08/02/2011
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The Hindu
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a monthly old-age dole of Rs. 1000 to 5,544 Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in the state.
04/20/2011
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Channel 4
Channel 4 News obtains exclusive footage from the "closed off"corner of northern Sri Lanka, showing evidence of camps, repression and abuse, ahead of the publication of the UN's report on war crimes.
03/30/2011
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IRIN
COLOMBO, 30 March 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of older returnees to Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north feel marginalized and need medical care, experts say.
03/16/2011
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BBC
Many voters displaced by decades of war in Sri Lanka will lose their right to vote on Thursday in the local government elections.
02/14/2011
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BBC
More than 30,000 army, navy, police and air force personnel are battling to provide urgent aid to people hit by heavy flooding in Sri Lanka.
02/08/2011
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www.trust.org
World Concern is distributing food and emergency supplies to approximately 9,000 people in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka as the latest round of flooding there has displaced 320,000 people, according to Sri Lankan Disaster Management officials.
02/05/2011
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CNN
Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Heavy rains in Sri Lanka's North Central and Eastern provinces have displaced almost a million people and caused widespread devastation, a government official said Saturday.
11/26/2010
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AllVoices
The latest victim of the continuing rain in Sri Lanka was the ongoing cricket match. At the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday, not one ball was bowled as the fourth day in the second test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies was completely washed out.
09/03/2010
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Sunday Leader
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said the Sri Lankan government has assured that the army will return the land of the displaced Tamils in the country’s northern Vavuniya district, Indian media reports stated.
06/18/2010
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Hindustan Times, Indo-Asian News Service
The US will contribute an additional $2.25 million to support people displaced by the Sri Lanka conflict as they return to their homes and villages in the country's north.