Sri Lanka sees silver lining in tsunami tragedy
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COLOMBO - Deadly tsunamis have unexpectedly shored up Sri Lankaâs peace process, where the government has been under pressure to open talks with Tiger rebels or risk war.
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Officials hope they can have the south Indian fleet back from the tsunami in six months, writes Daniel Lak.
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The initial toll from the devastation in southern Asian areas hit by tsunami waves this weekend is likely to be more human than economic, given the extreme poverty of many of the regions.
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Rain and an unpredictable pitch for Tuesday's final Test between England and Sri Lanka may overshadow cricket's return to Galle following the 2004 tsunami tragedy that destroyed the stadium.
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Sri Lanka launches its reconstruction drive as the IMF reveals damage from the tsunami will cut one percentage point from the country's growth this year.
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Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami &#151; indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground.
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KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka  - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger  rebels said on Saturday they had put politics aside to clear up  after the Asian tsunami, but added that swifter, fairer  government aid distribution could boost peace prospects.
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Scientists say the death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced if India and Sri Lanka had been part of an international system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves.
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka  - U.N. Secretary-General  Kofi Annan saw the scars on 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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In Sri Lanka, lives must be restarted, houses rebuilt, families reconstituted and losses weighed against others' misfortune.
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island rose to 12,212 people.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Kegalle Panangarama, a Buddhist monk and community leader, expressed frustration as he outlined the obstacles plaguing local recovery efforts in his tsunami-wrecked region.
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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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Colombo - Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got under way on Tuesday in Sri Lanka as the death toll from the weekend&#39;s devastation surged to 17 640.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Humbled by the tsunami disaster, political leaders on both sides of the conflict in this devastated nation say they feel a renewed obligation to find a peaceful settlement to the long-running civil war between the government and the Tamil separatist group that controls most of the country's northeast.
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death  toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island  rose to 12,212 people.
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Vacationers trickling into the Sri Lanka's capital say local towns are struggling to cope with the devastation.