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Sri Lanka parliament halts ministers’ salaries to pressure disputed PM

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COLOMBO  – Sri Lanka’s parliament on Friday voted to halt payment of ministers’ salaries and travel expenses, but it remained unclear how the move would impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. The South Asian island has been locked in political […]

Pressure mounts for Sri Lanka parliament recall amid ‘bloodbath’ warnings

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Ousted Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday demanded parliament be allowed to choose between the two rivals to run the country’s government amid warnings that the constitutional crisis could become a “bloodbath”.  With tensions already heightened by the killing of one activist, the United States added […]

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