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Sri Lankan president calls for snap vote
The Associated Press, Published on 10/11/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president has dissolved Parliament and called for elections on Jan 5 in a bid to stave off a deepening crisis over his dismissal of the prime minister that opponents say is unconstitutional.
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News, Published on 10/11/2018
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Sri Lanka crisis: president dissolves parliament
AFP, Published on 10/11/2018
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday dissolved parliament in a gamble that a new election will get backing for his preferred candidate as prime minister over an ousted premier who has refused to give up, a minister told AFP.