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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 160 (31st August 2009)

Demining and livelihoods of IDPs, main concern before people can be resettled, said Mullaitivu GA, Mrs. Imelda Sukumar. Government offices established in Karachi DS division will not function until land release certificates are approved by the GA and the army. In Vavuniya, cultural centers for IDPs will be established at the Kathirgamar relief village and [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 31 දා pm 6:19 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #79 (23 August 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Relief goods from the Diaspora to the Vanni IDPs
Arulagam Orphanage extends a helping hand for the displaced orphan children in Vavuniya
Mobile service to distribute legal document for the Vanni IDPs
Interview with USAID Mission Director in Sri Lanka, Ms. Rebecca Cohn: “Myself, my agency and our government [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 31 දා pm 5:57 ට
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Interview with USAID Mission Director in Sri Lanka, Rebecca Cohn

The US Government is one of the main donors in development and humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka. Lifeline recently spoke with Rebecca Cohn, USAID Mission Director in Sri Lanka. Mrs. Cohn looks forward to the future for the island and affirmed that IDPs need information as “information will give them security and peace of mind.” “I am very pleased that USAID is able to support Lifeline through Internews. It is extremely important work,“ assured Mrs. Cohn.

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 29 දා pm 7:16 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 159 (28th August 2009)

The Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry has started to provide psychosocial programs and counselling for IDPs in Vavuniya. In the meantime, Child Care and Women Empowerment Ministry has also decided to organise Children’s Day programmes for the children in seven relief villages.

Psycho social and counselling programs for IDPs in Vavuniya camps
October 1, [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 28 දා pm 6:14 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 159 (28th August 2009)

The Social Services and Social Welfare Ministry has started to provide psychosocial programs and counselling for IDPs in Vavuniya. In the meantime, Child Care and Women Empowerment Ministry has also decided to organise Children’s Day programmes for the children in seven relief villages.

Psycho social and counselling programs for IDPs in Vavuniya camps
October 1, [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 28 දා pm 6:14 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 159 (27th August 2009)

Speed up the demining process to enable early return of people in Manthai West, Madu, and Vavuniya North, requested Senior Advisor to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force for the Development of the North, Basil Rajapakse, to the relevant authorities, at a high level meeting in Vavuniya held yesterday. Resettlement Minister, Rishard [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 27 දා pm 6:16 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #78 (16 August 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

The government’s efforts for the displaced university students in Vavuniya camps

Developing Northern Province railway transportation

Landmines awareness education in Mannar district

Interview with the Construction and Engineering Service Minister Rajitha Senaratne: “The government will use the trained persons for the development process”

Radio Drama “Your stories” (Ungal Kathaikal):(“Mana Ulaichal”) (“Depression”) [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 26 දා pm 5:47 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #158 (24th August 2009)

Around 40,000 IDPs will be resettled in Jaffna within two weeks, according to Government sources. The Government plans to resettle IDPs who belong to other places except Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu before the monsoons.
In Mannar, the government has introduced a special pass system for the transportation of fish to Colombo. 27 businessmen have applied so far [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 26 දා pm 5:38 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #77 (09 August 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Northern Development process of Vadakkin Vasantham

Resettlement and Infrastructure facilities for the Northern IDPs

Coexistence and Leadership trainings for IDP students

Interview with Mannar Vicar General, the Rev Victor Soosai on the Madhu Festival

Radio Drama: Ungal Kathaikal (“Your stories”). “Abayam Avathanam” (Looking out for danger) looks at the impact of [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 26 දා pm 5:04 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #76 (02 August 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

A9 opening up for public
Public travel and transportation to resume via A9 shortly

Resettling Eastern IDPs

Livelihood Process in Musali after the resettlement

Interview with Mullaitheevu GA Emilda Sugumar and Kilinochchi GA Nagalingam Vethanayagam about resettlement process in Vanni

Radio Drama “Your stories” (Ungal Kathaikal):(“Uravai thedi”) (“Searching relatives”) talks about the [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ August 26 දා pm 4:51 ට
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