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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 print supplement #87 (18th October 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Britain calls for resettlement of IDPs before monsoon

Northern Development : renovation of reservoirs and agricultural lands
Child Focus Unit established in Vavuniya camp
Rapid reduction in malnutrition among IDP children in Vavuniya camps
Interview with UN Special Representative for the Human Rights of IDPs Prof. Walter Kalin:
“My second [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 21 දා pm 2:04 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #86 (11th October 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Family reunification in Vavuniya camps
Government has made arrangements to reunite the IDPs with their relatives who are in Vavuniya district.
PSA – Drainage maintanence

O/L examination preparation for the Vanni displaced students

No more IDP camps functioning in Batticaloa District

Interview with UN Special Representative for [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 21 දා pm 1:54 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #85 (04th October 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Hopes and expectations of IDPs
PSA – Shelter maintenance
Economic Developments in Jaffna
Interview with Trincomalee General Health Director Dr. Gunalan : “ we are preparing to provide artificial limbs to those who have lost their legs”
Radio Drama “Your stories” (Ungal Kathaikal):(“Vellam”) (”Flood”) talks about the impact of flood [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 21 දා am 11:22 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #195 (20 October 2009)

The government is to commence another phase of resettlement in the North and East on October 22 and the President has appointed 11 ministers to look into resettlement and development in Jaffna. Another 120 disabled persons in Manik Farm are to receive artificial limbs on October 25 and the IDPs of Puttalam speak of their [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 21 දා am 9:43 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #84 (27th September 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

The troubling monsoon in the lives of IDPs
Future plans for the displaced disabled children
Trincomalee Paddalipuram school awaiting development
Interview with OFERR Ceylon Director Sooriyakumari : “ Many students in camps giving up their education half way”
Radio Drama “Your stories” (Ungal Kathaikal):(“Panrikaaichchal”) (”Swine flue”) talks about the [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 21 දා am 9:21 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #83 (20th September 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Developing handicrafts in Jaffna
Special loan scheme for the resettled farmers through Vadakkin Vasantham
Joint opperation of Demining Process in North
Pregnant mothers released from Jaffna camps
Interview with Northern Province Irrigation Director Kumaravel Sivabalasundaram : “ Earlier there were chances in camps for flood water get into the shelters during [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 20 දා pm 5:07 ට
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Lifeline print supplement #82 (13th September 2009)

These are the main stories of this issue:

Registration for displaced Muslims to be resettled

Language training for IDP children
Psychological activities for Vanni IDPs in Pulmottai Sahanagama camp
Sports activities for the displaced youth in Vavuniya camps
Interview with IOM Project Coordinator, K.Vetharanyam: “Sri Lankan Government has implemented a program to reunite the ex-combatants with the society.”
Radio [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 20 දා pm 12:56 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #194 (19 October 2009)

Essential items sent from Europe e for those displaced by the conflict, are to be distributed soon by the Sri Lanka Red Cross and the governemnt has established 10 pre-schools in IDP welfare centres. Elsewhere, an additional court is to be established to speed up the legal process for those arrested under the Prevention of [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 20 දා pm 12:01 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #193 (16 October 2009)

The rains are expected to subside in the coming days in Vavuniya according to weather experts but IDPs are facing problems in communicating with government officials due to a lack of knowledge of Sinhala. Today’s Radio Drama is called The Silent Loved Ones.

Signs of rains subsiding in Vavuniya

IDPs facing problems due to [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 16 දා pm 6:13 ට
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #192 (15 October 2009)

Tamil Nadu MP, Thol Thirumavalavan, said that President Rajapakse has pledged to release 58,000 IDPs by October 25 while, in Batticaloa, the security situation has changed, allowing more freedom of movement for the people. In Vavuniya, a special team of teachers from Colombo are being sent to the camps to conduct special O/L classes and [...]

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ලිව්වෙ 2009 අවුරුද්දෙ October 16 දා pm 5:57 ට
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