2 May 2010 06:50 am
Mine clearing personnel search for unexploded mines in Elephant Pass, the main land route connecting Colombo to the island's northern Jaffna peninsular, in May. The army estimates over a million mines and unexploded devices were buried in the war-torn north by the now defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, during the 37-year ethnic conflict that the United Nations estimates, claimed over 100,000 lives. Sri Lanka plans to have a victory day parade on May 18, to commemorate the day government troops killed the Tiger chief and ended the rebels' bloody campaign for a separate state. AFP