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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse hoists the national flag at a tightly-guarded Independence Day function in the capital Colombo. He has vowed to crush Tamil Tiger separatists by the end of the year.
Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/IRIN

  • Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse hoists the national flag at a tightly-guarded Independence Day function in the capital Colombo. He has vowed to crush Tamil Tiger separatists by the end of the year.

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  • Credits Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/IRIN
  • Themes Conflict
  • Regions Sri Lanka

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