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India's Virender Sehwag watches his shot during the first day ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Virender Sehwag watches his shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Gautam Gambhir watches his shot during the first day ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir watches his shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Virender Sehwag (L) hugs team mate Gautam Gambhir after ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Virender Sehwag (L) hugs team mate Gautam Gambhir after scoring a century against Sri Lanaka during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. Indian openers Gambhir and Sehwag struck sparkling centuries as India amassed 417-2 to take a firm grip of the second test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking the wicket ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking the wicket of India's Gautam Gambhir during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (L) celebrates with teammate ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (L) celebrates with teammate Prasanna Jayawardene after taking the wicket of India's Gautam Gambhir (R) during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Rahul Dravid plays a shot during the first day of their ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Rahul Dravid plays a shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

A dog walks past campaign posters of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A dog walks past campaign posters of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo November 24, 2009. Rajapaksa has signed a proclamation saying the government will hold presidential elections, probably in mid-January, ahead of a parliamentary poll, a senior cabinet minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A woman walks past campaign posters of Sri Lanka's President ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks past campaign posters of Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo November 24, 2009. Rajapaksa has signed a proclamation saying the government will hold presidential elections, probably in mid-January, ahead of a parliamentary poll, a senior cabinet minister said on Monday. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Sri Lanka's navy on Tuesday seized four fishing trawlers carrying ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lanka's navy on Tuesday seized four fishing trawlers carrying 142 illegal migrants heading for Australia, a spokesman said. Photo:Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP

India's Gautam Gambhir (R) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Tharanga ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir (R) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Tharanga Paranavitana watches during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara tries to stop a shot off ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara tries to stop a shot off the bat of India's Virender Sehwag (L) during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Virender Sehwag (R) takes a run as Sri Lanka's Muttiah ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Virender Sehwag (R) takes a run as Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan watches during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Virender Sehwag plays a shot during the first day of ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Virender Sehwag plays a shot during the first day of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicket keeper ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicket keeper Prasanna Jayawardene (R) watches during the first day of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Gautam Gambhir evades a rising ball during their second ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir evades a rising ball during their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara (R-L), India's Sachin Tendulkar ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara (R-L), India's Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan walk during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara (R) speaks with India's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara (R) speaks with India's Sachin Tendulkar (L) as Muttiah Muralitharan watches during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara inspects the pitch as teammate ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara inspects the pitch as teammate Muttiah Muralitharan (R) watches during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match against India in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Rahul Dravid exercises during a practice session ahead ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Rahul Dravid exercises during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Gautam Gambhir gestures as policemen watch during a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir gestures as policemen watch during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls during a practice session ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls during a practice session ahead of their second test cricket match against India in Kanpur November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lankan asylum seekers disembark from an Australian as they ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lankan asylum seekers disembark from an Australian as they are transferred to the Indonesian island of Bintan near Singapore. Australia has moved to tighten security at its main immigration centre after a riot by 150 asylum-seekers, reportedly wielding pool cues, broomsticks and tree branches, left 37 wounded. Photo:Parlin Manungkalit/AFP

Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil children gather ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:11:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil children gather to take a look at a public function in progress across the fence, at a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eranga Jayawardena)

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard as war-displaced civilians ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard as war-displaced civilians look on at a state-run internment camp in Vavuniya. Sri Lanka has said it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community. Photo:Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP

Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians peer from behind barbed wire ...

(AFP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians peer from behind barbed wire fences surrounding their internment camp in Vavuniya, on November 21. Sri Lanka said it plans to allow some 136,328 war-displaced civilians to come and go freely from their camps from December 1 with resettlement completed by January 31, 2010. Photo:Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP

Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils react when they ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils react when they hear news that they can leave, at a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya November 21, 2009. According to government officials, the government on December 1 will start releasing the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in government-run camps where they have been held at since the war ended six months ago. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)

Soldiers stand guard near internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers stand guard near internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils at a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya November 21, 2009. According to government officials, the government on December 1 will start releasing the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in government-run camps where they have been held at since the war ended six months ago. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)

Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil children look at ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil children look at a soldier at a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya November 21, 2009. On December 1, the government will start releasing the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in government-run camps where they have been held at since the war ended six months ago. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS MILITARY)

Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils look over a fence ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Internally displaced Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils look over a fence as they stand inside a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya November 21, 2009. On December 1, the government will start releasing the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in government-run camps where they have been held at since the war ended six months ago. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS)

India's Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the final day of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot during the final day of their first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Vangipurappu Laxman watches his shot during the final ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Vangipurappu Laxman watches his shot during the final day of their first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet to celebrate ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet to celebrate scoring his century against Sri Lanka during the final day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Sachin Tendulkar (R) watches his shot as Sri Lanka's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar (R) watches his shot as Sri Lanka's Tharanga Paranavitana looks on during the final day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Sri Lanka Brian Aitken gestures during a media conference in Colombo November 20, 2009. Aitken is in Sri Lanka for 10 days to hold discussions on the second review of a $2.6 billion loan from the IMF. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS BUSINESS)

Leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Sri Lanka Brian Aitken waits for the start of a media conference in Colombo November 20, 2009. Aitken is on Sri Lanka for 10 days to hold discussions on the second review of a $2.6 billion loan from the IMF. REUTERS/Stringer (SRI LANKA POLITICS BUSINESS)

India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet after scoring ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat and helmet after scoring a century against Sri Lanka during the final day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET IMAGES OF THE DAY)

India's Sachin Tendulkar (L) and team mate Vangipurappu Laxman ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar (L) and team mate Vangipurappu Laxman run between the wickets during the final day of their first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Sachin Tendulkar (R) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar (R) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene watches during the final day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Sachin Tendulkar hits a shot on the final day of the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Sachin Tendulkar hits a shot on the final day of the first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes (L) listens to a reporters question with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, during a news conference discussing Holme's visit to the north, in Colombo November 19, 2009. Holmes visited the north to see the current situation of the resettlement of the Internally Displaced People since the end of the 25-year war between the government and Tamil Tiger separatists. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA POLITICS)

Sri Lankan batsman Prasanna Jayawardene celebrates his century ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lankan batsman Prasanna Jayawardene celebrates his century in Ahmedabad on November 19. India were waging a grim battle to survive the first cricket Test after Sri Lanka went on a record-breaking batting spree on the fourth day on Thursday. Photo:Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

India's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during the fourth day of ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (L) and Prasanna Jayawardene ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (L) and Prasanna Jayawardene celebrate runs at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. India made a confident start in their bid to save the first Test after Sri Lanka enjoyed a record-breaking run-feast on the fourth day on Thursday. Photo:Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

India's Rahul Dravid (L) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Tharanga ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Rahul Dravid (L) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Tharanga Paranavitana watches during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

India's Gautam Gambhir (L) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - India's Gautam Gambhir (L) plays a shot as Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene watches during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene watches his shot during the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene watches his shot during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against India in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (L) and Prasanna Jayawardene ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (L) and Prasanna Jayawardene celebrate runs at the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. Mahela Jayawardene hit an unbeaten 267 as Sri Lanka piled up the highest total ever on Indian soil to tighten the noose around the hosts in the first Test on Thursday. Photo:Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene plays a shot during the fourth ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene plays a shot during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against India in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (R) and Prasanna Jayawardene ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (R) and Prasanna Jayawardene walk off for a lunch break during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against India in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)

Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene (R) celebrates scoring a century ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene (R) celebrates scoring a century as India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni watches during the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Ahmedabad November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA SPORT CRICKET)