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UN Map Achievements, Part 2…

UN OCHA has managed to find yet another (most important??) map.
Showing the low areas in the Ampara region. Keep up the good work!
Sri Lanka: District: Ampara - Area
affected by floods (as of 08 Jan 2008)

Date: 08 Jan 2008

Source(s):
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Type: Complex Emergency; Natural Disaster

Keyword(s): Affected Population; Floods; […]



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CASP meets ABTA

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Arugam Bay Tousist Association meeting [Daily News]
Daily News (page 4) - Saturday 29 December 2007CASP (Canadian Agro-Sustainability Partnership), which has undertaken the task of drawing a Master Plan to rebuild Ampara District, met the representatives of the Arugam Bay Tourists Association at the Star Dust Hotel, Arugam Bay. […]



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Latvian AVRO in AbaY

Sunday, December 30, 2007
Sri Lanka rocks!
I’m still alive Internet, though, is not as cheap or fast as it should be, if you move away from the island’s west coast.Highlights from last […]



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Ship with no Diesel?

Navy intercepts suspicious Indonesian ship
Ranil Wijayapala
The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday took steps to tow the suspicious ship detected off Arugam Bay to the nearest harbour for further inspection, as they were not satisfied with the reasons given by the crew for the drifting of the ship.
Navy Spokesman Commander D.K.P. Dassanayaka told the […]



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More help for Fishermen

Tsunami hit fishermen receive cooler trucks
M.A. Phakurdeen, Addalichenai group corr
The Fishermen in Pottuvil and Panama whose livelihood was lost due to the tsunami were provided with Cooler Trucks by Malteser International with the support of GTZ.
The representatives from the Pottuvil and Panama Divisional Fishermen Cooperative Societies Union limited received five cooler Trucks […]



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Changing Lives

Mercy Corps and Oprah Whinfrey’s Angel Networt ‘reached out’ in a few heartbreaking shows to “Changing Lives” in Arugam Bay.
Recently, residents in the very Bay had a chance to compare effects and facts on the ground, in the said Bay itself with the huge US media coverage following the unprecedented ‘Wave of Donations’.
The shows were […]



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Karuna UK Visa

Sri Lanka in false UK visa report

Col Karuna used to be one of the Tigers’ top commanders

The UK says it is unwilling to confirm that a former Sri Lankan rebel got into the UK after the Sri Lankan government gave him a passport with a false name. Colonel Karuna Amman, […]



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Eastern Tourism

Verugal, the new tourism site in the East
[By: J.M. Mohamed NIZAM]
The thirty year old war waged by the LTTE had been a major obstacle to the development of the Eastern province. This is the reality that confronts […]



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