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New Lanka President Next Week, Over To R Wickremesinghe For Now: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new President on Wednesday, an official said, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the Speaker after the leader fled the country earlier this week.
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Viral Video Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Helping Dog Exposed To Tear Gas
Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.
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Sri Lanka's Economic Journey To Crisis, From Promise To Dystopia: 10 Facts
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has become political, with protesters taking to the streets against the political class. However, the genesis of the present crisis lies in rampant economic mismanagement since the 2000s.
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Sri Lanka Protesters In Talks To Hand Back Buildings, End Occupation
Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.
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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 PM Instructs Military And Police "To Restore Order"
Sri Lanka Crisis: The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka has instructed the Military and the Police in a televised address "to do whatever necessary to restore order" in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka President Expected To Travel To Singapore From Maldives: 5 Latest Updates
Hours after it emerged that Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled to the Maldives, massive street protests have erupted in the island nation. President Rajapaksa is likely to leave for Singapore later today.
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Exclusive: Inside The Secret Bunker At Lanka Presidential Palace
Earlier today, protesters discovered 17.85 million in Sri Lankan rupee (about $50,000) from the palace in crisp new banknotes but turned it over to police, news agency AFP reported.
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Viral Photo Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Watching Their Own Demonstration On Live TV In President's Home
A picture of Sri Lankan protesters watching their own demonstration on live television in the Presidential house has surfaced online.
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"Stand With People Of Lanka As They...": India On Protests
As protesters continue to occupy Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence, India today said that it stands with the people of Sri Lanka.
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"They Enjoyed, We Suffered": Lankans' Awe And Anger At President's Home
Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters barged into the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
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Lanka President's Whereabouts Not Known, Protesters Still At His Residence
The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Sunday continued to occupy the residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, a day after they went into the premises.
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What Next If Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resigns - 4 Latest Facts
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader's resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo.
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Video: Protesters In Kitchen, Pool - Scenes Inside Lanka President's Home
Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo today in one of the largest anti-government marches in the country.
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"This Is For Our Future": Ex Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Backs Protesters
Protesters have been demanding the ouster of the President for many months now and descended on his residence after he refused to comply.
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New Lanka President Next Week, Over To R Wickremesinghe For Now: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new President on Wednesday, an official said, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the Speaker after the leader fled the country earlier this week.
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Viral Video Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Helping Dog Exposed To Tear Gas
Amid the chaos in Sri Lanka, a group of protesters helped a street dog exposed to tear gas, and a video of the same has surfaced online.
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Sri Lanka's Economic Journey To Crisis, From Promise To Dystopia: 10 Facts
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has become political, with protesters taking to the streets against the political class. However, the genesis of the present crisis lies in rampant economic mismanagement since the 2000s.
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Sri Lanka Protesters In Talks To Hand Back Buildings, End Occupation
Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.
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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 PM Instructs Military And Police "To Restore Order"
Sri Lanka Crisis: The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka has instructed the Military and the Police in a televised address "to do whatever necessary to restore order" in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka President Expected To Travel To Singapore From Maldives: 5 Latest Updates
Hours after it emerged that Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled to the Maldives, massive street protests have erupted in the island nation. President Rajapaksa is likely to leave for Singapore later today.
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Exclusive: Inside The Secret Bunker At Lanka Presidential Palace
Earlier today, protesters discovered 17.85 million in Sri Lankan rupee (about $50,000) from the palace in crisp new banknotes but turned it over to police, news agency AFP reported.
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Viral Photo Shows Sri Lankan Protesters Watching Their Own Demonstration On Live TV In President's Home
A picture of Sri Lankan protesters watching their own demonstration on live television in the Presidential house has surfaced online.
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"Stand With People Of Lanka As They...": India On Protests
As protesters continue to occupy Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence, India today said that it stands with the people of Sri Lanka.
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"They Enjoyed, We Suffered": Lankans' Awe And Anger At President's Home
Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters barged into the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
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Lanka President's Whereabouts Not Known, Protesters Still At His Residence
The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Sunday continued to occupy the residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, a day after they went into the premises.
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What Next If Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resigns - 4 Latest Facts
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader's resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo.
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Video: Protesters In Kitchen, Pool - Scenes Inside Lanka President's Home
Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters broke through police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo today in one of the largest anti-government marches in the country.
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"This Is For Our Future": Ex Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Backs Protesters
Protesters have been demanding the ouster of the President for many months now and descended on his residence after he refused to comply.
