Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (C) waves after disembarking his airplane at Colombo airport May 17, 2009. Rajapaksa returned to the country early on Sunday, the day after he said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had been defeated militarily in the 25-year civil war. The Tamil Tigers announced on the pro-rebel website www.TamilNet.com on Sunday that they had conceded their war with the Sri Lankan government, saying it had reached its "bitter end" and they had decided to "silence their guns". [Agencies]  |
News story: Sri Lanka rebels concede defeat in civil war
