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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Sri Lanka's presidential race closely monitored by Australia

Sri Lanka's main opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena, right, listens to Investment Promotion Deputy Minister Faizer Mustapha at a press conference in Colombo on Wednesday.A Sri Lankan boy in Colombo stands next to a wall of election campaign posters spruiking Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
A Sri Lankan boy in Colombo stands next to a wall of election cam
paign posters spruiking Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Photo: AP
January 2, 2015 
Daniel Flitton

-January 2, 2015 


Australian officials are carefully watching Sri Lanka's surprisingly close presidential election, uneasy about how a change of government might affect joint action to stop asylum seekers' boats.
Sri Lanka's Presidential Race Closely Monitored by Australia by Thavam Ratna
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