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Logistics Tangle Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka

NPR | By Jason Beaubien
Published January 3, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST
Workers load relief supplies into trucks in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
Jason Beaubien, NPR
Workers load relief supplies into trucks in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

Copyright 2005 NPR

Corrected: February 2, 2005 at 1:04 PM MST
This story misquoted TRO volunteer Suren Sornalingham. Sornalingham said trucks had been seized and items taken, but did NOT attribute those actions to the Tamil Tigers.
Jason Beaubien
Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.
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