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'We hope for a change' - Sri Lankans vote in pivotal election

Sky News Friday, 20 September 2024
'We hope for a change' - Sri Lankans vote in pivotal election"We have to save our country," 22-year-old Dhruva tells Sky News, as he breaks into slogans with dozens of others supporting presidential candidate Anura Dissanayake.
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News video: Sri Lankans hopeful as country elects first leftist president

Sri Lankans hopeful as country elects first leftist president 02:00

Residents in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, are hoping for change following the country's election of its first leftist president in Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. The previously fringe politician, whose party led two failed uprisings in the 1970s and 1980s before renouncing violence, has ridden a wave...

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