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Sri Lankan former army chief Sarath Fonseka waves to his supporters as he is escorted out of a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 21, 2012. Sri Lanka's President, Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections.

Sri Lankan former army chief Sarath Fonseka waves to his supporters as he is escorted out of a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 21, 2012. Sri Lanka's President, Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war but who later was imprisoned after challenging the president in elections.