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...since the Challenger and Columbia space-shuttle disasters. SpaceShipOne avoids using brutal force to leave Earth and re-enter the atmosphere, thereby minimizing risks to itself and its crew. SpaceShipOne works its way into space and is the most human-friendly space vehicle man has yet devised. Ashoka Weerakkody Colombo, Sri Lanka...
...World Food Programme The UN organization has airlifted two shipments of food aid to Colombo and the Maldives as part of its $1.5 million pledge to disaster victims...
...Doctors Without Borders The group has dispatched 54 tons of medical and sanitation equipment to northern Sumatra and Colombo and opened a clinic in Aceh, near the epicenter of the earthquake...
ASHOKA WEERAKKODY Colombo, Sri Lanka...
MEANWHILE IN GERMANY ... Foul Play Suspected German officials bemused by the disappearance of the visiting Sri Lankan national handball team were left red-faced when it emerged that the island doesn't have one. The 23-strong squad persuaded the German embassy in Colombo to issue them with visas for a month-long tour, but vanished from their lodgings in the southern town of Wittislingen soon after their arrival. They did play in one local tournament - and lost all their matches...