After the Tsunami, Sri Lanka Pays for the World's Generosity ; Three Weeks On, the Massive Influx of Aid Is Having Unintended Consequences in Asia
Evening Standard - London › January 17, 2005
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CHOKING on their fags, betting-slips in hand, the punters are busy studying the form on the sports pages pinned on the walls. Frankie Dettori peers down through the cigarette smoke, and the 1.50 from Ludlow is coming over the Tannoy.
In its seedy, men-only, linoandstrip-lighting sort of way, it is an exact replica of some back-street British betting shop. But the sky outside is deep black, with bright, unfamiliar stars, and the temperature is pushing 28 degrees.See the full content of this document
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After the Tsunami, Sri Lanka Pays for the World's Generosity ; Three Weeks On, the Massive Influx of Aid Is Having Unintended Consequences in Asia
We are in the Alutgama outlet of the Sporting Star, one of the leading Sri Lankan chains of "turf accountants", as they are still faithfully called here - two rooms above a tea-stall, with the auto- rickshaws and buses honking past outside.
Sri Lankans, like many Asians, ...See the full content of this document
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