Left: President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga shakes hands with Prince Charles as Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar looks on at President’s House yesterday. Right: Prince Charles talks to children during his tour of Batticaloa. Pictures by Dudley Wickramasinghe and Tilak Perera

But Government doing its best in assisting them:

Batticaloa fishermen tell Prince Charles of their woes

from Manjula Fernando in Batticaloa

Fishermen and residents in Batticaloa told visiting heir to the British throne Prince Charles that despite the deep scars left by the tsunami, they were ready to go back to sea and resume their lives. Prince Charles visited the affected areas in the Batticaloa district as part of his six hour lightening tour here yesterday.
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President receives Prince of Wales

Prince Charles assured President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga that Britain would continue to provide what he described as 'livelihood support' and said he was confident Sri Lanka would be able to rebuild the lives of people who've lost their dwellings and sources of revenue.
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CWC stays with Government

The Ceylon Workers Congress yesterday pledged to continue its support to the UPFA Government putting aside all differences. The decision followed yesterday's meeting between a CWC delegation led by its leader Arumugam Thondaman and President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at President's House.
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Team due here tomorrow, says Minister:

Special UNESCO team to inspect Lanka's tsunami damaged World Heritage Sites

by Nadira Gunatilleke

UNESCO has agreed to look into matters related to World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka responding to a request by the Cultural Affairs and National Heritage Ministry, Minister Vijitha Herath said. Herath said UNESCO will send a special team to Sri Lanka to inspect the damages caused by the tsunami to World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka especially Jaffna and Galle Forts.
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• Lankans at Bronllys hospital in UK help tsunami victims

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• Photographic exhibition on tsunami affected libraries in Sri Lanka

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