Rajapaksa says election win a mandate for war against LTTE
                   
hindu.com     11-May-2008            

Batticaloa (AP): Sri Lanka's president on Sunday hailed his party's election victory in the country's tense Eastern Province as a mandate to push ahead with his war against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north. The election commission said the ruling United People's Freedom... [read full story]                    


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