Graphic showing how the territory held in Sri Lanka by the Tamil Tiger rebels shrank over the past four years. Sri Lanka's president proclaimed victory over the Tamil Tigers on Tuesday after decades of civil war, with state television showing what it said was the corpse of rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. (AFP)Sri Lanka President Says Country Free From Terror -- Yahoo News/AP
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's president declared his country "liberated from separatist terror" Tuesday as the military said it recovered the body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader from the battlefield on which he was slain.
But in his victory address to parliament, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appeared to reach out to the minority Tamils, for whom the rebels had said they were trying to carve out a homeland. He also alluded to promises to forge a power-sharing agreement with them.
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In this image taken from an undated handout video footage released by Sri Lanka Army via APTN, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, Sri Lankan army soldiers display the body of man they claim is the slain rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and holding his head up to camera. (AP Photo/Sri Lanka Army via APTN, HO)More News On The End Of Major Hostilities In The Sri Lankan Civil War
Sri Lanka leader hails 'victory' -- BBC
Sri Lanka reveals evidence of rebel leader's death -- Christian Science Monitor
Sri Lanka Says Leader of Rebels Has Died -- New York Times
Sri Lankan military shows 'body of Tamil Tiger leader Prabhakaran -- Times Online
Death of Rebel Leader Marks 'End of an Era' in Sri Lanka -- Washington Post
Tamil Tiger leader was seen as ruthless innovator -- L.A. Times
Sri Lanka Declares Rebel Chief Dead, Ending War -- Wall Street Journal
Sri Lanka Claims Total Control of Island Nation -- Voice of America.
Joy and wariness in Sri Lanka -- BBC
Police hurt as UK Tamil protests turn violent -- Times Online
What now for Sri Lanka? -- BBC
Background on 25-year conflict in Sri Lanka -- AP
In pictures: Sri Lanka victorious -- BBC
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