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Agony in Sri Lanka's refugee camp
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Next came a presentation by Sri Lankan officials, about how well run the camp is. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065594.stm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="sibtbg"><DIV> <DIV class="mva"> <IMG width="24" height="13" border="0" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif" /> <B>It was a very sobering visit, very sad and very moving</B> <IMG width="23" vspace="0" height="13" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/end_quote_rb.gif" /><BR clear="all" /> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="mva"> <DIV>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon</DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="o"> <IMG width="226" vspace="2" hspace="0" height="1" border="0" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif" /> </DIV> <DIV class="miiib"> <DIV class="arr"> <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8063409.stm" class="">How Sri Lanka's military won</A> </DIV> <DIV class="arr"> <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8058322.stm" class=""><B>Humanitarian challenge</B></A> </DIV> <DIV class="arr"> <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8056734.stm" class=""><B>Winning the peace</B></A> </DIV> <DIV class="arr"> <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8062207.stm" class="">Eyewitness: Treating the Tigers</A> </DIV> </DIV> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065594.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/92C6F513-B66A-4664-9F00-1563D2EA72EF" alt="A woman at an emergency clinic at Menik Farm camp" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065594.stm"><DIV class="cap">Some of the patients in a makeshift hospital were clearly malnourished</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065594.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/CE12F6E0-33C0-413B-9A94-84F4C170ECB7" alt="An aerial view of a conflict zone in north-eastern Sri Lanka" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065594.stm"><DIV class="cap">Mr Ban was flown over the area where the rebels made their last stand</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/12D7DA22-263B-4025-9744-B1B4D7CB9571/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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