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Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Lankan protesters 'peacefully withdrawing' from official buildings

Demonstrators wait in line after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Sri Lanka protest sites calm as president's resignation awaited

Demonstrators gather outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Sri Lankans intensify protests; president Rajapaksa heads to Singapore

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Sri Lanka crisis: Protesters storm into prime minister's office

In this photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, greets prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during the latter's oath taking ceremony as the new finance minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. Both men Saturday said they would resign, 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. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP)
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Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes over as acting president: Report

Demonstrators gather outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after president flees to Maldives

Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: Reuters
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Key members of Sri Lanka's ruling party want PM as president, no decision yet

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Airport staff block Gotabaya Rajapaksa from leaving Sri Lanka

Jeevanth Peiris, a Catholic priest who is part of the Aragalaya core group, looks at a book at GotaGoHome village after demonstrators entered into the President's house and Presidential Secretariat building, following the fleeing of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
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Sri Lanka faced with new challenges after leaders quit

In this photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, greets prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe during the latter's oath taking ceremony as the new finance minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 25, 2022. Both men Saturday said they would resign, 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. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP)
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President and PM: 2 men at heart of Sri Lankan crisis

FILE PHOTO: Empty seats of parliament members, who back newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are seen, as the ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and parties backing him attend the parliament session in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 29, 2018. Photo: Reuters
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Sri Lankan parties agree to form all-party interim government after President Rajapaksa's resignation