Fighting stalls work

ENI – Church officials say the resurgence of ethnic fighting in Sri Lanka has stalled the tsunami reconstruction. “The situation is very frustrating,” said Rev. Jayasiri Peiris, general secretary of the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka.
“We have funds but unfortunately, we cannot help the needy people as we want to.” More than 31,000 people were killed and more than half a million displaced by the 2004 tsunami.