Sri Lanka president wins re-election
Sri Lankan state television reports that President Mahinda Rajapaksa has won re-election in a hard-fought contest against his former army chief. Rupavahini television reported Wednesday that Rajapaksa decisively beat Sarath Fonseka. The election pitted two men considered war heroes by the Sinhalese majority for winning the country's quarter-century civil war. VOA News: Sri Lanka President Declared Re-Elected, Top Rival Claims Results Rigged. The choice was between a mass murderer and his henchman. The mass murderer won. Democracy lost. TimesOnline: Troops surround Sri Lanka opposition leader Sarath Fonseka's hotel.