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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.


Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to his supporters at the election high commission in Colombo
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to his supporters at the election high commission in Colombo January 27, 2010.
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"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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