05/19/2011
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The Economist
MAY 19TH is the second anniversary of the Sri Lankan government’s announcement that its forces had killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It marked the government’s definitive victory in a bloody 26-year civil war—one, moreover, that analysts, including this newspaper, had for years argued could never be won. Yet in the end victory was so complete that peace already seems permanent.
05/19/2011
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Hindustan Times
As the government begins celebrating two years of its military victory against the Tamil rebels, tens of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are yet to be permanently resettled in the war ravaged northern districts. Latest updates from the United Nations (UN) reveal that more than 117888 IDPs were yet to be resettled.
05/18/2011
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BBC, BBC Sinhala
One of the bloodiest wars of modern times ended exactly two years ago when the Sri Lankan state vanquished its nemesis, the separatist Tamil Tigers.