31.   The worst hit are the Swedish groups Volvo and Saab and the German company BMW which have warned that they might have to lay workers off or halt production.

32.   It is one of several cases of alleged sexual abuse by priests and lay workers at residential schools for natives around the country.

33.   One recepient, Maurice Lord, a lay worker from Colombo said he was overwhelmed by the face to face meeting with the pope.