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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Set To Lose Job After Presidential Vote
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks set to lose his job after next week's presidential election, with the two leading candidates declaring Thursday they will dump him.
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Ex-Wartime Defence Chief Gotabhaya Rajapakse To Run For Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka's former defence secretary, who faces trials at home and in the US for alleged corruption and murder, will enter this year's presidential race, loyalists said Thursday.
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse Opposes War Crimes Tribunal
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse today opposed international war crimes apparatus and urged all parties in the island nation not to allow the passage of new laws aimed at persecuting members of its armed forces.
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Sri Lankan President Refuses Nomination for Predecessor
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he would not give nomination to his predecessor Mahinda Rajapakse to contest the parliamentary elections from the main opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
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Sri Lanka Police Investigate Former Leader Mahinda Rajapakse's Wife
Sri Lanka's police said Monday they questioned ex-president Mahinda Rajapakse's wife, as the new government escalated anti-corruption investigations against the former first family accused of siphoning billions of dollars from public funds.
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Sri Lanka's Former President Mahinda Rajapakse Faces Anti-Graft Probe
Former president Mahinda Rajapakse has been summoned to appear before Sri Lanka's anti-graft body later this week over bribery allegations, parliament was told Monday.
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Pope Francis' Seafront Mass to Draw Million Sri Lankans
Pope Francis will today give a seafront mass in the Sri Lankan capital expected to draw at least a million worshippers, on the second day of a two-nation tour of Asia.
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Disaster Foretold? Sri Lanka Ex-President's Seer Packs Bags
As a defeated Mahinda Rajapakse slunk out of Sri Lanka's presidential palace, the astrologer who counselled him to call a disastrous early election was gloomily packing his bags on the other side of town.
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Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse Denies Post-Election Coup Bid
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday denied government allegations that he attempted a coup to remain in office after it became clear that he had lost last week's election.
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Mahinda Rajapakse 'Pressed' Army After Sri Lanka Poll Defeat: Government
Mahinda Rajapakse tried to persuade the army chief to deploy troops when it became clear he had lost Sri Lanka's election, a spokesman for the country's new president said Saturday.
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Sri Lankan President Votes, Says Confident of Re-election
Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse said he was confident he would be returned to power as he cast his ballot in presidential elections on Thursday.
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Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka's Dark Horse Candidate in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Pro-Tamil Groups Protest Outside Salman Khan's House
Around 20 members of pro-Tamil group were detained from outside actor Salman Khan's Mumbai residence on Sunday morning
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Pro-Tamil Groups Protest Outside Actor Salman Khan's House
Around 20 members of pro-Tamil group were detained from outside actor Salman Khan's Mumbai residence on Sunday morning. The group was protesting against Mr Khan's decision to campaign for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in presidential elections to be held in the island nation later this month.
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Salman Khan Leads Bollywood Boost For Rajapaksa Campaign in Lanka Poll: Reports
Bollywood star Salman Khan is in Sri Lanka to prop up the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid, the first Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in the country.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Set To Lose Job After Presidential Vote
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks set to lose his job after next week's presidential election, with the two leading candidates declaring Thursday they will dump him.
-
Ex-Wartime Defence Chief Gotabhaya Rajapakse To Run For Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka's former defence secretary, who faces trials at home and in the US for alleged corruption and murder, will enter this year's presidential race, loyalists said Thursday.
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Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse Opposes War Crimes Tribunal
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse today opposed international war crimes apparatus and urged all parties in the island nation not to allow the passage of new laws aimed at persecuting members of its armed forces.
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Sri Lankan President Refuses Nomination for Predecessor
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said he would not give nomination to his predecessor Mahinda Rajapakse to contest the parliamentary elections from the main opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
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Sri Lanka Police Investigate Former Leader Mahinda Rajapakse's Wife
Sri Lanka's police said Monday they questioned ex-president Mahinda Rajapakse's wife, as the new government escalated anti-corruption investigations against the former first family accused of siphoning billions of dollars from public funds.
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Sri Lanka's Former President Mahinda Rajapakse Faces Anti-Graft Probe
Former president Mahinda Rajapakse has been summoned to appear before Sri Lanka's anti-graft body later this week over bribery allegations, parliament was told Monday.
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Pope Francis' Seafront Mass to Draw Million Sri Lankans
Pope Francis will today give a seafront mass in the Sri Lankan capital expected to draw at least a million worshippers, on the second day of a two-nation tour of Asia.
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Disaster Foretold? Sri Lanka Ex-President's Seer Packs Bags
As a defeated Mahinda Rajapakse slunk out of Sri Lanka's presidential palace, the astrologer who counselled him to call a disastrous early election was gloomily packing his bags on the other side of town.
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Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse Denies Post-Election Coup Bid
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday denied government allegations that he attempted a coup to remain in office after it became clear that he had lost last week's election.
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Mahinda Rajapakse 'Pressed' Army After Sri Lanka Poll Defeat: Government
Mahinda Rajapakse tried to persuade the army chief to deploy troops when it became clear he had lost Sri Lanka's election, a spokesman for the country's new president said Saturday.
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Sri Lankan President Votes, Says Confident of Re-election
Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapakse said he was confident he would be returned to power as he cast his ballot in presidential elections on Thursday.
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Maithripala Sirisena: Sri Lanka's Dark Horse Candidate in Tightest Election in Decades
Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena was a low-profile minister until he emerged as the best hope for a fractured opposition to topple South Asia's longest-serving leader, Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Pro-Tamil Groups Protest Outside Salman Khan's House
Around 20 members of pro-Tamil group were detained from outside actor Salman Khan's Mumbai residence on Sunday morning
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Pro-Tamil Groups Protest Outside Actor Salman Khan's House
Around 20 members of pro-Tamil group were detained from outside actor Salman Khan's Mumbai residence on Sunday morning. The group was protesting against Mr Khan's decision to campaign for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in presidential elections to be held in the island nation later this month.
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Salman Khan Leads Bollywood Boost For Rajapaksa Campaign in Lanka Poll: Reports
Bollywood star Salman Khan is in Sri Lanka to prop up the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election bid, the first Indian actor to be roped in for a poll campaign in the country.
