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Friday, January 9, 2015

Sri Lanka election: President Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat

Mahinda Rajapaksa

In a stunning election result that was unthinkable just weeks ago, Sri Lanka’s longtime president acknowledged Friday that he had been defeated by a onetime political ally, signalling the fall of a family dynasty and the rise of former Cabinet minister Maithripala Sirisena.

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