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President Rajapaksa flies out of Sri Lanka to MaldivesGotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and a bodyguard were among four passengers on board an Antonov-32 aircraft that flew from main international airport, immigration officials say.
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Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PMSri Lanka’s lawmakers have agreed to elect a new president next week but are struggling to decide on the makeup of a new government to lift the bankrupt country out of economic and political collapse.
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