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Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jun 7 (EFE/EPA).-(Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) At least 16 people have died in monsoon-triggered floods and landslides that forced thousands out of their homes in Sri Lanka, officials said on Monday.The officials said over 270,000 people were affected by the rains that lashed out for days and caused heavy flooding across the island nation.FOOTAGE OF THE KADUWELA SUBURB IN COLOMBO.
Floods and landslides have caused major damage in two thirds of Sri Lanka as severe weather hits. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 arrives in Sri Lanka, entering the port of Colombo a year after a similar port call by a spacecraft-tracking vessel raised security concerns from neighbouring India. New Delhi is suspicious of China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and its influence in Sri Lanka, which is strategically placed halfway along key east-west international shipping routes. IMAGES
Images from the Sri Lankan town of Rambukkana on Wednesday, a day after clashes between police and demonstrators resulted in the death of a protester after being shot. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the area. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful economic downturn since independence in 1948, with regular blackouts and severe shortages of fuel and other goods causing widespread misery. Huge protests have called for the resignation of the government, which is preparing to negotiate an urgently needed bailout with the International Monetary Fund. IMAGES
Colombo, Jan 19 (EFE/EPA).- Supporters of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) staged a protest Tuesday in front of the Indian High Commission in Colombo, expressing their solidarity and support to the ongoing farmers' protest in India, against the new agriculture laws. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF THE FRONTLINE SOCIALIST PARTY (FSP) PROTEST AGAINST INDIA'S NEW AGRICULTURE LAWS OUTSIDE THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 21 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne).- At least three people died and nine were injured in a stampede on Thursday in Colombo when hundreds of people gathered at the residence of a businessman who was distributing aid to needy families.FOOTAGE OF THE PLACE WHERE THE STAMPEDE TOOK PLACE.
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