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As the rest of Southeast Asia emerges from the ravages of the tsunami, Sri Lanka, the small island country southeast of India, further deteriorates amid a brutal, decades-long civil war. The head of an international aid agency, just back from the region, reports.

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The president of a Los Angeles-based international relief agency writes that America’s inhumane policy toward Cuban aid remains tragically out of date.

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