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WINNER TAKES ALL: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa promises fairnes to Tamil minority.

WINNER TAKES ALL: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa promises fairnes to Tamil minority.

LTTE gone but Sri Lanka pauses at crossroads

The Sri Lankan military's against victory against the LTTE in May 2009 altered the dynamics of the long-standing ethnic Tamil versus Sinhala conflict. Eight months later the sound of guns was replaced by the sound of fireworks on the streets of Colombo. President Mahinda Rajpaksa returned to power in elections but Tamils in the North did vote against him. Will Rajpaksa's electoral win the bigger battle facing Sri Lanka, the battle for a political and social solution to the ethnic Tamil versus Sinhala conflict?

FIGHT GONE: Prabhakaran was killed on May 18 in a battle with the Sri Lanka army.
INSIDE SRI LANKA: The book recounts vividly the last days of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran.
FLEEING WAR: Pathmanathan, the most senior LTTE operative still alive was hiding in SE Asia said Sri Lanka.
RECORD HAUL: Lankan army continues to find large stocks of ammunition, weapons left behind by LTTE.
BOOKS ON SLAIN TIGER: Books on Prabhakaran are flying off the shelves in Chennai.
DEAD AND GONE: LTTE chief Prabhakaran was shot dead by Sri Lanka troops.
FRIEND? "Nothing is more important for me than what India thinks," Rajapaksa says.
QUOTABLE QUOTE: Rajapaksa hinted that a homegrown solution will include India
THE END: The decades-long strife ended with the killing of Tiger chief Prabhakaran.
DEAD AND GONE: LTTE chief Prabhakaran was shot dead by Sri Lanka troops.
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