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State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka
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State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka
By SHIMALI SENANAYAKE Associated Press
Thursday, November 6, 2003
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's crisis deepened Wednesday as the
president declared a state of emergency giving her sweeping powers,
and her rival met with President Bush and said the power grab would
not derail efforts to end 20 years of civil war.
Aides insisted President Chandrika Kumaratunga wouldn't resume
fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels, a conflict that...
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