Newspapers across the Tamil homeland marked Maaveerar Naal – Great Heroes’ Day – as Tamils around the world paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in the liberation struggle.
Several also carried stories on the marking of LTTE leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran’s 70th birthday yesterday.
See the front pages of various newspapers below.
Uthayan
Valampuri
Thinakkural
Eelanadu
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