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...country's top military commander in May 2009, Fonseka was the architect of the final campaign that encircled the last remaining Tamil Tiger positions from the north and east and led to the killing of the Tigers' notorious leader, Velupillai Prabakharan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarath Fonseka | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...Muralitharan. He is not a politician or a pop star. He is a southern-born Tamil, the son of a candy maker, blessed with the unlikely ability to spin a cricket ball like a top. In Tamil-controlled territory only the fearsome and reclusive Tamil Tiger rebel leader Velupillai Prabakharan matches his legend. In the bombed-out streets of Jaffna on the northern peninsula, Muralitharan's picture is pasted on bullet-pocked walls in ads hawking insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bowled Over by the Gentleman's Game | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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