FILE- In this July 13, 2007, file photo, Tamil Tiger fighters get ready for a rehearsal of breaking through outer defense lines of a military camp, at a training camp in an undisclosed location deep in Tiger controlled territory, northeast
FILE- In this July 13, 2007, file photo, Tamil Tiger fighters get ready for a rehearsal of breaking through outer defense lines of a military camp, at a training camp in an undisclosed location deep in Tiger controlled territory, northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. As lawmakers in Sri Lanka celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country’s parliamentary democracy, one of the oldest in Asia, minorities including Tamils, Christians and Muslims remain on the fringes of society. The Sinhalese-controlled legislature has done little to heal the wounds left from a quarter-century civil war that ended in 2009, and still refuses to acknowledge or investigate allegations of wartime atrocities by the government. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)