<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Sri Lanka</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/southasia/srilanka?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><description>Sri Lanka</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tamil Journalist Found Dead After Abduction in Colombo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26975-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26975-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ARUGAM BAY, Sri Lanka, April 29  --  A prominent journalist who was closely identified with Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels was found dead of gunshot wounds near the capital, Colombo, early Friday. His killing was the latest in a series of violent incidents that are threatening a three-year-old cease-fire between the rebels and the government.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Sri Lanka, a Frustrating Limbo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15413-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15413-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bureaucratic inefficiency and new land-use rules are hindering efforts to rebuild after the tsunami.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Tsunami, Costs Skyrocket]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49949-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49949-2005Jan30.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A man who left Md. to operate an orphanage in Sri Lanka is finding the search for real estate has confronted him with a surprising problem.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snags Hamper Mission]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31192-2005Jan23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31192-2005Jan23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Braving ponderous bureaucracies and corrupt officials, Rizwan Mowlana of Gaithersburg has gathered more than $1 million in cash and donated goods for his native Sri Lanka, which was devastated by last month's tsunami.]]></description><author> Jacqueline L. Salmon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improvising to Save Lives in Sri Lanka]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27654-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27654-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Individual officials, with abundant if not always well-coordinated international aid, are in many cases improvising effective local responses to the tsunami and helping to avert outbreaks of disease and hunger.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[India Takes Major Role in Sri Lanka Effort]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22194-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22194-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the view of many analysts, India's generous response to the tsunami has underscored the country's emergence in recent years as an increasingly potent diplomatic and economic power.]]></description><author> John Lancaster</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Cites Sri Lanka's Progress on Reconstruction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16381-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16381-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On the final leg of a short trip through South Asia, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz visited U.S. Marines here Monday and witnessed firsthand how quickly Sri Lanka has been able to regain its footing after the tsunami.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The One That Got Away: A Survivor's Tale]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16473-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16473-2005Jan17.html?nav=rss_world/asia/southasia/srilanka</guid><pubDate>Tue, 3 May 2005 17:07:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The  one-eyed fisherman sits, balanced between sea and sky, his feet in a canoe fashioned from a hollowed-out log. The wind is picking up, the lagoon beneath him rocking up and down, up down. He is old and he rolls with it as a jockey does with a galloping horse. Steady now. Steady.]]></description><author> Neely Tucker</author></item></channel></rss>