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24 July 2011 Last updated at 16:13 ET

Tamil party wins in former war zoneA Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil man peeps from between a wall pasted with election propaganda of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa"s ruling party, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 22, 2011

Sri Lanka's biggest Tamil party wins local elections in the former war zone in the north and east, in a rare electoral setback for the government.

England's Matt PriorEngland v India, day four as it happened

India reach 80-1 at the close in the Lord's Test after Matt Prior's unbeaten 103 enables England to set the tourists a target of 458. Sport

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