07/27/2010
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Sunday Leader
This time archaeology rather than conservation is motivating the Government of the Netherlands to contribute Rs. 104 million towards reconstruction of the Jaffna Fort. The reconstruction will be directed by the Department of Archaeology under Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi. The photo gallery below (courtesy Perambara) shows the ruined fort as it stands today. (photos)
04/06/2010
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Times of London
Recent visitors to Kilinochchi, the former capital of the Tamil Tigers, had noticed something unusual — there was a single, new building standing among the bombed-out ruins of the abandoned city in northern Sri Lanka.