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Sri Lanka president vows to block Easter attacks probe
Sirisena refuses to allow any police, military or intelligence personnel to testify before committee
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Sri Lanka to resume executions within two months
President Sirisena did not say how many death sentences would be carried out in the first hangings
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Sri Lanka president vows never to reappoint ousted premier
Sri Lanka's parliament meets on November 27 and 29 to discuss a motion by UNP to cut off government spending
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Sri Lanka president seeks talks to end power struggle
Legislators say that with political standstill key sectors such as tourism are taking a serious battering
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Chilli, punches thrown as Sri Lanka parliament brawls for second day Colombo
MPs broke furniture and some Rajapakse loyalists were also seen throwing chilli powder at rival legislators and police
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Sri Lanka Supreme Court restores sacked parliament
Sri Lanka's top court orders independent Elections Commission to halt preparations for the January 5 vote
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Sri Lanka president usurped powers of MPs: Speaker
President Sirisena triggered an unprecedented constitutional crisis when he sacked Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
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Legal challenge as Sri Lankan political turmoil deepens
Washington deeply concerned by news of Sri Lanka parliament to be dissolved, says US State Department
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Sri Lanka president suspends parliament
Sri Lankan government decree quotes president as stating that he had halted parliament’s meetings
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Sri Lanka seeks more time for ethnic reconciliation
President Maithripala Sirisena pledges to provide state land to those affected by the war
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Sri Lankan teen arrested after hacking president's website to postpone exam
The teenager posted a message calling for the postponement of A-level examinations