A helping hand when needed most

Tharisi, a 14-month-old girl receives a biscuit from Italian nurse Guiliano Rondini after she and her mother Somalatha received treatment in a field hospital in Galle, set up by the Italian Pisa Hospital to help tsunami survivors.

Powell here on Friday

US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit the tsunami-ravaged areas of Sri Lankan on January 7, the US Embassy in Colombo said yesterday. Powell will also meet Sri Lankan leaders for talks on the rehabilitation and reconstruction effort.
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Philippines medical team for Sri Lanka

Twelve Philippine medical and relief specialists departed for Sri Lanka yesterday to help the victims of last week's deadly tsunami there, officials said.
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Other Stories

• Counselling for tsunami victims

• Don't burn tsunami debris, appeals Fowzie

• Voluntary help to construct damaged schools

• Donation scam exposed at Kurunegala girls' school

• Pakistan eager to reconstruct township

• IGP appeals to public : Stop visiting affected areas

• Swiss FM calls on President

• Tsunami brings to surface many human qualities

• Christian leaders call on President

• FM for Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting

• Rs. 300,000 each for repairs to damaged 43 Buddhist temples

• SWRD Bandaranaike commemoration on Saturday

• Floods dampen reconstruction activities

• Relief for nearly 23,000 families in Galle district

• Italy to help rebuild four hospitals

• Four acres of land in Kirinda allocated on appeal made by film artistes

• Sangha alms-aid trek in Kandy

• Damages to prisons around Rs. 55 million

• Emirates supports airport emergency team operations here

• FORUT to present recovery plan

• Local and foreign donors arrive in large numbers

• SLI waives conditions restricting payments on claims

• Holy Cross rehab project

• No discrimination in providing relief for tsunami victims - Official

• Special program to issue NICs for tsunami victims

• Amateur radio helps tsunami rescue

• Korea continues relief efforts

• 200,000 doses of cholera vaccine from Sweden

• Swedish Sri Lankan artists residency program in Colombo

• News in brief

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