A member of the military personnel guards near the wreckage of a bus after a bomb explosion at the Motratuwa suburb of Colombo June 6, 2008. A morning rush hour blast in a suburb of Sri Lanka's capital killed 20 people and wounded 40 on Friday, police said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Jenitha Jeyarajah looks at her baby Abilash or "Baby 81" in a Hindu temple in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, February 16, 2005. Sri Lanka's "Baby 81" finally recovered his parents and name on Wednesday, two months after he was found alive in tsunami debris. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi Pictures of the Month February 2005 Pictures of the Year 2005 AL/YH 

Young Sri Lankan schoolgirls play on one of the many beaches in the capital
Colombo's Galle Face on February 18, 2003. Sri Lanka will mark the first
anniversary of a truce between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels on
Saturday. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi
Pictures of the month February 2003

AL/CP 

A Sri Lankan boy is lifted into the air as he hangs on to a giant kite
during the annual kite festival in Colombo, September 15, 2002. The
largest kite, some 760 square foot had to be handled by more than 50
people. A large crowd had gathered to watch the festival where more
than 400 kites were on display. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

AL/DL 

The body of a Tamil Tiger rebel killed in an exchange of fire with the
Sri Lankan security forces lies on the tarmac of the Katunayake
International Airport after the pre-dawn attack on the airport by
rebels on the 18th anniversary of the country's ethnic war in Colombo
July 24, 2001. The death toll from a pre-dawn attack by Tamil Tiger
rebels that closed Sri Lanka's only international airport on Tuesday
rose to 18 with at least 12 more wounded, the military said. YEAREND
PICTURES 2001 REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

AL/CP 

A policeman stands guard at the scene of a shooting in Athurugiriya, a suburb of Colombo November 14, 2008. Kumaraswami Nandagoban alias Ragu, personal secretary of Eastern Province Chief Minister and former Tamil rebel Pillayan, and another person were shot dead while they were travelling in a car in Athurugiriya, police said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Residents walk through a flooded road after torrential rain in the Ja-Ela suburb of Colombo October 24, 2008. At least six districts in Sri Lanka have experienced flooding this week, according to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Youth play kabaddi on the Mount Lavinia beach in Colombo September 18, 2008. Kabaddi is a popular team sport played in South Asia. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Family members mourn at the funeral of commando regiment Lance Corporal Suminda Malaka in Ragama, 15 km (9.3 miles) northwest from Colombo, September 10, 2008. Malaka was killed during a military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in in northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi. Sri Lankan jets blasted the Tamil Tigers' intelligence headquarters on Wednesday, striking back the day after a rebel air and ground assault on a major military base killed at least 25 people, the military said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lankan Army commando regiment members march during the funeral procession of Lance Corporal Suminda Malaka in Ragama, 15 km (9.3 miles) northwest from Colombo, September 10, 2008. Malaka was killed during a military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi. Sri Lankan jets blasted the Tamil Tigers' intelligence headquarters on Wednesday, striking back the day after a rebel air and ground assault on a major military base killed at least 25 people, the military said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lankan police officers secure the street near the site of an explosion in Colombo, September 8, 2008. A blast in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo wounded at least nine people on Monday, but the military said it was a criminal attack that was not related to the war with rebel Tamil Tiger separatists. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A Sri Lankan police Special Task Force (STF) member is seen during a ceremony for war heroes at Katukurunda training school in Kaluthara September 1, 2008. The ceremony is to honour members who have died fighting against Tamil Tiger rebels since 1984. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lanka's Thilan Thushara jumps to avoid a ball played by striker Jehan Mubarak during their fifth and final one-day international cricket match against India in Colombo August 29, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

India's cricket team members celebrate winning their five-match series of one-day international cricket matches against Sri Lanka in Colombo August 29, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis (3rd L) celebrates with teammates Kumar Sangakkara (L) and Chamara Kapugedera (2nd L) the dismissal of India's Yuvraj Singh (R) during their fifth and final one-day international cricket match in Colombo August 29, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A student protester who was injured after clashes with the police during an attempted march towards the president's house demanding for job opportunities for university leavers is pictured in Colombo August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Student protesters run after the police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a protest march towards the president's house demanding for job opportunities for university leavers in Colombo August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A wild elephant looks out as it is loaded onto a truck at the Eth Athuru Sevana elephant rehabilitation home in Udawalawa June 14, 2008. Eight wild elephants, six male and two female, that were nursed back to health at the rehabilitation home from injuries sustained in the wild have been released into the Udawalawa National forest with special collars around their necks to help monitor their behaviour, wild officials said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A relative of a victim of a bus explosion weeps after identifying the body his family member at a hospital at the Kalubowila suburb of Colombo June 6, 2008. A roadside bomb exploded near a crowded passenger bus in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding 47, the military said. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA) 

A man steers a makeshift raft through a flooded street at a village in Kalenimulla, Colombo, June 2, 2008. Floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 16 and forced thousands of people from their homes in Sri Lanka, with some taking shelter in schools and temples, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A child waits to cross a flooded street at a village in Kalenimulla, Colombo, June 2, 2008. Floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 16 and forced thousands of people from their homes in Sri Lanka, with some taking shelter in schools and temples, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A child waits to cross a flooded street at a village in Kalenimulla, Colombo, June 2, 2008. Floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 16 and forced thousands of people from their homes in Sri Lanka, with some taking shelter in schools and temples, officials said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A soldier inspects a community bus at a checkpoint leading to the city in Colombo May 26, 2008. Sri Lanka intensified its vigilance on public transport after two bombs were found on two passenger buses over the weekend, according to government newspapers. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A wounded man is taken to the hospital after a bomb explosion in the Colombo suburb of Dehiwala May 26, 2008. At least seven people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded on a train during rush hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, military officials said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Buddhist monks and relatives attend a religious ceremony during the funeral of monk Vepathaira Chanananda at the cemetery in Piliyandala, a suburb of Colombo April 29, 2008. Chanananda and another 25 people were killed in a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb explosion on a packed community bus on Friday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Buddhist monks mourn during the funeral of young monk Vepathaira Chanananda in Piliyandala, a suburb of Colombo, April 29, 2008. Monk Chanananda was among 25 people killed during a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb explosion on a packed community bus on Friday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A hot air balloon is prepared to fly during the 2008 Sri Lanka Balloon Festival at Sigiriya, about 130 kilometres north of Colombo, April 1, 2008. About 70 participants from European nations and Japan joined the festival which runs from from March 26 to April 4. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Wolfgang Baldinger, an Austrian hot air balloonist, prepares his balloon during the 2008 Sri Lanka Balloon Festival at Sigiriya, about 130 kilometres north of Colombo, April 1, 2008. About 70 participants from European nations and Japan joined the festival which runs from from March 26 to April 4. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

People look at the site of a bomb explosion where a body lies on a street in Colombo March 10, 2008. A suspected rebel bomb exploded in a mostly Tamil residential area of the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, killing one and wounding five, including children, military sources said. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Relatives mourn over the body of 18-year-old ethnic Tamil student Rajarathnam Radheeshwaran before his funeral procession at his residence in Colombo February 6, 2008. Rajarathnam, who was a member of his college baseball team, was among the 11 people who were killed after a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomber blew herself up at a packed railway station in the capital on the eve of the country's 60th independence anniversary. The blast also wounded 92 people. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Relatives mourn the death of 18-year-old ethnic Tamil student Rajarathnam Radheeshwaran before his funeral procession in Colombo February 6, 2008. Rajarathnam, who was a member of his college baseball team, was among the 11 people who was killed after a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide bomber blew herself up at a packed railway station in the capital on the eve of the country's 60th independence anniversary. The blast also wounded 92 people. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

England's Matthew Prior makes an attempt to jump onto the crease during the final day of the first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kandy, December 5, 2007. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates with team mates Lasith Malinga (L) and Chamara Silva (C) after taking the wicket of England's Ian Bell during their first test cricket match in Kandy, December 2, 2007. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Spectators watch the second day of the one-day international cricket match between England and Sri Lanka in Dambulla October 4, 2007. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sailors salute as the Sri Lankan navy's SLNS Sayura, a Sukanya-class patrol boat, approaches a naval headquarters in Trincomalee September 17, 2007. Navy personnel were returning from an operation to destroy Tamil Tigers' supply vessels. The Sri Lanka government welcomed the sailors with a traditional ceremonial reception. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A professional Kandyan dancer performs during the annual Buddhist cultural pageant, "Esala Perahera", in Kandy, August 26, 2007. Thousands of people are attending the pageant in the ancient central hill capital of Kandy. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lanka's Malinga Bandara (R) and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara (L) appeal unsuccessfully against Bangladesh?s Mohammad Ashraful during their second one-day international cricket match in Colombo July 23, 2007. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A Sri Lankan army multi-barrel rocket launcher fires at a Tamil Tiger rebel position at the Thoppigala jungle in Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka July 10, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will lose their last foothold in the island's restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau overnight, the ground commander in the area said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A government soldier loads rockets into a multi-barrel rocket launcher at the Thoppigala jungle in Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka July 10, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will lose their last foothold in the island's restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau overnight, the ground commander in the area said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lankan soldiers walk back to their camp in the Thoppigala jungle in the Batticaloa district July 9, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will lose their last foothold in the island's restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau overnight, the ground commander in the area said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lankan soldiers walk back their camp in the Thoppigala jungle in the Batticaloa district July 9, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers will lose their last foothold in the island's restive east within days after troops captured a strategic plateau overnight, the ground commander in the area said on Monday. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

A boy looks up before getting ready for the ceremony to be ordained as a Samanera, or novice Buddhist monk, in Colombo May 26, 2007. Although the minimum age to be ordained as Buddhist monks is 20 years old, boys under that age are allowed to be ordained as novices. Novices shave their heads, wear yellow robes, and observe ten basic precepts. The Sri Lanka government in 2006 set the target of ordaining 2,550 novice monks to commemorate the 2,550th anniversary of the passing of the Buddha, which fell last year. However, fewer parents are agreeing to give up their children for ordination, according to a statement by the Ministry of Buddhism. Picture taken May 26, 2007. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Sri Lankan cricket fans participate in a Buddhist religious ceremony to offer blessings to the country's cricket team at a temple in Colombo April 27, 2007. Sri Lanka will play against Australia in the World Cup cricket final on April 28. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

An air force medical officer treats a wounded airman after an air raid by Tamil Tiger rebels, in Colombo, March 26, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers dropped bombs on an air force base by Colombo international airport from light aircraft on Monday, killing several airmen and wounding others. The rebels warned more attacks would follow. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (SRI LANKA) 

Fishermen push a small boat through a lagoon after catching fish near the Haji Ali Mosque in Mumbai, December 29, 2006. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (INDIA) 

A man prays to the sea at the Gateway of India in Mumbai December 25, 2006. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (INDIA) 

A Muslim woman prays at the historic Nizamud-din mosque in New Delhi December 11, 2006. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (INDIA) 

Sri Lankan government soldiers and police officers look at the identity cards of commuters during a special cordon search at a street in the Boralla area, Colombo, November, 27, 2006.REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi (REUTERS) 

A Tamil woman holding a baby walks past a wall of Nallur Hindu temple in Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, February 16, 2006. Crunch talks between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels in Switzerland next week will determine if there is peace or war, the rebels say, branding President Mahinda Rajapakse's refusal to consider a separate Tamil state 'childish'. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

People pray for peace during a candle light ceremony organised by the National Movement of Peace at Independent Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 31, 2005. Picture taken December 31, 2005.REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

A Canadian surfer walks back to a hotel in the sunset after a day's surfing at Hikkaduwa beach, which was hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami last year, in southern Sri Lanka December 26, 2005. Countries around the Indian Ocean held ceremonies on Monday to remember the many thousands who died in last year's tsunami, one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

A tourist looks at the tsunami-hit Hikkaduwa beach in southern Sri Lanka December 26, 2005. Mourners from across the world wept, prayed and observed moments of silence along ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines on Monday to remember those killed by one of nature's deadliest disasters. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

One-year-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah, also known as "Baby 81", plays at a new home in Cheddipalaiyam village in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka, October 20, 2005. Nearly 10 months after he was found among debris to become a beacon of hope and tsunami-devastated Sri Lanka's best-known survivor, "Baby 81" celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday with a trip to a Hindu temple. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

One-year-old tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah, also known as "Baby 81", plays with his father Murugupillai Jeyarajah in Cheddipalaiyam village in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka, October 20, 2005. Nearly 10 months after he was found among debris to become a beacon of hope and tsunami-devastated Sri Lanka's best-known survivor, "Baby 81" celebrated his first birthday on Wednesday with a trip to a Hindu temple. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi Pictures of the month October 2005 

West Indies Best drops catch off Sri Lankan Atapattu during their triangular one day-series match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. West Indies bowler Tino Best drops a catch off Sri Lankan batsman Marvan Atapattu during their triangular one day-series match at Rangiri Dambulu cricket stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, August 2, 2005. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi Pictures of the Month August 2005 

A Sri Lankan Buddhist woman offer incense sticks to Buddha at Kelaniya Temple near Colombo on the full moon day of Vesak. A Sri Lankan Buddhist woman offer incense sticks to Buddha at Kelaniya Temple near Colombo on the full moon day of Vesak, May 23, 2005. Buddhists in Sri Lanka celebrated Vesak Day on Monday to honour the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha more than 2,000 years ago. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

A tourist walks past as Sri Lankan workers rebuild a small tourist hotel in Unawatuna, southern Sri Lanka. A tourist walks past as Sri Lankan workers rebuild a small tourist hotel, which was destroyed by the Asian tsunami, in Unawatuna, southern Sri Lanka April 10, 2005. Traditionally Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese and Tamil communities hold late night parties to mark the same New Year in April. But as the Indian Ocean island struggles to return to normality after the December 26, 2004 tsunami swept around 40,000 people to their deaths and flattened coastal towns and villages, this year's festival is low key out of respect for the dead. Picture taken April 10, 2005. 

A Sri Lankan novice Buddhist monk lights an oil lamp on a mass grave where tsunami victims were buried in Peraliya. A Sri Lankan novice Buddhist monk lights an oil lamp on a mass grave where tsunami victims were buried, exactly three months after the disaster in Peraliya, southern Sri Lanka, March 26, 2005. Hundreds of people flocked to Peraliya on Saturday and lit 2,500 oil lamps and paper lanterns in remembrance of all tsunami victims. Saturday marked three months since the disaster, which killed an estimated 182,000 people around the Indian Ocean with a further 106,000 reported missing. Pictures of the Month March 2005 REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi 

A Sri Lankan toddy tapper, Ajith, crosses wires linking coconut trees in the tsunami-hit southern Sri Lankan village of Payagala March 17 2005. Toddy is a drink made with alcoholic liquor, hot water, sugar, and sometimes spices. Less coconut trees can now be tapped for toddy production after the December 26 tsunami, which uprooted hundreds of coconuts trees. Picture taken March 17, 2005. . REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi AL/AT 

Pictures of "Baby 81" are pasted on his mother's passport application at the immigration office in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pictures of "Baby 81" are pasted on his mother's passport application which was handed to the immigration office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 25, 2005, as the family prepares to go to the U.S. The island's most celebrated tsunami survivor, three-month-old Abilash, who was found alive amid debris and then sat at the centre of a media circus as his frantic parents underwent DNA tests to win him back, is to appear in his first talk show. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi