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Electoral Earthquake in Sri Lanka

Our Correspondent
Jan 15, 2015
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With the fog having cleared away from Sri Lanka’s Jan. 9 election, there is cautious optimism that the country, devastated by one of the longest and bitterest ethnic conflicts in history followed by a thuggish dictatorship, may be on the road to democratic recovery.

If the new president, Maithripala Sirisena – who defected from the previous administratio…

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