Giving ear to her plight

Ponnamma, an elderly woman who has worked as a clerk at the Batticaloa Kachcheri, is destitute after the tsunami wrecked her home. Now she is in a camp for the displaced in Valachchenai. Here a friendly policeman lends an attentive ear to her tale of woe.  Picture by Sudath Nishantha

Prompt action kept epidemics at bay- CNO

Prompt action and preventive measures helped contain the spread of infectious diseases in tsunami-hit areas, the Centre for National Operations said yesterday.
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Italian Premier pledges 500,000 euros for Lankan orphans

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has pledged 500,000 euros to help Sri Lankan orphans on top of the five million euros promised to a charity in Thailand last week.
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Helgesen meets Thamilselvam

A Norwegian envoy held unexpected talks yesterday with a senior LTTE leader as part of the bid to ensure even distribution of tsunami relief to all parts of the island, officials said.
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• Prime Minister goes Online

• Netherlands to help re-float Diya Kovula

• New lease of life for Ampara

• World's third largest pharmaceutical group to help tsunami victims

• Destroyed temples to be rebuilt by Ministry

• ....ADB too lends a helping hand

• The great escape

• Hansard Editor's car found in Akurala lime pit

• Sri Lankan waterfalls on CD

• News in brief

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