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Urgent Need for Aid on Sri Lanka's Eastern Coast

By Sheilah Kast
Published January 1, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

NPR's Sheilah Kast speaks with NPR's Philip Reeves, reporting on tsunami devastation on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. The most urgent needs are for clean water and medical supplies as people try to recover from last Sunday's disaster.

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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.

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