UNICEF child recruitment figures understated- military
ALTHOUGH the UNICEF has revealed an official
figure of 1,358 as being the number of children recruited by the
LTTE for their military purposes since January 2006, the real number
exceeds that number many fold, military source affirmed yesterday.
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ActionAid to the aid of Tiger Front
ACTIONAID International Sri Lanka, one of the
largest UK based NGOs operating in Sri Lanka has signed an agreement
with the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation for a massive contract
involving post-tsunami rehabilitation in the Northern Province,
sources said.
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Massive multi-purpose project for Kaluganga proposed
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse is proposing to
initiate a massive multi-purpose project, possibly with American
Aid, to change the course of the Kalu-ganga by diverting it to the
Ruhuna at Embilipitiya with Hambantota as its estuary.
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