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Sri Lankan lawmakers elect Ranil Wickremesinghe as new president

Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka's new President by Parliament, following a high-voltage political drama which saw his predecessor Gotabaya

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