Annan Sees Sri Lanka's Tsunami Scars
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka  - U.N. Secretary-General  Kofi Annan saw the scars Saturday that the tsunami left in Sri  Lanka, where lives are in ruins but where hard work and outside  help have started to make a difference.
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At least 29,957 people were confirmed killed and 5,740 reported missing from the tsunamis that struck Sri Lanka last week, the president's office has said.
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MANGANTHODUWA NAWATKUDA, Sri Lanka  - Saundrarajan Kannakai has been displaced by Sri Lanka's civil war over a dozen times in the past 16 years.
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Sri Lanka faces a $1.3bn (Â£691m)  bill in 2005 for reconstruction after the tsunami which killed more than 30,000 of its people, its central bank says.
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The humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami is stretching the world&#39;s ability to respond, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, urging a sustained relief effort.
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Sri Lanka faces a substantial economic blow from the Indian Ocean tsunami, the International Monetary Fund says.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Long-running rebellions cast a  shadow on Sunday over relief efforts in Indonesia and Sri  Lanka, nations badly struck by the tsunami two weeks ago.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the devastation in Indonesia's Aceh is the worst he has ever seen.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has selected former President Clinton to be the U.N. point man for tsunami reconstruction and ensure that the world doesn't forget the immense needs of the countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster, a well-informed U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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Sri Lankaâs botched tsunami reconstruction efforts are aggravating political violence.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan tours  the tsunami's wreckage in Sri Lanka on Saturday, where lives  are still in ruins but where hard work and outside help have  started to make a difference.
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New York (VNA) - Efforts to overcome the aftermath of the quake and subsequent tsunami in South and Southeast Asia need a close coordination of global emergency relief, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said at a press briefing in New York on
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A deadly new chapter in Sri Lanka's   two-decade civil war is putting the lives of thousands of   civilians at risk and derailing efforts to rebuild areas   devastated by the 2004 tsunami, a senior UN envoy said.
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KOBE, Japan  - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan  urged the world on Tuesday to learn from the killer Asian  tsunami, saying spending now could limit the loss of life and  damage from inevitable natural disasters.
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Sri Lanka on Saturday asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan not to visit disaster-stricken areas controlled by the Tamil Tiger rebels, forcing the United Nations into a political situation it had hoped to avoid.
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GENEVAUN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday met survivors and families of the 22 workers killed in a suicide bombing that shattered United Nations offices in Baghdad last year  an attack many employees refer to as &quot;our Sept. 11.&quot; ...
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COLOMBO, Dec. 29 (XInhuanet) -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga last night to express condolences and pledge assistance, the president office said on Wednesday.