Sri Lanka's government may have announced a triumphant end to its 26-year war with the Tamil Tigers, but the country remains deeply torn, not least on the Internet. Also in this edition: the fight against malnutrition picks up on the Web.
Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil rebel group, the LTTE, acknowledged for the first time on Sunday the death of their leader Prabhakaran. Sri Lankan forces have said that he was killed in fighting a week ago.
Showing concern over the country's treatment of ethnic Tamils and other civilians, the UN has accused Sri Lankan authorities of blocking access to those trapped in the former war zone or in camps for displaced people.
Sri Lanka marked its victory over Tamil Tigers with a national holiday as the army carried out "clearing operations" in the island's north-eastern tip, where the Tamil Tigers made their last stand.
Sri Lankan television showed pictures on Tuesday of a corpse the Sri Lankan military claim is Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran. But the Tamil diaspora is reluctant to believe that their leader is dead.
A 25-year separatist conflict ended on May 18, when Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse declared victory against the Tamil rebel group LTTE, claiming that the elusive Tamil rebel chief Prabhakaran was killed in combat with the military.
In this edition: the Web reacts to the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka; the European Parliament uses the Internet to get people to vote on June 7 and an elephant gives birth live on a webcam.
Sri Lankan television aired footage of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's lifeless body after President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced the "complete defeat" of the Tiger rebels in an official victory speech to parliament.
For the nearly 80,000 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka currently living in France, news of Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran’s apparent death was met with shock, anger and widespread concern over the fates of their loved ones back home.
A statement published on the pro-rebel website Tamilnet.com insists that Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran was not killed by the military and is 'safe', although it fails to give an indication of his supposed whereabouts.
