• Corruption, fighting hinders Sri Lanka's tsunami recovery

    Jan 06
    Graft and renewed fighting has blocked relief to Sri Lanka's tsunami survivors with less than a fifth of money pledged properly accounted for three years later, according to watchdogs.
     
    Sri Lanka's government claims success in rebuilding homes destroyed by the disaster, but international agencies say big problems remain.
  • Life for ordinary Tamils gets worse
    Every time 16-year-old Suresh Subramanium steps out of his home in Sri Lanka's heavily-guarded capital, his father says a silent prayer for his son's safe return.
     
    The Subramaniums are ethnic Tamils, and run a grocery store in Colombo.
  • Donors pledge $4.5 billion to Sri Lanka, despite war
    Sri Lanka says $4.5 billion worth of overseas aid has been pledged despite donor disquiet over the escalating war. Colombo expects a total of $9 billion in foriegn over the next three years.
  • Graft costs Sri Lanka a billion dollars a year
    We are not attracting world-class companies, but people to open Chinese restaurants, massage parlours and karaoke clubs'
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