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Fall, 2006
Curfew and a ban on liquor for several days had characterized
the situation around the presidential election in Sri Lanka,
where Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Marxist
/ Buddhist coalition partners have won against Ranil Wickramasinghe.
Election 2005 meeting.
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January 27, 2006
Countless people and most governments all round the
world had given huge donations to the Tsunami hit areas in
Southern Asia. Overall $3 billion had been transferred to
Sri Lanka, where not only the city of Galle still offers sad
pictures. Pictures
& Story
Tourism remains slow in Sri Lanka
and despite several billion Dollar donations many tsunami
victims are still living in tents.
Now the result of the election is perhaps changing the future
of Sri Lanka dramatically. Sri
Lanka newsblog.
Leading German tour operator TUI saw a 34% decline in travels
to Sri Lanka compared to summer 2004.
Negombo is now as clean as never
before, but no visitors at all make it a lonesome experience.
Repair efforts in Southern Sri Lanka
are slow as well as victims suffer from limited support despite
the huge amounts been delivered to the country. First accusations
of corruption and insufficient coordination have been reported
by the BBC.
International Aid for the tsunami
victims includes donations up to $6 billion with $500 million
from Japan, $600 million from Germany, $600 million from Australia,
$350 million from the U.S, $96 million from the UK and $90
million from China.
Enter the Sri
Lanka Channel and explore videos, photos and info from
Galle, Unawatuna, Hikkaduwa, Trincomale, Colombo, Kandy, Haputale,
Negombo and other places.
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