10/05/2011
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IRIN
COLOMBO, 5 October 2011 (IRIN) - The Joint Plan for Assistance (JPA) for Sri Lanka's war-torn Northern Province is facing a US$200 million shortfall, according to the UN.
11/22/2010
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Wall Street Journal
A year and a half after Colombo finally won its battle against Tamil insurgents, Sri Lankans are starting to ask when the promised "peace dividend" will materialize. Yesterday's budget offers hope—modest hope—that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his administration are headed in the right direction.
07/01/2010
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Reuters
July 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka presented its long-awaited 2010 budget in late June, aiming to cut its deficit and position its perennially underperforming economy to take maximum advantage of post-war optimism and opportunity.
06/08/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday proposed maintaining defence spending at nearly the same level as in the final year of its massive military offensive against the Tamil Tiger separatists.