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President leads relief operations President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in an emotional Address to
the Nation said that as soon as her plane landed at the Bandaranaike
International Airport, Katunayake on Monday morning having cut short a
private visit to London flew in a helicopter to the tidal wave ravaged
areas in the country and surveyed the disaster. World comes to our rescue by Manjula Fernando and Ranil Wijayapala As the scale of Sunday's tidal wave disaster began to unravel with all
its horror and devastation, foreign aid started to pour in with more than
16 countries pledging assistance to the stricken victims in the coastal
areas. 13-year-old survivor found in Yala by Florence Wickramage A little boy of around 13 years has been found in the jungle areas
around Patanangala early yesterday morning, three days after the tidal
waves devastated the National Park, Director General, Department of
Wildlife Conservation Dayananda Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday. 2,000 tourists evacuated by Anjana Gamage A shuttle service was commenced yesterday by the Sri Lanka Tourist
Board to assist the evacuation of foreign tourists from the affected
areas, an SLTB spokeswoman told the Daily News. Other Stories |
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