Traditionally, Tamils have voted for Tamil parties which are active in northern Sri Lanka, but Paramasamy Thanabalasingam, a 62-year-old fisherman in Jaffna, says their vote is now split among many fa

Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential election will improve their lot by much.