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Marxist political outsider takes oath as new Sri Lanka president as voters reject establishment parties
Marxist political outsider takes oath as new Sri Lanka president as voters reject establishment parties - Dissanayake’s win represents a dramatic elevation in the fortunes of his left-wing JVP party
Sri Lanka's new president: Political outsider makes remarkable turnaround
That conflict, between the Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan state, erupted in 1983. The Tigers eventually had vast areas under their control in their fight for an independent territory in the island's north and east, but were defeated and all but wiped out in a 2009 military offensive.
Sri Lanka Leftist Outsider Wins Presidential Election
Sri Lankans have elected a leftist political outsider as president. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, popularly known as AKD, won 5.74 million votes after two rounds of counting in the country's first-ever runoff.
How Sri Lanka’s New Leader Moved From Marxist Rebellion to Mainstream
In the late 1980s, Anura Kumara Dissanayake joined a Marxist-Leninist party that sought to assassinate Sri Lanka’s leaders and overthrow the government in an armed insurrection. On Sunday, he won the presidency peacefully at the ballot box.
Sri Lankan outsider leftist Dissanayake wins presidential election
COLOMBO -- Leftist antiestablishment lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Saturday's presidential election in Sri Lanka, shocking a political elite that has dominated power in the South Asian nation for nearly eight decades.
Sri Lanka elects Marxist lawmaker as president after years of economic turmoil
Anura Kumara Dissanayake's victory is seen as a rejection of Sri Lanka's old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the nation toward economic ruin.
Colombo Stock Exchange Chairman on Sri Lanka's Presidential election
Colombo Stock Exchange Chairman Dilshan Wirasekara discusses the Presidential election result as he hopes that the new President will broadly stay in line with the existing IMF program. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on " Asia.
Sri Lanka's new left-leaning president sworn in
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is sworn in as Sri Lanka's ninth executive president in a simple ceremony.
Sri Lankan election heads into run-off with leftist outsider in the lead
Sri Lanka’s presidential election has headed into a run-off, with leftist outsider Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading the vote count but failing to pass the 50 per cent threshold needed for an outright victory in the south Asian country’s first election since it fell into default.
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'Prime Suspect Identified, He Is An Outsider': Bengaluru Police Commissioner On 'Woman Chopped Into Pieces' Case
Without giving details about the accused in the murder case of a woman, where her body was found chopped into pieces and ...
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Bengaluru woman murder prime suspect identified, is an 'outsider', say police. Is he from West Bengal?
Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said, the prime suspect in the alleged murder of 29-year-old woman has been ...
AFP on MSN
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Billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed: An outsider shunned by British high society
Mr Al-Fayed, known for his outspoken and often foul-mouthed manner, was once dubbed the “phoney Pharaoh” by British media ...
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The Raptors smell like outsider spirit
The only Canadian basketball team in the American NBA launches a gritty, urban film for its French fans that captures the ...
Opinion
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Opinion
The ‘Crank Realignment’ and the Paranoid Center
For the right, there’s a basic competence and human capital problem, because a paranoid populism repels a lot of intelligent ...
Harvard Business Review
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Fawn Weaver’s Entrepreneurial Journey as an Outsider in the Spirits Industry
It became the fastest growing and most awarded whiskey brand in America, despite the challenges Weaver faced as a Black woman and
outsider
to the spirits industry, which is capital-intensive, highly ...
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DA seeking outsider to lead probe into death of State Police recruit
Worcester's district attorney said Monday that he is looking for someone else to lead the investigation into the death of a ...
ArtNews on MSN
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Hard Truths: Should an Artist Surrender to the System to Avoid Being an "Outsider"?
I consider myself an artist even though I didn't go to art school. Nothing is more soul satisfying than losing myself while ...
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