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And it’s apparent that Nick loves the game. During practice, he sings: “Walk, walk, walk—hold it, put it in. That’s you, Pabs, hit—hit!” Nick surveys his teammates. Botero rode all his life...
• Is regarded with an almost mystical reverence by followers, thanks to a personality cult maintained by constant LTTE propaganda and his remarkable ability to escape capture whenever backed into a corner.
For more than 30 years, Velupillai Prabhakaran has been Sri Lanka's most wanted man. The authorities now believe they have cornered the elusive commander of one of the world's deadliest and most resilient insurgencies. Sri Lankan military officials said on Sunday that more than 500 cadres of the...
Prabhakaran, known among his acolytes simply as "the leader," has been sought by the Sri Lankan authorities ever since the 1976 murder of Alfred Duraiappah, then mayor of the northern city of Jaffna. But until now he has eluded capture in his jungle hideaways and, reportedly, on occasional clandestine trips...
A secretive nature, bordering on paranoia, has helped Prabhakaran, who was born in 1956, stay ahead of his opponents. He burned all existing photographs of himself when he went into hiding and has not allowed himself to be seen in public since the 2002 press conference. The only recent photographs...