A 'sign" of victory

9 April 2010 01:36 pm



A man walks past an election billboard of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo on April 9, 2010. Rajapakse's ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance Party claimed victory in the parliamentary poll that was marked by a record low turnout and voter intimidation which resulted in fresh voting being ordered in two of the island's 22 electoral districts. AFP