Sri Lanka (34 pics + text)

Barely three months after the terrorist organization "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam» (LTTE or simply "Tamil Tigers") was defeated in the civil war that lasted for decades, Sri Lanka, and across the country already there are new signs of economic recovery and finding people a sense of security. Government and commercial organizations are working hard to restore the tourism industry, which began to decline because of the terrorist attacks, and fishermen are enjoying the opportunity to fish in the harbor before long to be under the supervision of the military. Although the mood in the country is quite optimistic, and the international community to help the recovery process through loans and other types of support, there are still many questions to the tactics of the government, which has pursued in the last weeks of the war - and there are concerns about the current attitude towards refugees, Tamils. Amnesty International project "Science of Human Rights" recently published an analysis of the images disturbing fenced military zone, made from the satellite - and the police in Sri Lanka still will not let go of journalists and keeps the refugees within the camps.






1. Buddhist monk looks out from behind the Buddhist flag at the temple on the island Kogalla, on the outskirts of Galle in Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



2. Students walking down the stairs after a visit to a stone fortress in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, in the Sunday, August 2, 2009. Sigiriya (Lion's Rock) - an ancient stone fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Sri Lanka - is a place made to the list World Heritage sites. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



3. A boy holding an oil lamp in front of Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth), taking part in a procession during the Esala Perahera festival in the ancient mountain capital of Kandy 4 August 2009. The festival is famous overnight process Kandy dancers, fire show, traditional musicians and elephants, it attracts thousands of spectators from around the country. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



4. Cadets of the officer corps of Sri Lanka marching in a ceremony in honor of the release of 281 army officer in the central mountain town Diyatalava July 4, 2009. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / Getty Images)



5. The captain of the Pakistani cricket team Yunus Khan (right) kicks the ball during the first friendly match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the International Stadium for the game of cricket in Galle July 4, 2009. (LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP / Getty Images)



6. Player Sri Lanka national cricket team Mattia Muralitharan takes the ball to the warm-up before the second match of the championship of the international cricket between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Friday 31 July 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



7. A fisherman prepares network Kandalama Lake, near the town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka, July 31, 2009. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



8. A visitor looks at the mural on a rock in a stone fortress in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. Sigiriya (Lion's rock) - a popular tourist destination known for its ancient frescoes. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



9. The shadow of a stone fortress on the green "cap" of the trees in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, 2 August 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



10. The dancers perform in front of Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth), taking part in a procession during the Esala Perahera festival in the ancient mountain capital of Kandy, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2009. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



11. A person holding a 3 day green turtle hatchling before releasing it into the ocean at the hatchery in Kosgoda in the north of Galle, Sri Lanka, July 7, 2009. Of the eight species of turtles in the world, five of them live in Sri Lanka. Hatching station for turtles along the coast provide income for people who are being watched, as well as help fight the destruction of turtle eggs. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



12. Three elephants, including one that bears a container with a relic - a tooth of the Buddha (center), facing the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) during the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2009 . (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash (SRI LANKA RELIGION ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY)



13. Elephant grazing in the park for elephants in Pinnavale, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Park elephant cares about lost parents in the jungles of Sri Lanka elephants. Mahout, or mahouts, elephants are fed and discharged them twice a day to the nearest river to swim and they drank water. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



14. Herd of elephants bathing in the river near the shelter for elephants in Pinnavale, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



15. In this photo taken July 7, 2009, the Tamil refugee who has lost the house because of the conflict between military forces and the "Tamil Tigers", looks out the window of his school in a refugee camp in the northern district Cheddukulame in Vavuniya. The military of Sri Lanka prohibits refugees to return to homes and keep them in a carefully guarded camp, where journalists can get only if accompanied by representatives of local authorities. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / Getty Images)



16. Protected military Tamils ​​prepare to board the bus, before heading home to the transit station in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, 5 August 2009. Recently Sri Lanka sent about 1,000 refugees back home from the overcrowded camps in the north. (AP Photo / Eranga Jayawardena)



17. Dr. Tamil of Sri Lanka (left to right) V. Shanmugaradzha, Turaradzha Varataradzha and Tangamuttu Satumurti preparing for a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 8, 2009. Group of doctors from Sri Lanka, who worked in a war zone and were under police arrest about two months, appeared before the media on Wednesday to recant their reports of mass civilian casualties during the last days of the Civil War. (AP Photo / Eranga Jayawardena)



18. Photo taken June 8, 2009: forced to flee their homes Tamil citizens gathered near the well in a refugee camp on the farm Mannik in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo)



19. Tamil child who lost homes due to fighting between the military and the rebels of the organization "Tamil Tigers" in a makeshift bandage hospital in the camp, where the authorities hold the refugees in Vavuniya District 7 July 2009. (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / Getty Images)



20. Buddha statue is reflected in a lake in Tsumani Hongandzhi Vihara in Peral north of Galle, Sri Lanka, July 7, 2009. The statue in Vihara, as the very coast, was built with the help of Japan after the 2004 tsunami. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



21. People sit on the edge of the tower on the walls of the Danish fort of the 16th century at sunset in Galle, Sri Lanka, July 8, 2009. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



22. In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, the fishermen of Sri Lanka, also known here as fishermen on sticks, sit on their stilts, stuck in the bottom of the ocean, surrounding Koggala south of Galle, Sri Lanka . (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



23. Lankan fisherman evades the waves, heading to his stilts to the south of Galle, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



24. A native of Sri Lanka looks out the window of a passing car Halle train to Thursday, 9 July 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



25. Suburban train Sri Lanka stands on the station in the section of the route from Galle to Colombo to Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Thursday July 9, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



26. Merchant holds video-CD, the cover of which Sri Lanka's army is fighting with the rebels, "Tamil Tiger" and a poster with a picture of the Lord Buddha. The picture was taken on a train moving at a speed of 50 km per hour, which travels to the north of Galle, Sri Lanka, in the Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



27. torchbearers Sri Lanka waiting for the opening of the annual festival of Kandy Esala Perahera, held for the first time after the Civil War, July 27, 2009 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Eight people were killed in the shelling of the church, part of which was destroyed in the attack organization "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam" in 1998. This year, organizers expect to increase the number of visitors almost twice as many lost their fear of terrorist attacks after the Civil War, which lasted for decades. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)



28. Hindus take part in a procession of carriages during the annual festival in Vellavatte Chariot, Sri Lanka, July 26, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)



29. The monkey is resting on the walls of a stone fortress in Sigiriya, near Dambulla, while the second leads her into the proper form, July 26, 2009. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



30. Lankan dancers in traditional costumes of the dance troupe "Budavatta" perform a dance during the campaign "Discover Sri Lanka" in New Delhi, India, Friday, July 31, 2009. The campaign was launched by the Ministry of Tourism and airlines of Sri Lanka, to attract Indian tour operators and tourists. (AP Photo / Manish Swarup)



31. Christian priest keeps the statuette "Madonna's Travels", while its main statue is in the flower decorations (right) on a fishing boat in the port Negambo, Sri Lanka, Sunday July 19, 2009. Fishermen Christians participate in the traditional annual procession in honor of the Madonna, the patron of a journey that begins in the local church, and then continues in the ocean by boat. This procession - an expression of gratitude for her blessing to a safe journey. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)



32. Fishermen pushing a boat on the beach of Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, July 7, 2009. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



33. Fisher enters the water in the district Koggala, Sri Lanka, Thursday July 9, 2009. (AP Photo / Gurinder Osan)

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