(NSI News Source Info) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - May 20, 2009: In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military on May 20, 2009, soldiers from the Sri Lankan army stand near what they say are captured weapons during a ceremony to celebrate their victory near the town of Mullaittivu, northern Sri Lanka.
The military declared total victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after a climactic gunbattle on Monday, putting Sri Lanka completely back under government rule for the first time since the war erupted in 1983.
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