Sri Lanka Crisis
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Human rights group requests immediate arrest of ex-Sri Lankan president in SingaporeGotabaya Rajapaksa is believed to be living in Singapore after fleeing from Sri Lanka due to months of massive protests against him over the country's economic meltdown.WorldJul 24, 2022
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Sri Lanka risks new turmoil as unpopular prime minister elected presidentSri Lankans have taken to the street for months to demand their president and his prime minister step down as the country spiraled into economic chaos.WorldJul 20, 2022
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Sri Lanka crisis: President flees Maldives, protesters leave officesThe country’s rapid decline was all the more shocking because, before the recent crisis, the economy had been expanding, with a growing, comfortable middle class.WorldJul 14, 2022
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Sri Lankan president flees country amid political collapse and economic crisisSri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane bound for the city of Male, the capital of the Maldives.WorldJul 12, 2022
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Sri Lankan Canadians say president, PM resignations ‘long overdue’President of the Sri Lanka Canada Association of Brampton said leaders' resignations are "long overdue," but it's unfortunate that it took violence for the leaders to step down.CanadaJul 12, 2022
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Sri Lanka, in ‘total chaos,’ will get new president amid economic meltdownLeaders of the protest movement have said crowds will occupy the residences of the president and prime minister in Colombo until they finally quit office.WorldJul 11, 2022
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Massive brawl breaks out in Sri Lanka’s parliament as political crisis deepensMore than 50 lawmakers brawled in Sri Lanka's Parliament after MPs passed a vote of no confidence against new Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's government.PoliticsNov 15, 2018
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Sri Lanka’s president replaces prime minister with former strongmanSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the country’s prime minister and his Cabinet and replaced him with a former strongman.WorldOct 26, 2018
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