Sri Lanka seeks help to track down tsunami orphans
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Sri Lanka's child protection authorities said they needed public help to track down tsunami orphans after an initial survey showed that 995 children had lost both parents in the December disaster.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka has banned the adoption of children orphaned by a deadly tsunami until further notice after receiving unconfirmed reports that some children were snatched in the wake of the disaster, government officials said yesterday.
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BATAPOLA, Sri Lanka -- Police have arrested a 63-year-old Sri Lankan man on charges of trying to sell his two young granddaughters after their home was destroyed and their mother killed by the Asian tsunami -- a case that highlights the vulnerability of children following the disaster.
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Rescuers in the Andaman and Nicobar islands search for thousands of people missing since the tsunami disaster.
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WASHINGTON -- The youngest victims of the Asian tsunami waves may be homeless, traumatized, and possibly orphaned, but they are not yet candidates for adoption in the United States, the State Department said yesterday.
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Sri Lanka calls for more international aid for up to a million people displaced by Sunday's tsunami.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Thousands of frantic Sri  Lankans searched corpse-strewn rubble for relatives along the  Indian Ocean island's devastated coastline on Tuesday as the  nation's death toll from a deadly tsunami rose above 12,200.
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Representatives of Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tigers rebels, mortal enemies, are working together to help tsunami victims.
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Sri Lankans in Wales launch an appeal to help those affected by the tsunami which has killed thousands in Asia.
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A Sri Lankan man who lost 100 loved ones in the Asian tsunami needs government approval to be reunited with his son.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are complaining that the tsunami disaster relief being organised by the Sri Lankan government is not reaching the Tamil-speaking North and East of the island, where an estimated 8,000 people have perished.
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At least 4,300 people, mostly children and the elderly, were killed and hundreds were missing after giant tsunamis caused the worst ever disaster in Sri Lanka, prompting appeals for international help.
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BOISE -- In Idaho, the phones at the Red Cross continue to ring as people look for ways to help those touched by tsunami disaster in Asia.
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Several students from Sri Lanka here in Latvia have begun to collect donations to send to their devastated country, LETA was informed by the Sri Lankan Honorary Consul in Latvia Arnis Ancupans.
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Minority Tamils in Sri Lankan capital Colombo appeal to government for protection after a spate of abductions.
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The youngest victims of the Asian tsunami may be homeless, traumatized and possibly orphaned, but they are not yet candidates for adoption in the United States, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government of Pakistan on Monday dispatched food, medicine and other relief goods to Sri Lanka for the victims of Sunday&#39;s massive tsunami.