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Sri Lanka parliamentary elections postponed

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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during a joint media briefing at the Hyderadad House in New Delhi on November 29, 2019.

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, greets his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa before administering him the oath of office as prime minister at the presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.

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Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother and former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has appointed as the new Prime Minister, are seen during the swearing in ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 21, 2019.

Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka Prime Minister

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Sri Lanka's former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) waves next to his brother and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after he was nominated as a presidential candidate during the Sri Lanka People's Front party convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 11, 2019.

Mahinda Rajapaksa to be Sri Lanka Prime Minister

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Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigns

Sri Lanka’s President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit New Delhi on November 29

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

Jaishankar arrives in Sri Lanka; likely to meet new President

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group Ministerial, at the State Department in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2019. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP)

U.S. tells Gotabaya Rajapaksa to uphold human rights commitments

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“Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s campaign focused primarily on the promise of establishing a national security regime led by a strong leader.” Mr. Rajapaksa’s supporters in Colombo.>Getty Image

An elusive reconciliation in Sri Lanka

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TNA - R. Sampanthan

Sri Lanka elections | Unfair to attribute racist dimension to Tamil vote, says Sampanthan

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Centre of attraction: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa greeting people as he leaves after the swearing-in ceremony held at the Ruwanwelisaya Buddhist shrine on Monday.

Join me in building Sri Lanka: Gotabaya

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DMK President M.K. Stalin

Stalin urges Prime Minister Modi to protect Tamils

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