Sri Lanka should be the pride of Asia;
Sri Lanka should be the pride of Asia as it's not the carbon copy of any other nation, Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapakse said today addressing the ``National Victory Celebration'', at Galleface green, Colombo.
India would like Sri Lanka to ``finish'' the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, while ensuring the safety of innocent Tamil civilians in the on-going war against the Tamil rebels in north Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan cabinet spokesman on Defense matters, Keheliya Rambukwella, told select foreign correspondents here on Tuesday.