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"The road blocks and military checkpoints are gone, and the restrictions on foreign tourists and journalists visiting the area have been lifted.But the mostly Tamil residents of Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna peninsula say much more still needs to be done to heal the wounds of a long civil war -- and they are pinning their hopes on an upcoming general election.Jaffna voted overwhelmingly in January's presidential election to oust the strongman incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse, who maintained de facto martial law in the region."see: http://news.yahoo.com/sri-lankan-tamils-push-autonomy-justice-110918536.html