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Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, calls poll



09 February 2010 @ 03:22 pm BST

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved parliament with effect from Wednesday and called legislative elections, a senior government official said.

"The president dissolves the parliament with effect from midnight today," said a senior government official.

(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Writing by Shihar Aneez)

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