• Rajapaksa takes big lead as soldiers surround Fonseka hotel (Second Lead)

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      26th Jan 10
      IANS
    Colombo, Jan 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa took a comfortable lead Wednesday in the country’s first election since the Tamil Tigers were defeated after 25 years of bloody war. Hours after voting was over, heavily armed soldiers surrounded the hotel where Rajapaksa’s main challenger General Sarath Fonseka was staying. President Rajapaksa received 2,960,507 or [...]
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