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dArKeR (1000+ posts)
Tue Nov-04-03 07:50 AM
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Sri Lanka's government plunged into crisis - troops in streets



Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's government was plunged into crisis and its peace process imperilled
Tuesday when the president deployed troops around the capital and fired three key ministers who were
trying to coax Tamil rebels back into talks to end a 20-year civil war.

President Chandrika Kumaratunga — who is commander of the armed forces and has wide executive
authority under the constitution — made the surprise power grab against her political rival, Prime
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, while he was in Washington to meet with U.S. President George W.
Bush.

Ms. Kumaratunga has been severely critical of how Mr. Wickremesinghe has handled peace efforts with
the Tamil Tiger rebels, arguing that his government has given too many concessions without ensuring
that the Tigers abandon their armed struggle.

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