Tsunami news for Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Major Quake Rocks Boxing Day Tsunami Zone 28 Mar 2005
Dominic Nutt of the Christian Aid charity, who is in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka, an area badly affected in the Boxing Day tsunami, said he had ... Scotsman,

Evacuation underway in NorthEast coastal areas 28 Mar 2005
...meters from the shores in Vadamaradchy East, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and ... have fled inland to highground hearing rumors of an impending tsunami. ... TamilNet,

STF assaults, injures LTTE political head for Amparai 28 Mar 2005
...with serious injuries after he was severely assaulted by Special Task Force commandos at a Tsunami refugee camp 76 kilometres south of Batticaloa Monday. ... TamilNet,

Tsunami unites Sri Lanka Burghers Mar 26, 2005
...and abroad. The tsunami was a terrible disaster for the nearly 4,000 Burghers living in the eastern town of Batticaloa. More than ... BBC News,

TSUNAMI IMPACT: An Easter Sunday Reminder of the Dead Mar 27, 2005
...complained that there was lot of double counting taking place in Ampara which along with Batticaloa recorded more than 15,000 of the 31,000 tsunami deaths in ... Inter Press Service (subscription),

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives & Somalia: Earthquake and Tsunami ... Mar 24, 2005
...construction phase is gearing up in several districts including Batticaloa. ... needs of small-scale entrepreneurs who lost essential equipment during the tsunami. ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Most tsunami dead female - Oxfam Mar 25, 2005
...the Indian coast many women were waiting for the fishermen to return with their catches, while in Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka, the tsunami hit at ... BBC News,

Post tsunami reconstruction apace Mar 26, 2005
2.5 million. In Batticaloa District, 600 temporary houses and the same number of toilets are being built to commemorate three-month tsunami anniversary. ... Sunday Observer,

Sri Lanka conflict experience used for tsunami support Mar 24, 2005
Sixty-nine Sri Lanka Red Cross volunteers from the severely tsunami-affected districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, in addition to four from Jaffna ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Australia to upgrade Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit hospitals Mar 24, 2005
COLOMBO, Mar 24, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) - Three tsunami-affected hospitals in Sri ... the short and long term needs of these hospitals in Batticaloa, Ampara and ... ReliefWeb (press release),

IOM marks three month anniversary of tsunami Mar 26, 2005
...in communities in Ampara, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Matara and Trincomalee districts. It views replacing tools, assets and resources lost in the tsunami as vital to ... Sunday Observer,

IOM Sri Lanka: Tsunami response program update 21 Mar 2005 Mar 22, 2005
The trainers will be dispatched to Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts to ... by IOM to train and deploy local staff to tsunami affected areas to ... ReliefWeb (press release),

OI Tsunami External Bulletin #24 of 23 Mar 2005 Mar 23, 2005
...voiced their concerns regarding Cash-for-Work activities in two of Batticaloa’s villages ... The area was severely affected by the tsunami and Lamno received an ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Merlin maternity ward provides hope and a vital stopgap amid the ... Mar 24, 2005
...of Telegraph readers' generosity in raising £5.9million for tsunami victims can already be seen rising from the rubble. On the outskirts of Batticaloa, on Sri ... Telegraph.co.uk,

All beneficiaries get subsistence payments Mar 26, 2005
In payment of subsidies to tsunami affected areas to displaced families, 53 per cent of the beneficiaries in Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee Districts have ... Sunday Observer,

Three months after the tsunami - Helping children survive and ... Mar 23, 2005
...on how to provide psychosocial support for children impacted by the tsunami. ... the worst affected areas of the country including Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Matara ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Sri Lanka: IOM marks three month anniversary of Tsunami Mar 23, 2005
...in communities in Ampara, Batticaloa, Jaffna, Matara and Trincomalee districts. IOM views replacing tools, assets and resources lost in the tsunami as vital to ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Texas Baptist named to lead Sri Lanka's child protective services Mar 24, 2005
...“Many of the orphans pre-date the tsunami. ... s Emergency Relief International will begin a pilot program with about 50 children in the Batticaloa area where ... Dallas Baptist Standard,

Galway group hopes to build permanent homes in tsunami-hit Sri ... Mar 24, 2005
...of Ampara and Batticaloa, repairing homes and building semi-permanent accommodation, schools, and sanitary facilities in the wake of the December tsunami. ... Galway Advertiser,

Sunday North Bulletin Board Mar 26, 2005
...collecting and recycling printer ink cartridges and old cell phones for tsunami relief efforts. ... to Sri Lanka to help rebuild the school in its Batticaloa region ... Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

UNICEF Situation Report Sri Lanka 21 Mar 2005 Mar 22, 2005
March in Batticaloa. The event was put on by Suriya Women’s Development Organisation and included exhibitions and cultural activities by women from tsunami- ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Caritas rebuilding lives in Sri Lanka 3 months on Mar 24, 2005
Non-food distributions to affected communities in Batticaloa and Ampara districts ... Caritas programmes provides cash-for-work for other Tsunami-affected people ... Reuters AlertNet,

Born in Sri Lanka, they journey back to help rebuild homeland Mar 20, 2005
But you do what you can.". Francis Leo, a Detroit-area businessman, walked through his hometown of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, a few weeks after the tsunami hit. ... Kansas City Star,

1500 US Marines To Arrive In Sri Lanka Mar 27, 2005
About two thousand patients from Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Jaffna and Matale obtained ... Trincomalee port to provide medical service to the tsunami-affected people ... Siber News Media,

IOM Sri Lanka: Tsunami response program update 14 Mar 2005 Mar 15, 2005
...tents in Ampara (320), Trincomalee (200) and Batticaloa (98) on behalf of the Centre for National Operations (CNO) in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami. ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Murali distributes scholarships for children in tsunami-hit Sri ... Mar 14, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan visited the island's tsunami-ravaged eastern province yesterday to distribute ... Jamaica Observer,

Murali distributes scholarships for children in tsunami-hit Sri ... Mar 14, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan visited the island's tsunami-ravaged eastern province Monday to distribute ... SLAM! Sports,

A little byte of relief Mar 23, 2005
But for now, they only hope that their efforts will help tsunami-stricken children in the Batticaloa region on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. ... Providence Journal (subscription),

Murali turns it right for tsunami-hit children Mar 15, 2005
...off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan visited the island-nation’s tsunami-ravaged eastern ... from two eastern districts, at the Tamil-majority Batticaloa town 220 km ... Hindustan Times,

Oxfam Tsunami Bulletin No 23 16th March 2005 Mar 17, 2005
In Batticaloa, coordination with the Women’s Coalition and task force group continues ... The areas damaged by the Tsunami will be drawn by women and children and ... Reuters AlertNet,

Tsunami Crisis Situation Update 17 Mar 2005: From Relief to ... Mar 18, 2005
In Batticaloa, co-ordination with the Women's Coalition and task force group continues ... The areas damaged by the Tsunami will be drawn by women and children and ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Volunteers on mission to rebuild Mar 21, 2005
...construction in Batticaloa aims to get people out of temporary housing. According to www.hfhap.org, a Habitat Web site set up after the tsunami, international ... The Register-Guard,

LTTE must halt recruitment of child soldiers Mar 21, 2005
...of child recruits in the month following the December 26th tsunami, UNICEF has ... of age, disappeared from relief camps in Ampara and Batticaloa, two northeastern ... ReliefWeb (press release),

OCHA Situation Report No. 32 Earthquake and Tsunami Mar 18, 2005
Some 250 tsunami-affected houses are being reconstructed and livelihood schemes developed. ... buildings to be used as schools, 13 in Ampara and 2 in Batticaloa. ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Aussie-Sri Lankan couple overcome hardship for Tsunami ... Mar 17, 2005
Sydney residents Panjan and Sumathi Navaratnam lost three family members when the Tsunami smashed into Batticaloa on the east coast of Sri Lanka on Boxing Day ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Thamilchelvan Discusses Post-Tsunami Reconstruction With German ... Mar 19, 2005
...and Development (BMZ), has been active in NorthEastern districts of batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna, which have been heavily affected by the tsunami. Siber News Media,

Aspen couples mounts their own relief Mar 13, 2005
Batticaloa is a large town on the east coast that suffered heavy political turmoil ... the first place that we actually saw the devastation the tsunami had caused. ... Vail Daily News,

ADB committed to help rebuild Sri Lanka Mar 24, 2005
...far in the southern district of Hambantota and the eastern district of Batticaloa, said that ... 26 tsunami which hit almost two thirds of Sri Lanka's coastal line ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Galway trio tell of work done on Sri Lanka tsunami relief Mar 16, 2005
...ongoing building work and will be spent in the next few weeks in the eastern provinces of Ampara and Batticaloa, the areas worst hit by the tsunami where they ... Galway Advertiser,

Humanitarian Situation Report - Sri Lanka: 11 - 17 March 2005 Mar 17, 2005
...have been completed by IOM on a site in Vatavan, Batticaloa district ... Sibalagahawatta, Katugoda and Magalle -which were heavily damaged by the tsunami have been ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Sri Lanka’s east on the boil Mar 14, 2005
On that day, the Batticaloa-Amparai womens' political wing leader, Kuveni, was shot at ... of Amparai district while she was on her way to do tsunami relief work. ... Hindustan Times,

Murali gives scholarships for children Mar 14, 2005
BATTICALOA (Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan visited the island’s tsunami-ravaged eastern province Monday to distribute scholarships to ... Daily Times,

Dateline Colombo: UN peacekeeper killed in Haiti Mar 22, 2005
...summoned even by ministers regarding the re-building of tsunami-affected areas ... Leader of the EPRLF Batticaloa-Ampara wing, R Thurairathnam told the Daily Mirror ... Peninsula On-line,

Waves of Healing Help Mar 17, 2005
...were not always getting to the camps and the region had been among the hardest hit by the tsunami, Dahl said. So they headed for Batticaloa, the regional ... McLean Connection,

Prince Charles tours Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit east Feb 27, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles flew to Sri Lanka's restive east on Monday to meet survivors of Asia's tsunami, but will ... Reuters AlertNet,

Charles to See Tsunami Devastation Feb 27, 2005
...of Wales flew in to Sri Lanka today to witness the devastation left behind by the tsunami disaster. Charles was spending just a few hours in Batticaloa on the ... Scotsman,

Charles tours tsunami-hit Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Prince Charles has flown to Sri Lanka's restive east to meet survivors of Asia's tsunami, but will steer well clear of Tamil ... Reuters.uk,

Prince Charles tours tsunami sites Feb 28, 2005
Britain's Prince Charles toured Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday, meeting with survivors of the giant waves during a brief stop ... IAfrica South African News,

Charles Tours Tsunami Horror Site Feb 27, 2005
By Laura Elston, PA Deputy Court Correspondent in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The Prince of Wales witnessed the devastation left by the tsunami today as he stood on ... Edinburgh Evening News,

Prince Charles tours tsunami-hit Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka -- Britain's Prince Charles consoled Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors Monday during a brief tour of the devastated eastern coast, saying he ... Seattle Post Intelligencer

Charles ‘terribly upset’ by Sri Lanka’s tsunami devastation Feb 28, 2005
BATTICALOA: Britain’s Prince Charles sought to console Sri Lankan tsunami survivors Monday during a brief tour of the island’s devastated east coast ... Daily Times,

Prince Charles visits tsunami-hit Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
Colombo: Britain's Prince Charles travelled to Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit eastern district of Batticaloa on Monday to see first-hand the devastation caused by the ... Sify,

Prince Charles tours Sri Lanka's tsunami ruins Feb 27, 2005
...a garland around his neck, Britain's Prince Charles waded through tsunami debris in ... disaster, Charles flew to the eastern district of Batticaloa -- where the ... Reuters AlertNet,

S.Lanka, Tiger rebels must share tsunami aid - EU Mar 8, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka, March 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka urgently needs a mechanism to ensure tsunami aid is distributed fairly, including to Tamil Tiger-held areas ... Reuters AlertNet,

Charles tours tsunami-hit area Feb 28, 2005
...in the Batticaloa region, the prince met survivors and Red Cross volunteers. He told them he was "terribly upset" by the devastation from the Dec. 26 tsunami, ... Taipei Times,

Britain's Prince Charles to inspect tsunami destruction in Sri ... Feb 25, 2005
Lanka to see first-hand the devastation left by the tsunami disaster as ... here Monday and travel to the embattled eastern district of Batticaloa, 300 kilometres ... Designerz.com,

Prince Charles tours tsunami-hit Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
26 tsunami in his first visit to the former British colony in seven years. ... a Sri Lankan air force helicopter for the battered eastern district of Batticaloa. ... Jerusalem Post,

Britain's Prince Charles visits tsunami-hit eastern Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
Britain's Prince Charles travelled to Sri Lanka's tsunami-hit eastern district of Batticaloa to see first-hand the devastation caused by the December disaster ... Designerz.com,

Prince Charles Upset Over Tsunami Damage Feb 28, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka Feb 28, 2005 — Britain's Prince Charles told tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka he was saddened by their loss and the United Nations got ... ABC News

Prince Charles visits tsunami victims Feb 28, 2005
BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka — Britain's Prince Charles told tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka he was saddened by their loss and the United Nations got ready to report ... CTV,

Lankan official held for stealing tsunami aid Mar 2, 2005
Residents said tsunami survivors marched to a local government office in Valachchenai in the Batticaloa district to protest corruption and mishandling of aid. ... Hindustan Times,

Britain's Prince Charles tours tsunami-hit areas in Sri Lanka Feb 27, 2005
26 tsunami. The prince planned to visit the battered eastern coastal district of Batticaloa, parts of which are controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels. ... CBC News,

Charles to visit tsunami-hit region as charity praises aid Feb 25, 2005
THE Prince of Wales will visit tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka on Monday ... view first-hand the devastation in the eastern coastal district of Batticaloa, parts of ... Scotsman,

Prince visits tsunami-hit areas of Sri Lanka Feb 28, 2005
...disaster last year. Almost half of the 31,000 people killed in the tsunami were from Batticaloa or nearby Ampara. The area has also ... 4ni.co.uk,

Prince Charles tours Sri Lanka tsunami damage Feb 28, 2005
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - Prince Charles toured the coastline of tsunami-devasted Sri Lanka Monday ... with people as he walked along a beach in Batticaloa district and ... CBC News,

Charles tours tsunami horror site Feb 27, 2005
The Prince of Wales witnessed the devastation left by the tsunami as he stood on ... In the village of Navaldy and the coastline of the Batticaloa district, one in ... ic Birmingham.co.uk,

Working with tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka - story for ... Mar 8, 2005
For instance, the government is giving 5,000 Sri Lankan rupees to each family affected by the Tsunami every month, but in Batticaloa, the authorities only ... ReliefWeb (press release),

Srilanka: Charles meets tsunami victims Mar 1, 2005
...[Srilanka News]: BATTICALOA, Sri Lanka: Britain's Prince Charles consoled Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors Monday during a brief tour of the devastated eastern ... Keralanext,

Prince in tsunami village Feb 28, 2005
PRINCE CHARLES witnessed the devastation left by the tsunami today as he stood on a ... In the village of Navaldy and the coastline of the Batticaloa district, one ... Scotsman,

Prince Charles arrives in tsunami-hit Lanka Feb 28, 2005
...a brief tour of coastal areas devastated by the December 26 tsunami. The prince planned to visit the battered eastern coastal district of Batticaloa, parts of ... Hindustan Times,

Charles witnesses tsunami devastation Feb 28, 2005
In the village of Navaldy and along the coastline of Batticaloa district, one in ... with brightly coloured carvings, which was damaged in the tsunami, and stood ... Scotsman,

EU's tsunami aid for Sri Lanka: Mar 6, 2005
The European Union will give a 350 million euro post-tsunami reconstruction package to ... Lanka, 40 million will be allocated to the Matara-Batticaloa road project ... New Kerala,

Irate Tsunami victims block highway in eastern Sri Lankan Mar 9, 2005
COLOMBO, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Residents of a coastal town in the tsunami ravaged eastern Batticaloa district continued to block a main highway for the second ... Xinhua,

International Medical Corps Partners with MAP International for ... Mar 14, 2005
...in Batticaloa. Donated transport of the 20.5 tons of supplies is being coordinated by DHL. US-based DHL employees have banded together to pay for tsunami ... CSRwire.com (press release)

Prince visits Sri Lankan tsunami survivors Feb 28, 2005
...he boarded a military helicopter to the eastern city of Batticaloa, which has ... a renovated temple and talk to fishermen affected by the tsunami, a government ... Big News Network.com,

Asia: Sri Lanka, Tiger rebels must share tsunami aid - EU Mar 8, 2005
Ferrero-Waldner told Reuters as she visited the eastern district of Batticaloa, where the ... for a mechanism to ensure they receive a bigger share of tsunami aid. ... Keralanext,

Batticaloa fishermen tell Prince Charles of their woes Feb 28, 2005
Fishermen and residents in Batticaloa told visiting heir to the British throne Prince Charles that despite the deep scars left by the tsunami, they were ready ... Columbo Daily News,

Asia: Prince on Sri Lanka tsunami tour Feb 28, 2005
...by the Asian tsunami on a visit to eastern Sri Lanka. The prince walked along a debris-strewn beach and talked to villagers in Batticaloa district, where one ... Keralanext,

Tsunami tribute for Chas Feb 28, 2005
...s remote Batticaloa fishing community. He was the first VIP to risk visiting the region on the country’s east coast where the Boxing Day tsunami killed 2,840 ... The Sun,

* More post-tsunami money for Sri Lanka from IMF and EU Mar 7, 2005
...post-tsunami reconstruction package to Sri Lanka. Of the total reconstruction package for Sri Lanka, 40 million will be allocated to the Matara-Batticaloa road ... Colombo Page,

Asian Tsunami Disaster Feb 27, 2005
Britain's Prince Charles smiles during his visit to the the tsunami-damaged village of Batticaloa in northern Sri Lanka February 28, 2005. ... Yahoo News

Asian Tsunami Disaster Feb 27, 2005
Britain's Prince Charles wears a pottu on his forehead as he visits the tsunami-damaged area of Batticaloa in northern Sri Lanka February 28, 2005. ... Yahoo News