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India to give 500 cr as relief to Lanka Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 19, 2009, New Delhi As Sri Lanka announced the end of the war against LTTE with the killing of its chief V Prabhakaran, National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon are expected to travel there in the next few days along with a Rs 500-crore rehabilitation package. More»

Guarantee rights to Tamils: US daily Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Washington Stating that LTTE which killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was "rightly" branded as a terror outfit by the US and India, a leading daily has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to guarantee the rights of Tamils for lasting peace in the country after the defeat of the rebels. More»

'DNA tests prove Prabhakaran is dead' Nitin Gokhale, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Colombo With a pro-LTTE website raising questions over his death, the Sri Lankan army on Tuesday said Velupillai Prabhakaran's body has been found. "Prabhakaran's body was found near Nandikadal lagoon (in the No Fire Zone)," military spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara said. He said Prabhakaran was in uniform and there were bullet wounds on his head. More»

'Prabhakaran never listened to anyone' Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Colombo Velupillai Prabhakaran met with a violent death as he ignored pleas to shun violence and join the mainstream by rejecting recent overtures from the government for a peaceful settlement, a former close confidante of the slain LTTE chief said on Tuesday. More»

Prabhakaran’s death: Repercussions in TN NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Chennai The news of LTTE chief Prabhakaran's death is showing its repercussions in Tamil Nadu. In Salem district, activists belonging to Centre for Protection of Civil Liberties indulged in arson, damaging buses and forcing shops to be shut. Police have arrested around thirty of them. More»

Europe protests over Lanka Associated Press, Tuesday May 19, 2009, London Protests broke out across Europe on Monday after Sri Lanka declared it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils. More»

Is Prabhakaran alive? Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Colombo A pro-LTTE website, Tamilnet.com, on Tuesday claimed that the Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran is still "alive and safe", a day after Sri Lankan army announced that it has killed the top rebel leader. More»

EU for SL war crimes probe Associated Press, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Brussels European Union nations called on Monday for an independent war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka. More»

Victory against LTTE achieved: Rajapaksa Press Trust of India, Tuesday May 19, 2009, Colombo Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday declared that the war against the LTTE was over as he reached out to the Tamil population saying their protection was the responsibility of his government. Addressing Parliament a day after the Army claimed to have wiped out the entire LTTE leadership including its supremo V Prabhakaran, Rajapaksa said, "victory against the LTTE has been achieved". More»

Lanka kills its biggest terrorist Nitin Gokhale, Dhanpal, Monday May 18, 2009, Colombo After 30 years, the people can finally look forward to the peace and calm they deserve. The Sri Lankan army has killed the leader of the LTTE, Velupilllai Prabhakaran. More»