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Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives as protests end clan dominance

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves after his presentation for the new government's policy statement during the inaugural session of the new Parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [Reuters]

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.

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