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Residents of the Dutch Bar village claim ownership of the site where government officials say they will move their town, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Jan. 15, 2005. Residents joke approvingly after digging in the sand to test the land, saying they will name it ÒTsunami Dutch Bar.Ó Residents of the small Christian village Dutch Bar spent more than six weeks in a makeshift refugee camp at the local convent recovering from the devastating tsunami that hit the eastern and southern borders of Sri Lanka. They were then moved into another temporary living camp, while awaiting the building of new homes.

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Residents of the Dutch Bar village claim ownership of the site where government officials say they will move their town, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, Jan. 15, 2005. Residents joke approvingly after digging in the sand to test the land, saying they will name it ÒTsunami Dutch Bar.Ó Residents of the small Christian village Dutch Bar spent more than six weeks in a makeshift refugee camp at the local convent recovering from the devastating tsunami that hit the eastern and southern borders of Sri Lanka. They were then moved into another temporary living camp, while awaiting the building of new homes.