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'Sri Lanka’s deposed president Rajapaksa ‘to return home’ on Sept. 3'
Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to end his self-imposed exile in Thailand and return home on Saturday, according to reports, citing senior defense officials.
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Sri Lanka in limbo as president yet to resign
Sri Lanka is in chaos a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in the middle of protests fueled by an economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka crisis: President Rajapaksa flees amid mass protests
Sri Lanka's embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the crisis-hit country on a military jet to the Maldives amid mass protests over the island's worsening economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka's beleaguered president attempts to flee country, blocked from leaving
The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is due to officially resign on Wednesday after months of protests, has made a failed attempt to flee the crisis-hit country.
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Sri Lanka president flees as angry protesters storm residence
Angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo have stormed the president's official residence.
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Sri Lanka hit by power cuts after key union goes on strike
Swathes of Sri Lanka have been hit by electricity cuts after a power sector union went on strike in protest against new government legislation.
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Sri Lanka names new PM after predecessor's resignation amid unrest
Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed in an effort to bring stability to the island nation.
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Sri Lankan president says 'will appoint new PM, cabinet' as crisis deepens
Sri Lanka’s embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will appoint a new premier and a cabinet this week amid the current state of emergency.
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