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Sri Lanka's presidential election begins
www.chinaview.cn 2005-11-17 09:05:29

    COLOMBO, Nov. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Sri Lankan presidential election started Thursday morning as 13.3 million men and women began to cast their ballots to choose their new president from 13 contenders, with the ruling party's Mahinda Rajapakse and the opposition party's Ranil Wickreme singhe being the most hopeful. Enditem

    

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