Sri Lanka President Flee

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  Ex-Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa To Return Home In September: Report

  Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to return to Sri Lanka in the first week of September, days after fleeing to Thailand.

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  Lanka Ex President Gotabaya Rajapaksa To Seek Temporary Stay In Thailand

  Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday and stay temporarily in a second Southeast Asian country since fleeing his island nation last month in the midst of mass protests.

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  Sri Lanka's Ousted President Expected To Fly To Thailand: Report

  Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, two sources said.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis Live Updates: Fleeing Sri Lanka President Heads To Singapore

  Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore on Thursday and was expected to stay there for the time being, a Sri Lankan government source told Reuters, after the president fled to the Maldives from his home country.

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  Sri Lanka Declares State Of Emergency As President Rajapaksa Flees

  Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the Prime Minister's office said.

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  "Baseless": India On Reports It Helped Lanka President Flee To Maldives

  The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has dismissed "baseless" and "speculative" media reports that said that India has facilitated President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's exit from the country.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis Highlights: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Flees To Maldives Amid Protests

  Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency today as massive protests engulfed Colombo after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew to the Maldives following months of protests against an economic crisis.

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  Timeline: How Sri Lankan Protests Unfolded

  A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets. On Wednesday, a government source

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  Lankan President Considering Escape By Sea After Airport Standoff: Report

  Sri Lanka's president was considering using a navy patrol craft to flee the island Tuesday following a humiliating standoff with airport immigration, official sources said.

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  Sri Lanka President Flown To Airbase As Exile Rumours Spread: Report

  Sri Lanka's embattled president was flown to an airbase near the main international airport Monday, officials said, raising speculation he will flee into exile abroad.

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  Video: Suitcases Loaded On Sri Lanka Navy Ship As President Flees

  Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today as thousands of anti-government protesters today stormed into his residence demanding his resignation.

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  President Is Impeached, Flees Or Military Coup: What Could Happen In Lanka

  Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier extended a nationwide curfew until Thursday morning, after government supporters on Monday initiated attacks on protesters who had camped out for weeks in downtown Colombo to call for his ouster.

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  4 Maldives' Election Officials Flee To Sri Lanka, Citing Threats

  Intimidation and threats drove four members of an election panel in the Maldives to flee the island nation, two officials said on Saturday, a day before its top court hears defeated president Abdulla Yameen's challenge to his election loss last month.

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  Deadline for LTTE chief ends; civilians flee war zone in Lanka

  The 24-hour deadline set by the Sri Lankan President for the LTTE Chief Prabhakaran to surrender has now expired.