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Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid mass protests - FRANCE 24
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday after dozens of people were hospitalised when his supporters armed with sticks and clubs attacked protesters. Andrew Fidel Fernando, Sri Lanka based journalist, tells us more.