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Flood-hit Lanka seeks foreign aid, recovery efforts need Rs. 40 b.

As the devastation caused by the recent floods in central, north central and eastern provinces became clear this week, a government minister warned that reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts cannot be undertaken by the state alone.

 
Peiris’ latest blunder on Queen’s visit annoys Commonwealth Secretariat

External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris committed yet another diplomatic faux pas last week when he declared that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II would visit Hambantota for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 2013.

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