Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) has a garment put around him by Minister of Water Supply and Drainage A. L. M. Athaullah after addressing the nation in the parliament in Colombo May 19, 2009. Rajapaksa said the entire country was now under government control, saying "We have totally liberated the country from Tamil Tiger terrorism. Now we have established our rule in the entire country." Sri Lanka declared total victory on Monday in one of the world's most intractable wars, after killing the separatist Tamil Tigers' leader and taking control of the entire country for the first time since 1983. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA CONFLICT POLITICS)
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