Sri Lanka Tamil party wins local elections

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Updated March 12, 2008 22:01:19

A pro-government militia of Tamil Tiger defectors has won the first local elections in Sri Lanka's restive east in 14 years.

Presenter: Christine Webster
Speaker: Dr Palitha Kohona, Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Former Head of Sri Lanka's Peace Secretariat

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