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Grace Gannon

Pope in Sri Lanka: Huge crowds for Colombo Mass - 0 views

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Pope Sri Lanka Colombo Mass UN

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  • Grace Gannon on 14 Jan 15
     
    The authorities have so far refused to co-operate with a UN inquiry into war crimes. The previous government consistently denied allegations that it was responsible for the deaths of many thousands of civilians in the final phase of the war.
mimiterranova

X-Press Pearl Fire Could Mean Environmental Disaster For Sri Lanka : NPR - 0 views

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disaster sri lanka environmental crisis

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  • A cargo ship carrying chemicals and plastic pellets has been burning off the coast of Sri Lanka for nearly two weeks. Now, efforts to tow the ship to deeper waters have failed – and the boat's sinking looks increasingly likely.
  • The ship, the X-Press Pearl, was carrying 1,486 containers. Eighty-one of those were dangerous goods containers, including 25 tons of nitric acid. At least one container has leaked nitric acid.
  • Pattiaratchi said that among the ship's dangerous goods were 78 metric tons of plastic called nurdles — the raw material used to make virtually all kinds of plastic products.
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  • The oil fueling the ship is another serious cause for concern. The vessel was carrying nearly 350 tons of fuel oil, and salvage teams have prepared for the event of an oil spill.
  • "These have been released to ocean and are found on beaches to the south of Colombo — as time goes they will keep moving southwards as our model predictions show. They will also go into river systems such as Kelani, lagoons (Negombo) and also into Port city. They are transported by the wind and currents — will remain at the surface until beached and will persist in the marine environment for ever as they are not biodegradable,"
  • "The ship has dealt a death blow to our lives," Joshua Anthony, head of a region fishing union, told Reuters. "We can't go into the sea which means we can't make a living."
aleija

Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after biggest mass stranding | Sri Lanka | The Guardian - 0 views

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environment culture world wildlife

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  • Sri Lanka’s navy and volunteers have rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the country’s worst mass beaching, but at least two injured animals were found dead, officials said.
  • The school of short-finned pilot whales had washed ashore at Panadura, 15 miles (25km) south of Colombo, since Monday afternoon in the biggest mass stranding of whales on the island.
  • Local authorities were braced for mass deaths as seen in Tasmania in September when about 470 pilot whales were stranded and only about 110 could be saved after days of rescue efforts.
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  • Lahandapura, told AFP, adding that the cause of the stranding was not known.“We think this is similar to the mass stranding in Tasmania in September.”
  • The causes of mass strandings remain unknown despite scientists studying the phenomenon for decades.
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