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U.S. looking at ‘creative ideas’ to break impasse in Sri Lanka
07/20/2011 | The Hindu
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday shared Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's concern over the plight of internally-displaced Sri Lankan Tamils living in camps and told her that the U.S. was looking at “innovative and creative ideas” in breaking the impasse.
internal displacement, return, U.S.-India relations
$2.5 Million for Livelihood Training for Sri Lanka’s Internally Displaced
08/31/2010 | AllVoices
The Japanese government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are providing a grant of $2.5 million for a skills-training project for approximately 2,500 internally displaced persons in northern Sri Lanka. The program will also include a cash-for-work option to develop infrastructure by rebuilding roads and irrigation canals.
aid, Asian Development Bank, economy, IDPs, internal displacement, Japan, job training

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