8 Aug 2012 - 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The government of Sri Lanka this week allocated some $28 million USD for drought relief efforts in the northern part of the country, where as much as 30,000 hectares of paddy have been abandoned by
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