06/28/2010
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IRIN News
VAVUNIYA, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - As residents of northern Sri Lanka piece together their lives a year after the end of a decades-long civil war, a communication gap between Tamil-speaking locals and a predominantly Sinhala-speaking police force threatens to hinder recovery in the region.
06/12/2010
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IRIN News
KILINOCHCHI, 11 June 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) returning home from camps in northern Sri Lanka are concerned about access to potable water and slow progress in clearing landmines.
03/30/2010
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IRIN News
PULLIYANKULAM, 30 March 2010 (IRIN) - The latest UN figures show that 160,000 houses in northern Sri Lanka have to be repaired or rebuilt as the conflict-displaced return to their home areas.
02/24/2010
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IRIN News
Thousands of children have returned to school in northern Sri Lanka, where efforts are under way to restore the area’s battered education infrastructure.
The Government of Sri Lanka aims to have all children from the five districts of Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya and Mullaitivu back in school by the end of April.