A man waves a Sri Lankan national flag as he and others celebrate at a main street in central Colombo May 20, 2009. Sri Lanka's 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. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY)