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Sri Lanka officials misappropriate tsunami aid - auditor
[ Reuters ] [ 01:08 GMT, Sep. 27, 2005 ]
Sri Lankan government officials misspent or misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tsunami aid after failing to follow instructions, the island's auditor general said on Monday. Officials gave millions of rupees in tsunami assistance to thousands of families who were not directly affected by the Indian Ocean island's worst natural disaster in memory. There were others displaced by the tsunami who did not get the rations they were entitled to. Auditor General S.C. Mayadunne put the misappropriation down to confusion stemming from multiple instructions issued by different government departments.
"LTTE no longer welcome in EU member states"
[ TamilNet ] [ 02:55 GMT, Sep. 27, 2005 ]
"The European Union on Monday condemned continuing violence by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, and said representatives of the group were no longer welcome in Europe's capitals," Associated Press report said Monday. "In a statement released by the British government, the EU [European Union] said it was considering adding the Tamil Tigers to its list of terrorist organizations. Britain currently holds the rotating presidency of the 25-nation union. "In the meantime, it said, delegations from the group "will no longer be received in any of the EU member states until further notice,"" AP report further said.
[ Reuters ] [ 01:08 GMT, Sep. 27, 2005 ]
Sri Lankan government officials misspent or misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tsunami aid after failing to follow instructions, the island's auditor general said on Monday. Officials gave millions of rupees in tsunami assistance to thousands of families who were not directly affected by the Indian Ocean island's worst natural disaster in memory. There were others displaced by the tsunami who did not get the rations they were entitled to. Auditor General S.C. Mayadunne put the misappropriation down to confusion stemming from multiple instructions issued by different government departments.
"LTTE no longer welcome in EU member states"
[ TamilNet ] [ 02:55 GMT, Sep. 27, 2005 ]
"The European Union on Monday condemned continuing violence by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, and said representatives of the group were no longer welcome in Europe's capitals," Associated Press report said Monday. "In a statement released by the British government, the EU [European Union] said it was considering adding the Tamil Tigers to its list of terrorist organizations. Britain currently holds the rotating presidency of the 25-nation union. "In the meantime, it said, delegations from the group "will no longer be received in any of the EU member states until further notice,"" AP report further said.