Martin praises military aid efforts in tsunami-devastated Sri Lankan village
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KALUMNAI, Sri Lanka (CP) - Just two minutes spent visiting Sri Lanka's tsunami-shattered east coast would convince any Canadian of the value of sending in Canada's military, an awe-struck Prime Minister Paul Martin said Monday after wandering a devastated community here for close to an hour.
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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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Authorities and aid agencies in Sri Lanka are carrying out the relief effort using maps produced by a team of Britons.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga has expressed gratitude to all National Armed Forces (NAF) troops, who have provided assistance in dealing with the January 9 storm's aftermath.
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Pop star Ricky Martin will visit tsunami-battered areas and comfort children affected by the Dec. 26 disaster during a visit to Thailand this week, an official said Monday.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan has praised people's response to the call for aid for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan praises the response to the call for aid for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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Villages along the western coast of Aceh Province in Indonesia, where help was slow to arrive, appear to have suffered some of the worst losses in the tsunami.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin wades into Sri Lanka's murky domestic politics Monday when he meets with parliamentarians whose views reflect those of the Tamil Tigers, a separatist insurgent group.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin wades into Sri Lanka's murky domestic politics Monday when he meets with parliamentarians affiliated with the Tamil Tigers, a separatist insurgent group.
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Shouting names of the missing relatives, looking around to identify the loved ones and moving bodies for burials -- all are the scene in a Sri Lankan coastal town a day after the sudden tsunamis.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - An elderly Sri Lankan man was  miraculously found alive in the ruins of a building devastated  by the killer tsunami two weeks ago, haggard and dehydrated but  semi-conscious, local media said on Sunday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said that during his visit to Sri Lanka, he would check on reports of a stepped-up child recruitment drive by rebel Tamil Tigers in the wake of the tsunami.
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Sri Lanka's president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence.
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Members of New England's Sri Lankan community came together in a Brighton church last night to remember their nation's enormous loss in this week's tsunami disaster, which claimed an estimated 30,000 lives in that country alone.
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Aid from the UK is already helping in countries worst hit by the tsunami.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada will send its military disaster assistance team to Sri Lanka and double to &#36;80 million its aid for south Asia countries devastated by a killer tsunami one week ago, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Sunday.