Sri Lanka Unrest

In this photo provided by Sri Lanka's President's Office, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, greets former Tamil Tiger leader Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, also known by his nom de guerre 'Karuna,' in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, after he was sworn in as a legislator in Sri Lanka's parliament. Muralitharan defected from the Tamil Tigers in 2004 with thousands of men and formed his own militia. The next year, his group joined the Sri Lankan government in its fight against the Tigers and helped government forces chase rebels from their eastern strongholds.