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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse (R) and Sri Lankan Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa (L) walk past Buddhist monks during the War Heroes religion ceremony in Colombo on May 9, 2013. Sri Lanka celebrates War Heroes month with a military parade scheduled for May 19. The parade celebrates the fourth anniversary of the military defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009, ending a 37-year long separatist conflict. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)