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RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Report Exposes Abuse Of Women By Soldiers
A citizen's group has exposed a lesser- known atrocity in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict - women have been sexually used by government soldiers on the move in villages bordering the war zone.DEVELOPMENT: World Commission on Dams Winds Up South Asia Hearing
Local communities in South Asia prefer small water schemes to large dams that uproot people and spawn social and environmental problems.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Villagers Put Rights Before Power Plant
As his wife and two children tend their vegetable garden in Sri Lanka's northwest, Christopher Tissera hobbles around with a stick, dragging a leg that was shattered in police firing last year.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-ASIA: World Commission On Dams Takes Stock Of South Asia
The World Commission on Dams (WCD) is being told how local communities were uprooted and politicians got kickbacks from projects in South Asia even as officials argue big dams are critical for food security.DEVELOPMENT: World Commission On Dams Takes Stock Of South Asia
The World Commission on Dams (WCD) is being told how local communities were uprooted and politicians got kickbacks from projects in South Asia even as officials argue big dams are critical for food security.DEVELOPMENT: World Commission on Dams Hearing In Colombo
Experts and grassroots groups from South Asia are meeting here this week for the first of a series of regional hearings of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) to review all dams and options at the world level.REFUGEES-SRI LANKA: Left To Fend For Themselves
Squatting in the dirt outside his shanty home near the Sri Lankan capital, refugee Michael Anthony, 55, talks and talks about the plight of the internally displaced.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Villagers Put Rights Before Power Plant
As his wife and two children tend their vegetable garden in Sri Lanka's northwest, Christopher Tissera hobbles around with a stick, dragging a leg that was shattered in police firing last year.DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Past Anti-market Policies Hurt Progress
Sri Lanka's social development is higher than that of the least developed countries and well above world average, but past anti-market policies are causing the country to lag, a new UN report says.DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Past Anti-market Policies Hurt Progress
Sri Lanka's social development is higher than that of the least developed countries and well above world average, past anti-market policies are causing the country to lag, a new UN report says.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Public For Death Penalty To Counter Crime
An enraged mob assaults the driver and sets fire to his van after he knocks down and kills a pregnant woman at a pedestrian crossing outside a maternity hospital in Buddhist majority Sri Lanka.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: GEF Bankrolls Elephant Protection Strategy
At the turn of this century, as many as 12,000 elephants roamed the length and breadth of Sri Lanka, a tiny Indian Ocean island, but today, only one third that number is surviving in the wild.SRI LANKA: Soldiers Enlisted In New Army Recruitment Drive
Sri Lankan soldiers are being asked to persuade friends and relatives to join the army in a new recruitment drive launched to beef up government forces who are fighting a long-running war against Tamil rebels.ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA: GEF Bankrolls Elephant Protection Strategy
At the turn of this century, as many as 12,000 elephants roamed the length and breadth of Sri Lanka, a tiny Indian Ocean island, but today, only one third that number is surviving in the wild.RELIGION BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Buddhist Monk Preaches Conservation
Living alone in a thick forest amidst pink quartz mountains in arid, north-central Sri Lanka, Buddhist monk Wanawasi Rahula has made conservation his mission.RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Women Demand Security Against Crimes
Outraged by the brutal gang rape and murder of a newly-married woman, activists are pressing for quicker punishment for sex offenders as statistics show a rise in the number of rape cases in Sri Lanka.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Buddhist Monk Preaches Conservation
Living alone in a thick forest amidst pink quartz mountains in arid, north-central Sri Lanka, Buddhist monk Wanawasi Rahula has made conservation his mission.ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA: Indigenous Solutions To Garbage Disposal
Inspired by their success with converting tonnes of city garbage into organic fertiliser and bio gas, Sri Lankan scientists are now setting their sights on something bigger.ENVIRONMENT-SRI LANKA: Buddhist Monk Preaches Conservation
Living alone in a thick forest amidst pink quartz mountains in arid, north-central Sri Lanka, Buddhist monk Wanawasi Rahula has made conservation his mission.SRI LANKA: Wealthy Business Turns Peacemakers //repeat//
Treading a bold path to peace, Sri Lanka's wealthy business community has initiated a series of negotiations with the main players in the ethnic conflict to end the 15 year civil war.SRI LANKA: Wealthy Business Turns Peacemakers
Treading a bold path to peace, Sri Lanka's wealthy business community has initiated a series of negotiations with the main players in the ethnic conflict to end the 15 year civil war.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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