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Sri Lanka swears in left-wing Anura Kumara Dissanayake as president
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Over a year since protests rocked the South Asia country of Sri Lanka, the nation has voted in a new leader in an effort to recover from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.
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Anura Kumara Desayanaka has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's 10th president. The 55-year-old
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ran as the head of the Marxist-leaning National People's Power Coalition at Saturday's election.
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Desanayaka garnered 42.31 percent of the votes and defeated 37 other candidates. His win
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comes almost a year after intense rioting gripped the capital due to growing economic
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turmoil. Desanayaka now has to guide Colombo through enduring financial woes and political upheaval.
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