Tag: politics
US disaster aid expert in Sri Lanka to study refugee crisis in Trincomalee
Aug 18 (LBO) – The United States government’s international aid agency has sent a disaster expert to study the refugee crisis in the country’s eastern Trincomalee area, the US embassy in Colombo said Friday. œAccording to information gathered from United Nations and NGO sources, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates that at least […]
Aid workers demand help for thousands as air raids continue in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Government warplanes attacked Tamil Tiger targets in northern Sri Lanka Friday as aid workers demanded access to tens of thousands marooned by a week of fierce fighting that left 500 dead. Government troops used a brief respite in heavy battles to consolidate defensive lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula […]
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