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In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes

In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes
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When the decades-long civil war that forced Samantha Pushpakumara from his village in north-central Sri Lanka ended, he was finally able to return home to a life of farming that he thought would give his family a stable future. That was until the rains didn't come. Sri Lanka has been mired in dro...

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