Sri Lanka's president has appointed a Tamil judge as the new chief justice - the first member of the minority community to hold the post in decades.
Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan, 62, was sworn in in the capital Colombo.
President Maithripala Sirisena, from the majority Sinhalese community, has sought reconciliation with Tamils after the separatist war that ended in 2009.
About 100,000 people have been killed during the conflict that erupted in the 1980s. Full story...
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Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan, 62, was sworn in in the capital Colombo.
President Maithripala Sirisena, from the majority Sinhalese community, has sought reconciliation with Tamils after the separatist war that ended in 2009.
About 100,000 people have been killed during the conflict that erupted in the 1980s. Full story...
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