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IMF approves critical $3-billion bailout package for Sri Lanka
A street vendor sells prawns and sea-food at her kiosk at the Galle Face Beach in Colombo on March 20, 2023. - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking a 10-year moratorium on its foreign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said on March 20 on the eve of a desperately needed $2.9 billion IMF bailout. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canadian cricketers prepare for next step on journey to return to ICC World Cup
Vancouver Knights' Saad Bin Zafar reacts while bowling against the Cricket West Indies B Team in the first half of their final of the Global T-20 Canada Cricket tournament in King City, Ont. on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Canadian all-rounder Saad Bin Zafar has been drafted by the St. Lucia Zouks for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League cricket season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
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Tamil groups ask Ottawa to bring Sri Lanka officials to global courts
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and former Defense Secretary and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce the presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 11, 2019. Tamil diaspora groups are praising Ottawa's sanctions on Sri Lanka officials, including the brothers, while asking Canada to bring that country to international tribunals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Eranga Jayawardena
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Sri Lanka summons Canadian ambassador over sanctions of high-ranking officials
Foreign minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry speaks during a media conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Sri Lanka has summoned Canada's envoy over Ottawa's decision to sanction four high-ranking officials for alleged human-rights breaches.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-STR
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2022 Booker Prize awarded to Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Shehan Karunatilaka holding the Booker Prize 2022 award for his second novel ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ during the winner announcement at the Roundhouse on October 17, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)
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Sri Lanka refuses international human rights investigation
Foreign minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry gestures as he addresses media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/STR)
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Sri Lanka’s ousted president returns home after fleeing
FILE- Sri Lanka's president elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves to supporters as he leaves the election commission after the announcement of his victory in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, file photo. The ousted President is expected to return home Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, more than seven weeks after he fled the country amid mass protests that demanded his resignation, holding him and his family responsible for the country's economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
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Sri Lanka’s ousted President Rajapaksa returns home after fleeing country, official says
A convoy of vehicles said to be transporting former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa convoy leaves Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo early September 3, 2022. - Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country, an airport official said, seven weeks after he fled in the face of angry protests over the island's worst-ever economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)
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IMF in preliminary agreement with Sri Lanka for $2.9-billion loan
FILE PHOTO: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Sri Lanka’s ousted president arrives in Thailand for temporary stay
FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's then president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, presenting his national statement during the World Leaders' Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain November 1, 2021. Andy Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo
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Sri Lanka’s plight serves as a lesson to other governments
Anne Krueger
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Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months due to shortage of foreign exchange
A man participates in a protest outside a police station demanding petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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Rights group seeks ex-Sri Lankan president’s arrest in Singapore
FILE - Then-Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during a news conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oct. 15, 2019. Lawyers from the International Truth and Justice Project — an evidence-gathering organization administered by a South Africa-based nonprofit foundation — filed a complaint, requesting the immediate arrest of Rajapaksa for his role as the secretary of defense during Sri Lanka’s civil war, which ended in 2009, the group said in a release on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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Sri Lankan security forces raid protest camp as new leaders sworn in
A demonstrator shouts slogans in front of Police special task force personnel standing guard while blocking a road during a protest march against Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe towards the Presidential Secretariat building in Colombo on July 22, 2022. - Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault on July 22 that raised international concern for dissent under the new pro-West president. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sri Lanka’s new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as PM, sources say
Ranil Wickremesinghe who has been elected as the Eighth Executive President under the Constitution speaks to media as he leaves a Buddhist temple, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 20, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Search begins for Sri Lanka’s next president after parliament accepts Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation
Sri Lankans celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation’s economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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In photos: Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country
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Protestor wearing a gas mask runs to throw a tear gas canister fired by army personnel during a protest seeking the ouster of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe amidst the ongoing economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan president flees as protesters demand PM’s ouster, country declares state of emergency
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - JULY 13: Protestors wave flags and chant slogans after taking control of the Prime Ministers office compound during a protest seeking the ouster of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe amidst the ongoing economic crisis on July 13, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)
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Evening Update: Industry minister directs telecoms to reach agreement enhancing network reliability after Rogers outage
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks during an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
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Sri Lanka’s mass uprising against its ruling family is 13 years in the making
Doug Saunders
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Sri Lanka may be on cusp of tipping out of China’s sphere of influence amid economic crisis
Army officers stand guard as people throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Sri Lanka’s parliament to elect new president next week amid political, economic crisis
A demonstrator walks in the garden at the Prime Minister's residence on the following day after demonstrators entered the building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Sri Lanka protesters say they won’t let up until president, PM quit
Protesters gather in and around the premisses of prime minister's official residence a day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation's severe economic crisis.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)