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U.S. Funds Renovation of Children's Park in Kilinochchi
Kilinochchi :: Sri Lanka | 1 month ago
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Government funded $97,925 (12 million rupees) renovated children's park for residents of Karachchi, Kilinochchi on May 4 alongside the Honorable Child Development and Women's Empowerment Minister, Tissa Karaliyadda. Karachchi suffered heavy damage to
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Sizzling Sison and that Bulloch in a China Shop
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 2 months ago
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13 editor Normally I do not waste time taking up cudgels against diplomats. As someone whose name I quite forget now said decades ago, ambassadors lie abroad for the good of their country. or words to that effect. Personally it matters little to me
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Envoy alarmed over anti-Muslim events in Sri Lanka
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 2 months ago
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A United States diplomat has expressed alarm at a rising anti-Muslim campaign in Sri Lanka and warned that such sentiments should not be allowed to fester...Sison spoke Monday to foreign correspondents based in Colombo.
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U.S. Supports Demining Through Cricket Bat Donations
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 5 months ago
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Sison distributed cricket bats to students at the American Corner in Jaffna with the message Mines Destroy Lives in Tamil and Sinhala. The cricket bat distribution ceremony was held on 27 January and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Moore,
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U.S. Government Supports Disabled Sri Lankans
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 7 months ago
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Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele Sison handed over wheelchairs to children at the prosthetic and orthotic center of the National Children's Hospital in Colombo, marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3...Government's
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U.S. Embassy Helps Strengthen Education Across Southern Sri Lanka
Mātara :: Sri Lanka | 7 months ago
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Sison visited several of the English language programs sponsored by the U.S...Ambassador Sison visited the Embassy-funded Access Center in Tangalle to observe how the micro-scholarship program has helped improve English language skills of young
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Sri Lanka's UN envoy Dr. Kohona speech to Utah University on Tamil Tigers, reconciliation and more
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 7 months ago
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19 editor The United States president Barack Obama in his address to the nation, after his re-election victory at November 6 presidential election emphasized the 'right to dissent', and re-emphasized that even half of the nation did not vote for
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U.S. Ambassador Opens Two Schools in Batticaloa
Batticaloa :: Sri Lanka | 8 months ago
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04 editor Over 1,200 rural students in the East can now enjoy improved educational facilities thanks to financial support from the United States...Pacific Command built and renovated classrooms, teachers' quarters, and lavatories.
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U.S. Government Supports Northern Fishermen's Return to Sea
Kallār :: Iraq | 9 months ago
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Sison handed over fishing supplies to 130 families in Kallar, Killinochchi on September 20, 2012...Although the fisheries sector remains an economic mainstay for the Northern Province, its growth suffered in recent decades from the longstanding
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US diplomat asks Sri Lanka to quickly investigate wartime abuses, resume power-sharing talks
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 9 months ago
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Sri Lanka The United States has asked Sri Lanka to speedily investigate allegations of rights abuses during its civil war and resume talks with ethnic Tamil politicians to agree on power sharing in the former conflict zone...Blake made the request
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