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Tsunami Survivors Struggle for Basics in Sri Lanka

NPR | By Jason Beaubien,
Sheilah Kast
Published January 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
A house flattened by the tsunami symbolizes the destruction in Tangalla, a town on Sri Lanka's southern coast.
Jason Beaubien, NPR
A house flattened by the tsunami symbolizes the destruction in Tangalla, a town on Sri Lanka's southern coast.

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Jason Beaubien
Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.
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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast joined NPR in November 2003 as the weekend newscaster for "PBS/NPR Newsbrief," the hourly 30-second television news reports produced by NPR for PBS stations.