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Day of reckoning for former allies
Tension on streets as supporters of former Army chief say they will fight for power.
Tension on streets as supporters of former Army chief say they will fight for power.
Seven months after Sri Lanka's long and bitter civil war was brought to an end by a withering government assault, the political coalition that supported the Tamil Tigers has thrown its support behind the former army chief who crushed them.
In 1999, on the eve of the millennium, the Herald interviewed 10 young people who represented the future. A decade on, we catch up with a few of them.
There are a million questions one could ask the woman sitting on a Sri Lankan hospital bed, but for now only one matters: is she Padma Wawlanbokke?
Australia and Sri Lanka have agreed to toughen measures against people smugglers.
Daniel Vettori says NZers will have every right to question what is going on if his team fail in their next two Champions Trophy matches.