Workers face new threat to aid effort

Aid workers battling to ease the plight of survivors of the devastating quake and tsunami across south-east Asia were today warned they faced a dangerous new threat to efforts.

Indonesia warned aid workers there that separatist rebels are sheltering in camps for tsunami survivors, and in Sri Lanka a burst of violence signalled a potential resurgence of long-simmering rebellions that could hamper help for victims of the two-week-old disaster.