Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda gestures during a meeting in Colombo

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures during a meeting with the international media in Colombo January 27, 2010. Rajapaksa won re-election on Wednesday in an historic post-war vote but his chief rival, General Sarath Fonseka, called for the results to be nullified after soldiers surrounded him in a luxury hotel. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA – Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)