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COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sri Lanka's government will roll out a relief programme to help vulnerable farmers cope with the effects of a worsening drought, as part of a wider effort to protect people from the frequent extreme weather events that are threatening the country’s steady economic gains.via: http://www.trust.org/item/20140731103332-eq0c4/?source=jtOtherNews1