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Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard

  By AP and published by Yahoo.com Colombo, Sri Lanka – Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced on Sunday (Sep. 22), after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin. Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and

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