Rescue.

Indian rescue workers attempt to extract a buried labourer at the site of an accident in Ahmedabad on November 20, 2009. Some five labourers died and several were injured when earth caved in on the construction site of a railway underpass bridge. The rescue workers were forced to abondon their work for some time owing to the movement of trains above.
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Smith to raise Lankan asylum issue with Commonwealth

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will sound out his Commonwealth counterparts on ways to help stem the flow of refugees from Sri Lanka.

Mr Smith is travelling to Trinidad and Tobago for a meeting of foreign ministers beginning on Tuesday that will prepare the ground for this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain.
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Sri Lanka Tamil refugee camps ‘to be opened next month’

The Sri Lankan government says people living in special camps since the end of the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels will be free to leave next month.

The camps were set up in the north for Tamils fleeing the final stages of the civil war - which ended in May - and still house more than 130,000 people. An aide to the president also confirmed a pledge to close the facilities.
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‘Historic’ meeting for Sri Lankan Tamils

Several political parties, representing miniority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka, have for the first time in post-war period gathered in Switzerland for a two-day consultations.

The meeting, at the initiative of Tamil dispora groups, is being attended by several political parties representing almost all shades of Tamil and Muslim political opinion.
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VIDEO: Adaderana the only news site among top five

The website www.adaderana.lk was chosen among the top five websites in Sri Lanka by a popular poll. And it was the only news website among these five. The wesite for TV Derana, www.derana.lk too was awarded an award for best entertainment website.
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