Displaced Tamils
Mar 21 2007, R.M.Paulraj

Aid agencies in the Batticaloa region of eastern Sri Lanka have warned of a major humanitarian emergency. Severe shortage of food supplies loom large over the numerous refugee camps.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) supplies food to the 60,000...

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