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No Peace in Sight in Human-vs-Elephant War

No Peace in Sight in Human-vs-Elephant War

Aug 04, 2010 - KONWEVA, Sri Lanka, Aug 4 (IPS) – Dusk creeps over Konweva like a black shroud slowly draping over ...


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Reporting pressure easing in the east

Reporting pressure easing in the east

Jul 05, 2010 - The reporting climate in the Eastern Province has markedly improved compared  to two years back. We have spent the ...


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Sunrise over Batti

Sunrise over Batti

Jun 28, 2010 - Batticaloa has long fascinated many. It is here that the biggest internal rebellion within the LTTE began. It ...


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විසිතුරු බව රැදි හික්කඩුවේ කොරල්පර

විසිතුරු බව රැදි හික්කඩුවේ කොරල්පර

Jun 11, 2010 - දක්ෂිණ ලංකා වෙරළ තීරය වඩාත් සුන්දර කිරීමට සමත්ව ඇත්තේ හික්කඩුව ගල් මල් තීරය බව නොරහසකි. ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවට ඇදී එන බොහොමයක් ...


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Everyone in Kilinochchi has a story

Everyone in Kilinochchi has a story

May 24, 2010 - Every house in Kilinochchi has a story to tell. Everyone has seen something so out of this world in the ...


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Entrepreneurship at the Heart of Economic Revival

Entrepreneurship at the Heart of Economic Revival

May 03, 2010 - In the past six months Sri Lanka went through the ritual of elections. As usual our politicians have outperformed each ...


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Blomendhal’s evil smog

Apr 26, 2010 - It is an evil mist that rises over Blomendhal. Every morning it hangs low, moving slowly over the small man ...


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North-East — Back To Business

North-East — Back To Business

Apr 12, 2010 - The war ended almost a year back. The north bore the brunt of the carnage. Now it is ...


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Lifeline daily radio show #108 (29 June 2009)

Vavuniya IDPs to get National Identity cards and birth certificates
Inland fishing project starts in Vavuniya and Mannar
Teachers and students begin identifying and helping trauma victims
Vavuniya orphans get a new home

Vavuniya IDPs to get National Identity cards and birth certificates
A mobile service will be started on July 1 in Kathirgamar relief village to provide legal documents [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 30 දා pm 12:57 ට
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மலையக இளைஞர்கள் எதிர் நோக்கும் பொருளாதார நெருக்கடி…

வேலையில்லாப்பிரச்சனை ஒரு புறம்…
சுயத்தொழிலுக்கு தகுந்த மூலதனமின்மை…
தொழிலில் ஏற்படும் இடர்பாடுகள்…
நகர் புறங்களில் உள்ள பல இளைஞர்கள் வேலையை பொழுது போக்கிற்காக செய்யும் அதே நேரம் மலையக பிரதேசங்களில் உள்ள பல இளைஞர்கள் வேலையில்லாமையிலேயே பொழுதை கழிக்கின்றனர். படித்தவர்கள் அனைவரும் தலைநகரிலும் மேல்நாட்டிலும் பணி புரிய சென்று விட்டால் எம்நாட்டின் மலையக பிரதேசங்கள் முன்னேறுவது எப்போது?
மலையக பிரதேசத்தை பொருத்தவரையில் சுயத்தொழிலில் முயற்சி உடையவர்கள் பலர் இருக்கிறார்கள். குறிப்பாக மேசன் வேலையில் ஈடுபாடு உடையவர்கள் அதிகம். சிறுதொழிலானாலும் அதனை சிறப்பாக செய்து [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 29 දා pm 4:19 ට
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இயற்கை வளங்கள் கொஞ்சும் மலையக பிரதேசத்தில் சுகாதார வசதியின்மை…

பதுளை நகாpல் இருந்து சுமாH 35 கிலோ மீற்றH தொலைவில் உள்ள ஓஹயா பிரதேசத்தில் இருக்கும்  மக்களின் குறைப்பாடுகளை கண்டறிந்த போது…
இங்கு 50 வருட பழமை வாய்ந்த பாடசாலையான ஒஹயா தமிழ் மகா வித்தியாலத்தின் குறைப்பாடே எமக்கு முதலில் விளங்கியது. இப்பாடசாலையை பொருத்த வரையில் இன்று வரை மாணவHகளுக்கான அடிப்படை வசதிகள் எதுவூம் இன்றியே காணப்படுகின்றனH. 1ஆம் வகுப்பு தொடக்கம் 8ஆம் வகுப்பு வரையே இப்பாடசாலையில் வகுப்புக்கள் நடைப்பெறுகின்றன. துற்போது 140 மாணவ மாணவியHகளும்  7 ஆசிhpயHகளும் [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 29 දා pm 4:09 ට
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முகவாp இல்லாத மலையக மக்கள்

எழில் கொஞ்சும் மலையக பிரதேசங்களில் ஒன்றான பதுளையில் இருந்து 4 கிலோ மீட்டH தூரத்தில் உள்ளது அலுகொள்ள எனும் இடம். இங்கு சுமாH 82 குடம்பங்கள் வாழ்ந்து வருகின்றனH. இப்பகுதி மக்கள் கடந்த பல வருடங்களாக பல கஷ்டங்களை அனுபவித்து வருகின்றனH.
அவற்றில் சொந்த இடம் இல்லாமைஇ குடிநீH வசதியின்மைஇ பாடசாலை வசதி இல்லாமைஇ போக்கு வரத்திற்கு உகந்த பாதை வசதியின்மைஇ வைத்தியசாலை வசதியின்மை போன்றவையை குறிப்பிடுகின்றனH. ஆத்தோடு நாம் அங்கு சென்றிருந்த போது அவதானிக்கக் கூடியதாக இருந்தது [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 29 දා pm 3:59 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #105 (26 June 2009)

Government acts to develop Jaffna and Vavuniya Universities
Charity to discuss future for catholic priests, nuns and orphan children in Vavuniya camps
Keeping the toilets clean in Manik Farm
Two doctors and four nurses care for 2,200 families in Sahanagama village

Keeping the toilets clean in Manik Farm
FOSDO Vavuniya has implemented hygiene promotion programs in ten blocks of Vavuniya’s [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 29 දා pm 3:33 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #104 (25 June 2009)

More than 9,000 elders have applied for release from camps
Vanni patients returned to families
Helping teachers and students cope with depression
Community is key to demining task ahead

Vanni patients returned to families
93 patients have been treated and sent back to relief villages after their recovery
Patients, who were brought by the ICRC from Vanni to Trincomalee, have [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 26 දා pm 1:18 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #103 (24 June 2009)

IDPs from Eastern Province traced in Vavuniya camps
24 hour fishing allowed in Mannar after 10 years
IDPs to receive psychosocial counselling
Eye diseases may be increasing among IDPs in Vavuniya

IDPs from Eastern Province traced in Vavuniya camps
The Chief Minister of the Eastern Province is seeking to bring home people from the province, who are currently living in [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 25 දා pm 2:00 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #102 (23 June 2009)

Vocations and trades being taught to IDP youngsters
5,000 expected to sit scholarship exams
Government to give 700 fishing trawlers to the fishermen of Mannar
Learning how to be children again through netball, karam and cricket

Vocations and trades being taught to IDP youngsters
Interview with NYSC North Regional Director T.Sivathatchanamoorthi

Q: What kind of activities are being implemented by [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 25 දා pm 1:58 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #101 (22 June 2009)

Zone 6 to accommodate IDPs from transit camp
Volunteers monitor and feed malnourished children
Challenges of taking care of the sanitation needs of 267,878 IDPs
Vavuniya businessmen to help new mothers

Zone 6 to accommodate IDPs from transit camp
Displaced people who are living in the Ramanathan transit camp are to be moved to Zone 6. The transit camp can [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 25 දා pm 1:56 ට
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Lifeline daily radio show #98 (19 June 2009)

Resettlement Minister lays out plan for resettlement of new and old IDPs
Free haircuts for IDPs in Vavuniya
Housing scheme for Mullaithivu and Kilinochchi
Counseling for IDP children in Jaffna

Resettlement Minister lays out plan for resettlement of new and old IDPs
Interview with Minister Rishard Baduideen:”If we cannot resettle them all within 180 days, we are trying to resettle [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ June 22 දා pm 4:18 ට
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