Thousands flee Sri Lanka fighting
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Thousands flee Mogadishu clashes
Thousands flee Mogadishu clashes
05/29/2004 03:17 PMThousands of Somalis leave their homes in the capital as three days of
fighting leaves dozens of people dead.
Thousands flee DR Congo unrest
Thousands flee DR Congo unrest
09/23/2004 07:18 AMAid agencies try to help thousands of people displaced by unrest in
the east of DR Congo.
Thousands flee new Darfur clashes
Thousands flee new Darfur clashes
09/06/2004 05:40 AMAt least 3,000 people have fled more violence in Sudan's troubled
Darfur province in the past few days, the UN says.
Thousands of Nigerians flee violence
Thousands of Nigerians flee violence
05/14/2004 04:37 PMThousands of Palestinians Flee Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians Flee Gaza
05/17/2004 06:03 AMFree Internet Press May 17 2004 10:23AM GMT
Thousands flee California fires
Thousands flee California fires
05/04/2004 06:11 PMThousands of people flee their homes as firefighters struggle to
control wildfires in southern California.
Thousands flee new Sudan unrest
Thousands flee new Sudan unrest
04/18/2004 05:32 PMThe UN says about 50,000 people have fled their homes in southern
Sudan because of recent unrest.
Thousands Flee Volcano In Sumatra
Thousands Flee Volcano In Sumatra
04/13/2005 06:48 AMFree Internet Press Apr 13 2005 10:44AM GMT
Nine killed in Sri Lanka fighting
Nine killed in Sri Lanka fighting
04/09/2004 04:03 PMThousands flee India flood fear
Thousands flee India flood fear
08/13/2004 03:55 AMFive thousand people are evacuated in Himachal Pradesh as fears grow
that a lake in Tibet may overflow into the state.
Thousands flee South Asian floods
Thousands flee South Asian floods
07/12/2004 03:44 AMSevere floods caused by monsoon rains force tens of thousands to flee
their homes in Bangladesh and north-eastern India.
2 Wildfires Force Thousands to Flee (Los
Angeles Times)
2 Wildfires Force Thousands to Flee (Los
Angeles Times)
05/05/2004 05:25 AMLos Angeles Times - Firefighters on Tuesday struggled to contain two
wildfires that consumed about 15,000 acres and forced thousands of
residents on the outskirts of Corona and Temecula to flee their homes.
Hundreds of Thousands Urged to Flee
Tampa as Hurricane Nears
Hundreds of Thousands Urged to Flee
Tampa as Hurricane Nears
08/12/2004 03:16 PMTAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Charley grew in force Thursday as it
churned through the Caribbean toward Florida's Gulf Coast, and an
estimated 800,000 people from the Florida Keys to Tampa Bay were urged
to evacuate their homes.
3 won't flee UK
3 won't flee UK
06/01/2004 04:05 AMThe Register Jun 1 2004 8:50AM GMT
"Sri Lanka"
"Sri Lanka"
12/28/2004 10:49 AMReady to flee
Ready to flee
08/27/2004 01:28 PMPolice say the family of alleged coup plotter Sir Mark Thatcher had
put their house on the market and booked flights to the U.S.
Microsoft: must flee TV
Microsoft: must flee TV
08/01/2004 02:45 PMMENA Financial Network Aug 1 2004 5:45PM GMT
BT punters flee
BT punters flee
07/29/2004 08:11 AM100,000 a month wave bye bye
Evangelism in Sri Lanka
Evangelism in Sri Lanka
01/05/2004 05:29 PM Globalized
fundamentalism versus tradition. This report for the
Society for International Development
describes the efforts of foreign funded
Christian evangelists to
gain converts in
Sri Lanka, which the author views as an assault on traditional Sri
Lankan culture. There is a
backl
ash, which some say is leading to the
sup
pression of religious freedom and state sponsorship of
Buddhism.
[Via
Plastic.] Families flee after attack
Families flee after attack
07/26/2004 02:26 AMNine people flee from their County Antrim homes after a gang storm a
house and attack a man.
Go online to flee the fees
Go online to flee the fees
09/27/2004 07:30 AMCharlotte.com - Mon Sep 27, 08:19 am GMT
Sri Lanka holds day of mourning
Sri Lanka holds day of mourning
12/31/2004 06:41 AMFlags are lowered to half mast and inter-faith services held to mourn
Sri Lanka's 28,000 tsunami dead.
Sri Lanka needs warning system
Sri Lanka needs warning system
12/30/2004 02:48 PMglobetechnology.com Dec 30 2004 5:33PM GMT
Forest People of Sri Lanka
Forest People of Sri Lanka
12/31/2004 12:54 PM
Veddas (or Wanniya-laeto): the
ancient
and
presently endangered
forest-people of
Sri Lanka. (more:
1,
2,
3,
4)
"...the surviving Wanniya-laeto community retains much
of its own distinctive cyclic worldview, prehistoric cultural memory,
and time-tested knowledge of their semi-evergreen dry monsoon forest
habitat that has enabled their ancestor-revering culture to meet the
diverse challenges to their collective identity and
survival." In Sri Lanka, animals seem to have
survived
In Sri Lanka, animals seem to have
survived
12/29/2004 02:36 PM
Xeni Jardin:
Strangely, amid massive loss of human life, there seems to be little
or no dead wild animals in Sri Lanka. Snip:
Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst
tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian
Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead
animals.
Link
Eyewitness: Sri Lanka tsunami
Eyewitness: Sri Lanka tsunami
12/26/2004 10:35 AMThe BBC's Roland Buerk describes escaping from the tsunami that
smashed into Sri Lanka's south coast.
Cricket: Sri Lanka tour off
Cricket: Sri Lanka tour off
12/29/2004 11:56 AMSri Lanka have cancelled their cricket tour of New Zealand following
the tsunami disaster that ravaged their country.
Historian missing in Sri Lanka
Historian missing in Sri Lanka
12/29/2004 06:15 AMConcern grows for a County Antrim historian missing in Sri Lanka
following the undersea earthquake disaster.
Internet crashes in Sri Lanka
Internet crashes in Sri Lanka
08/22/2004 03:51 PMTamilNet Aug 22 2004 7:27PM GMT
Antoin on the crisis in Sri Lanka
Antoin on the crisis in Sri Lanka
01/02/2005 02:03 PM
Some of us have been having an email exchange online about how we
can help tsunami victims. Here is an email from Antoin that I found
particularly interesting. It concurs with an IHT article I read the
other day which said the biggest problem in many regions was not the
volume of support but the coordination and the most limited resource
was airspace, airstrips, and coordination.
Hi
folks,
I've been staying with some Sri Lankan friends living in London.
But they really don't know what to do. They are perplexed really.
There is a relief effort, and a lot of people are doing a lot of
work, but you'd have to wonder whether this is thought out to any
great extent. I can imagine what will happen. In a week or two, tents
and medical equipment will show up in SL in large volumes, but by that
stage they will be useless. At that stage, they will be beginning to
look for things like building supplies. Medical supplies are being
shipped from the UK, and this is certainly an important contribution,
but perhaps the money and effort could be better focused. You could
buy them cheaper in China or Singapore, and the flight time is much
shorter.
According to the News Lanka newsletter, a paper for the Sinhalese
community in the UK, the government is turning down aid teams from
places like Israel, because they already have too many relief workers.
Perhaps the Sri Lankan government mistakenly thought that these were
'amateur' relief workers who were being sent.
There is a lot of talk about not being able to afford response
systems. In reality, there was no problem predicting the tsunamis by
all accounts, at least as far as India and Sri Lanka were concerned.
The problem was that the seismologists had no idea who they should
call when they found out what was happening.
Now there are false alarms happening and It is difficult for
ordinary people to get good information. TV footage in the UK showed
people running, because they thought another tsunami was coming. But
the information people were getting from the government was incorrect.
This will eventually turn into the story about the boy who cried
'wolf' too many times.
There really has to be a better way of going about this.
I absolutely agree with what Jack has written about land title.
There is no point in funding the rebuilding the homes of the people
effected, if they do not have at least some sort of title on the land.
Of course, this only represents a small proportion of the land masses
we are talking about, but it would be a great place to start on
sorting out land ownership in SE Asia.
Comment -
TrackBack
Sri Lanka searches for survivors
Sri Lanka searches for survivors
12/26/2004 10:35 AMSri Lanka bears the brunt of Sunday's sea surges with more than 2,400
dead and up to a million displaced.
Powell and Annan due in Sri Lanka
Powell and Annan due in Sri Lanka
01/06/2005 11:47 PMThe US secretary of state and UN secretary general are to visit Sri
Lanka, where tensions have grown over tsunami aid.
800,000 in Charley's Path Told to Flee
(AP)
800,000 in Charley's Path Told to Flee
(AP)
08/12/2004 04:36 PMAP - Hurricane Charley grew in force Thursday as it churned toward
Florida's Gulf Coast, and about 800,000 people from the Florida Keys
to Tampa Bay were urged to evacuate as the state braced for 100 mph
winds, heavy rain and swirling tornadoes.
Millions Warned to Flee Fla. Hurricane
(AP)
Millions Warned to Flee Fla. Hurricane
(AP)
09/02/2004 08:54 PMAP - Residents and tourists in cars, trucks and campers clogged
highways Thursday in the biggest evacuation ever ordered in Florida,
fleeing inland as mighty Hurricane Frances threatened the state with
its second battering in three weeks.
Biotech Jobs Could Flee State
Biotech Jobs Could Flee State
06/23/2004 03:00 AMLos Angeles Times Jun 23 2004 7:04AM GMT
Hundreds Flee Flooding in Northeast (AP)
Hundreds Flee Flooding in Northeast (AP)
07/13/2004 10:17 AMAP - A foot or more of rain fell in parts of the Northeast, forcing
hundreds from their homes, rupturing small dams and slowing Amtrak
trains to a walk. No injuries had been reported in the stricken areas
of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Osbournes flee blaze at mansion
Osbournes flee blaze at mansion
03/31/2005 03:12 AMOzzy and Sharon Osbourne escape unhurt after a fire breaks out at
their Buckinghamshire mansion.
UK tourists flee hurricane's path
UK tourists flee hurricane's path
09/09/2004 02:17 PMEmergency evacuation is under way for British tourists on Caribbean
islands threatened by Hurricane Ivan.
Sri Lanka election call 'selfish'
Sri Lanka election call 'selfish'
02/10/2004 02:55 AMThe Tamil Tigers voice peace fears as the government derides the
president's call for snap elections.
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