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By Meirion Jones
Producer, BBC Newsnight

People in temporary housing in Sri Lanka two years after the tsunami
Many in Sri Lanka remain in temporary housing two years on
Nearly two years after the devastating tsunami in South East Asia, most of the donations given to help the survivors are still sitting in bank accounts.

BBC Newsnight has learnt that billions of dollars given by individuals and governments have still not been spent while two thirds of those who lost their houses are still waiting for them to be rebuilt.

UN tsunami envoy former US President Bill Clinton raised concerns about the slow pace of rebuilding."

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