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Wed, Aug 28, 2013, 07:11 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Aug 28 (Bloomberg)
"You're going to Jaffna? Don't worry!" My tuk-tuk driver in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, upon hearing that I plan to visit the northern capital of Jaffna, feels compelled to offer reassurance.
Jaffna, a former stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers, was off-limits during long stretches of the country's brutal civil war. My driver says he recently made the trip himself, on a freshly paved highway, and that the city and its surroundings are indeed, at long last, safe.
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Asked if he's expecting any funding from the government of Sinhalese President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Kalaiselvam laughs and shakes his head.
"They have other priorities," he says.
More and Source: http://www.lankapage.com/NewsFiles/Aug28_1377697294.php
"You're going to Jaffna? Don't worry!" My tuk-tuk driver in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, upon hearing that I plan to visit the northern capital of Jaffna, feels compelled to offer reassurance.
Jaffna, a former stronghold of the rebel Tamil Tigers, was off-limits during long stretches of the country's brutal civil war. My driver says he recently made the trip himself, on a freshly paved highway, and that the city and its surroundings are indeed, at long last, safe.
...
Asked if he's expecting any funding from the government of Sinhalese President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Kalaiselvam laughs and shakes his head.
"They have other priorities," he says.
More and Source: http://www.lankapage.com/NewsFiles/Aug28_1377697294.php