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Sri Lanka had a presidential election on the 17th. The Tamil Tigers (separatist group in the north) boycotted the election. The anti-Tiger Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse won the election.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/srilanka/index.html

Ten days later the leader of the Tamil Tigers, Velupillai Prabhakaran, threatened violence.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/sri.lanka.ap/index.html

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