Sri Lanka, 26 años de conflicto armado
Sri Lanka, 26 años de conflicto armado
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Photograph released by Sri Lankan military shows body of Charles Anthony, the son of LTTE's leader Prabhakaran
18.05.2009This photograph released by the Sri Lankan military on May 18, 2009 shows what the army says is the body of Charles Anthony, the son and heir apparent of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran. Sri Lankan troops won the final battle in a 25-year civil war with the Tamil Tiger separatists on Monday, putting the entire nation under government control for the first time since 1983, the military said. QUALITY FROM SOURCE. REUTERS/Sri Lankan Government/Handout (SRI LANKA MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSREUTERS -
A picture supplied by the pro-rebel organisation www.WarWithoutWitness.com shows what they say are injured Tamil civilians at a makeshift hospital in northern Sri Lanka
18.05.2009A picture supplied by the pro-rebel organisation www.WarWithoutWitness.com shows what they say are injured Tamil civilians on May 13, 2009 at a makeshift hospital inside the 'No Fire Zone' in northern Sri Lanka. Shelling killed a Red Cross worker inside Sri Lanka's war zone on Wednesday, the aid agency said, while troops and the Tamil Tigers battled in an intensifying fight to the finish of Asia's longest modern war. Tens of thousands of civilians are still trapped inside the less than 5 square km (2 sq miles) of battlefield left in Asia's longest modern war. REUTERS/www.WarWithoutWitness.com/Handout (SRI LANKA MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS) QUALITY FROM SOURCE FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSREUTERS -
People light fireworks in front of a billboard showing a photograph of Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa in Colombo
18.05.2009People light fireworks in front of a billboard showing a photograph of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in central Colombo May 18, 2009. Sri Lankan troops won the final battle in one of the world's most intractable separatist wars, and put the island nation under government control for the first time since 1983, the military said. In the climactic final gunbattle, special forces troops killed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran as he tried to flee the war zone in an ambulance early on Monday, state television reported. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe. (SRI LANKA POLITICS CONFLICT)REUTERS
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