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Sri Lanka's ousted PM sworn in again

Xinhua | Updated: 2018-12-16 14:00

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File photo of Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. [Photo/Agencies]

COLOMBO -- Leader of Sri Lanka's United National Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was once sacked from the post of prime minister in late October, was sworn in as the prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena again on Sunday, ending a nearly two-month political crisis which erupted after his surprising dismissal.

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