Wounded civilians evacuated from Sri Lanka's northeast

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Updated January 29, 2009 21:59:44

The United Nations has evacuated hundreds of critically wounded people from Sri Lanka's northeast where troops and Tamil rebels are locked in fierce combat.

Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speaker: Jeevan Thiagarajah, Executive Director, Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies in Sri Lanka

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