Lanka undertaken by India and its military, a top US embassy official said today... Back to the top
SriLankan Airlines flying high
 chennaionline.com, Sat January 29, 2005. SriLankan Airlines, South Asia's leading airline, announced that its traffic on Indian flights has jumped by 30 per cent during the first nine months of the FY 2004-05 over the same period the previous year... Back to the top
LTTE drops demand for direct aid
 ndtv.com, Saturday, January 29, 2005. The Tamil Tiger rebels have backed away from a demand to be able to directly receive international funds for tsunami victims and said they were putting their independence struggle on hold to deal with the disaster... Back to the top
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