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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Social Media Ban, Imposed After Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan President Maithri.pala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government's ban on social media us.
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Sri Lanka Opposition Attacks PM Wickremesinghe Over New Constitution
Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday slammed the efforts being made to formulate a new Constitution, saying Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe''s government does not have political moral to introduce it and should therefore hold fresh polls.
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Will Never Reappoint Ranil Wickremesinghe As PM: Sri Lanka President
President Maithripala Sirisena today reignited the power struggle that has crippled Sri Lanka's government for more than a month, vowing never to reappoint arch-rival Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. Wickremesinghe's party has a majority in parliament and Sirisena's bid to bring back the country's former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse has alrea...
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Ousted PM Wickremesinghe Wins Control Of Key Panel In Lankan Parliament
Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe's alliance today won control of a powerful panel in Parliament, dealing a major blow to President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Seeking End To Power Struggle, Sri Lanka President Meets Leaders
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called crucial talks with political leaders in a bid to end a power struggle with the prime minister he sacked last month.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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Will Form New Political Alliance To Fight Elections: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday that he will forge a new political alliance to fight the January 5 general elections even as he dismissed President Maithripala Sirisena's justification for dissolving Parliament.
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Sri Lankan Legislator Says Was Offered $2.8 Million To Back New PM
A Sri Lankan legislator on Friday said he had been offered $2.8 million and a ministerial post by a telephone caller from the opposite camp to switch his support to new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a week-old political crisis.
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Sri Lanka Braces For Protests Over President's "Coup" Against Sitting PM
Sri Lanka today braced for a protest called by ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's party against what it said was a "coup" by President Maithripala Sirisena, amidst efforts by opposing sides to secure their numbers in parliament to end the country's political crisis.
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Easter Sunday Attack Suspects Should Be Hanged: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has demanded death sentence to all the suspects arrested in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, amid his differences with the governing coalition over reintroduction of capital punishment after four decades.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Social Media Ban, Imposed After Easter Sunday Bombings
Sri Lankan President Maithri.pala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government's ban on social media us.
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Sri Lanka Opposition Attacks PM Wickremesinghe Over New Constitution
Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday slammed the efforts being made to formulate a new Constitution, saying Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe''s government does not have political moral to introduce it and should therefore hold fresh polls.
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Will Never Reappoint Ranil Wickremesinghe As PM: Sri Lanka President
President Maithripala Sirisena today reignited the power struggle that has crippled Sri Lanka's government for more than a month, vowing never to reappoint arch-rival Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. Wickremesinghe's party has a majority in parliament and Sirisena's bid to bring back the country's former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse has alrea...
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Ousted PM Wickremesinghe Wins Control Of Key Panel In Lankan Parliament
Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe's alliance today won control of a powerful panel in Parliament, dealing a major blow to President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Seeking End To Power Struggle, Sri Lanka President Meets Leaders
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday called crucial talks with political leaders in a bid to end a power struggle with the prime minister he sacked last month.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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Will Form New Political Alliance To Fight Elections: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday that he will forge a new political alliance to fight the January 5 general elections even as he dismissed President Maithripala Sirisena's justification for dissolving Parliament.
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Sri Lankan Legislator Says Was Offered $2.8 Million To Back New PM
A Sri Lankan legislator on Friday said he had been offered $2.8 million and a ministerial post by a telephone caller from the opposite camp to switch his support to new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a week-old political crisis.
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Sri Lanka Braces For Protests Over President's "Coup" Against Sitting PM
Sri Lanka today braced for a protest called by ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's party against what it said was a "coup" by President Maithripala Sirisena, amidst efforts by opposing sides to secure their numbers in parliament to end the country's political crisis.
