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    Political crisis grips Sri Lanka as former president appears to return to power

    by Shashank Bengali and Munza Mushtaq, Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 2018 3 minutes

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka slid deeper into political crisis Saturday when the president suspended Parliament to block a vote on his surprise decision to fire the prime minister and install the country's former president in his place.

    Mahinda Rajapaksa took the prime ministerial oath of office Friday night in a ceremony broadcast on a television station loyal to his powerful family.

    His supporters said they would appoint a Cabinet Monday even as the fired prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, described the move as a constitutional coup and refused

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