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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 166 (08th September 2009)

Makkal Panimanai has requested displaced Muslims who wish to be resettled to register with the organization. Meanwhile, IOM has extended support to the government to rehabilitate ex-combatants. A railway station is being built to “international standards” in Omanthai, according to the Media Secretary of Deputy Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare, Supun Ratnayake. The [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 9 දා pm 5:24 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 165 (07th September 2009)

Three Bishops from Italy and the UK who visited the  relief villages in Vavuniya last week, provided wheelchairs and crutches to 72 persons. In Jaffna, pregnant mothers who are in camps have been granted permission to be with their relatives. Steps have also been taken in Vavuniya camps to put in place drainage system with [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 8 දා pm 4:47 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 164 (04th September 2009)

Permission has been granted for Jaffna traders to transport their goods to Colombo via the A-9. Earlier permission was only granted to traders from Colombo to transport their goods to the north. In Mulmottai, around 1700 children are benefiting through educational activities organized by the UNICEF.

Permission granted to Jaffna traders to transport goods to Colombo

1700 [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 4 දා pm 4:54 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 163 (03rd September 2009)

Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister, Rishad Badiudeen says forms are being distributed among displaced Muslims to register themselves in order to get back their lands and claim compensation. In Vavuniya, steps have been taken to teach Sinhala to IDP children. Also in Vavuniya, the government together with NGOs and the assistance of volunteers from [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 3 දා pm 6:04 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 162 (02nd September 2009)

3,500 IDPs from Trincomalee will be resettled on September 6, said Minister Bathudeen today. IDPs from Batticaloa will be also resettled in batches in the near future, according to Batticaloa GA, Sundaram Arumainayagam. 550 elders will be also released from welfare centers in Vavuniya shortly. In Vavuniya, 2,500 to 3,000 youth and adults benefit of counseling [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 2 දා pm 6:12 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 161 (01st September 2009)

Vanni students who could not sit for Maths-2 last year will sit for the paper this year, assured Vavuniya Zonal Education Director, Mrs. Ranjani Oswald. Exams will be conducted in a smooth manner and ex-combatant students will also sit for the exam. Today in Colombo Lifeline met on the road with three boy scouts who [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 1 දා pm 5:48 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show 161 (01st September 2009)

Vanni students who could not sit for Maths-2 last year will sit for the paper this year, assured Vavuniya Zonal Education Director, Mrs. Ranjani Oswald. Exams will be conducted in a smooth manner and ex-combatant students will also sit for the exam. Today in Colombo Lifeline met on the road with three boy scouts who [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 1 දා pm 5:48 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #80 (30 August 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Resettlement of Northern IDPs: Government plans to resettle the northern IDPs before the monsoons.
Business in Vavuniya develops as security measures relax
World Vision provides relief service for Vanni IDPs in Vavuniya camps
Interview with the Justice and Law Reform Deputy Minister, Vadivel Puththirasihamani: “Civil court services will be established [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ September 1 දා am 8:44 ට
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